[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/intolerable.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / intolerable

[← I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/I/)

# intolerable

«intolerable» in Mova's school dictionary: **too bad, painful or annoying to put up with** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (intolerable); adverb intolerably

### meaning for a pupil

1) Intolerable means too bad, painful or annoying to put up with. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intolerable/#m1)

2) (formal) Intolerable behaviour is behaviour that will not be accepted at all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intolerable/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in stories for heat, noise, pain or unfairness that a character cannot bear; in school rules or news, «intolerable» means «will not be allowed». It tells the reader that a limit has been reached.

### examples

- The heat in the tent was intolerable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intolerable/#x1)
- The noise from the building site became intolerable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intolerable/#x2)
- Bullying is intolerable at our school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intolerable/#x3)
- The pain in his tooth was almost intolerable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intolerable/#x4)
- The waiting felt intolerable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intolerable/#x5)
- The king's taxes were intolerable to the poor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intolerable/#x6)
- Living next to the motorway was intolerable for them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intolerable/#x7)
- "Have you any milk in the house?" he asked; "if so, give me some to drink; my thirst is intolerable." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intolerable/#x8)

### note

Opposite: tolerable, bearable. Spelling ends «-able». Do not mix with «intolerant» (not accepting other people or a food).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «intolerable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intolerable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.