intolerable

1 more than can be put up with this stifling heat is intolerable Synonyms insufferable, insupportable, unbearable, unendurable, unsupportableRelated Words unacceptable; crushing, overwhelming; comfortless, hard, harsh, painful, uncomfortable; appalling, dreadful, excruciating, gruesome (also grewsome), harrowing, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrifying, nightmarish, shocking, terrible, tormenting, torturous, vile, wretched; acute, extreme, intense, piercing; disgusting, distasteful, loathsome, nauseating, obnoxious, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening; heinous, noxious, odious, unspeakableNear Antonyms livable (also liveable); acceptable; adequate, admissible, allowable, reasonable, satisfactoryAntonyms endurable, sufferable, supportable, sustainable, tolerable

2 going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount the intolerable haste with which the press passed judgment on the accused Synonyms baroque, devilish, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, fancy, immoderate, inordinate, insane, excessive, lavish, overdue, overextravagant, overmuch, overweening, plethoric, steep, stiff, towering, unconscionable, undue, unmercifulRelated Words boundless, endless, immeasurable, infinite, limitless; unbearable, unjustifiable, unwarranted; improper, inappropriate, thick, unseemly; unrestrainedNear Antonyms deficient, inadequate, insufficient; minimal, minimumAntonyms middling, moderate, modest, reasonable, temperate