Synonyms of intolerable

intolerable

adjective

(ˌ)in-ˈtä-lə-rə-bəl 

1

as in unbearable

more than can be put up with

this stifling heat is intolerable

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unbearable
• extreme
• intense
• unendurable
• overwhelming
• unacceptable
• insufferable
• insupportable
• terrible
• unsupportable
• harsh
• painful
• uncomfortable
• horrible
• obnoxious
• appalling
• crushing
• disgusting
• acute
• dreadful
• vile
• excruciating
• horrid
• sickening
• horrendous
• shocking
• repulsive
• horrifying
• gruesome
• repugnant
• loathsome
• nightmarish
• wretched
• odious
• offensive
• unspeakable
• revolting
• distasteful
• torturous
• heinous
• harrowing
• noxious
• hard
• comfortless
• piercing
• nauseating
• tormenting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tolerable
• sustainable
• acceptable
• endurable
• livable
• sufferable
• adequate
• supportable
• reasonable
• satisfactory
• allowable
• admissible

2

as in excessive

going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount

the intolerable haste with which the press passed judgment on the accused

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excessive
• extreme
• insane
• steep
• extravagant
• infinite
• endless
• unbearable
• undue
• unconscionable
• exorbitant
• lavish
• inordinate
• immoderate
• inappropriate
• over-the-top
• plethoric
• baroque
• fancy
• unmerciful
• devilish
• overdue
• stiff
• overweening
• overextravagant
• a bit much
• overmuch
• improper
• towering
• immeasurable
• unjustifiable
• limitless
• unwarranted
• boundless
• unseemly
• thick
• unrestrained

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reasonable
• moderate
• inadequate
• insufficient
• modest
• deficient
• minimum
• temperate
• minimal
• middling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of intolerable

Indeed, major infrastructure reforms are more likely to happen because the status quo is intolerable than because someone diligently explained the benefits. — Justin Worland, Time, 25 July 2026

Gérald Marie potentially raped dozens of young women between the 1980s and the 2000s, acting with a sense of total impunity and within an utterly intolerable culture of rape. — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 17 July 2026

The goal, the former official explained, was to make life in such a place so intolerable that detainees would be compelled to leave the country altogether. — David Remnick, New Yorker, 13 July 2026

There were short wait times for groups in front of us on a Friday evening, but not intolerable. — Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 7 July 2026