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intolerable

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɑləɹəbl̩/

The English word “intolerable” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured.
  2. Extremely offensive or insulting.
  3. Extremely worn and degraded, to the point of being unsafe.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English intolerable, borrowed from Middle French intolerable, from Latin intolerābilis. By surface analysis, in- + tolerable.

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