intolerant
Meaning of intolerant
adjective
- not tolerant of views, beliefs, or behaviour that differ from one's own.
as a society we are more intolerant of certain types of violence than we were in the past
- unable to be given (a medicine or other treatment) or to eat (a food) without adverse effects.
some people are intolerant of aspirin
he's recently been diagnosed as gluten-intolerant
mid 18th century: from Latin intolerant-, from in- ‘not’ + tolerant- ‘enduring’ (see tolerant).
Information about intolerant
- It is an adjective.
- The plural form of intolerant is: intolerants.
- Languages in which intolerant is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of intolerant
in-tol-er-ant
- It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
- intolerant is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
intolerant synonyms
Meaning illiberal:
Meaning obstinately or unreasonably attached to a belief, opinion, or faction, in particular prejudiced against or antagonistic towards a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular grou:
Meaning having a limited or narrow outlook or scope:
Meaning of or concerning the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded:
Meaning ignorant of or uninterested in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one's own experience:
Meaning (of a horse) wearing blinkers:
Meaning unwilling to change or compromise:
Meaning inclined to lay down principles as undeniably true:
Meaning unable to bend or be forced out of shape; not flexible:
Meaning showing an unwillingness to make concessions to others, especially by changing one's ways or opinions:
Meaning not willing to forgive or excuse people's faults or wrongdoings:
Meaning not feeling, showing, or expressing sympathy:
Meaning having or showing a dislike or distrust that is derived from prejudice; bigoted:
Meaning unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something:
Meaning existing only in part; incomplete:
Meaning prejudiced in favour of a particular cause:
Meaning denoting or concerning a sect or sects:
Meaning making or showing an unfair or prejudicial distinction between different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex:
Meaning not based on or behaving according to the principles of equality and justice:
Meaning not based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair:
Meaning caused by or relating to an allergy:
Meaning quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences:
Meaning having extreme physical sensitivity to particular substances or conditions:
Meaning (especially of a person or an instrument) excessively sensitive:
Translation of intolerant
- Spanish: intolerante
- French: intolérant
- German: intolerant, unduldsam
- Italian: intollerante
Words that rhyme with intolerant
rant, Amarant, Farant, amarant, compearant, declarant, disquiparant, equiparant, exhilarant, forbearant, nondeclarant, Brant, adumbrant, brant, celebrant, concelebrant, equilibrant, obumbrant, precelebrant, revibrant, terebrant, unvibrant, vibrant, Choudrant, dehydrant, drant, hydrant, quadrant, accelerant, adherant, adulterant, aerotolerant, agglomerant, alterant, cauterant, cooperant, cryotolerant, deliberant, delusterant, denumerant, desiderant, emerant, equiponderant, extuberant, exuberant, generant, imperant, imperceiverant, imperseverant, intemperant
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