Meaning

Unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear..

Definitions by Sense

1. Unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear.
2. (medicine, often postpositive) Unable to digest food or be given substances of a certain composition without adverse effects. [with of (more common) or to]
3. Not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas; indisposed to tolerate contrary opinions or beliefs; impatient of dissent or opposition; denying or refusing the right of private opinion or choice in others; inclined to persecute or suppress dissent.
4. One who is intolerant; a bigot.

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: allergic

I am intolerant of lactose, so I can't drink milk

I am lactose-intolerant, so I can't drink milk.

When our bodies no longer create the enzyme needed to break down lactose, we can become intolerant to it.

The oak, as is well known, is a slow-growing, dicotyledonous tree of peculiar spreading habit, and very intolerant of shade.

The powers of human bodies being limited and intolerant of excesses.

Whilſt Congregationaliſts in England were complaining of the intolerant ſpirit of Epiſcopalians there

They ſhewed their intolerant ſpirit by demanding a ſtrict execution of the penal laws againſt Catholics

Word Forms

• more intolerant
• most intolerant
• intolerants

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Use intolerant when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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