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intolerant

UK /ɪnˈtɒləɹənt/US /ɪnˈtɑləɹənt/

adjective 3
noun 1
forms 3

adjective3

Unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear.
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[after a noun] Unable to digest food or be given substances of a certain composition without adverse effects.
- I am intolerant of lactose, so I can't drink milk
- I am lactose-intolerant, so I can't drink milk.
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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.
- Whilst Congregationalists in England were complaining of the intolerant spirit of Episcopalians there — 1769

noun1

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One who is intolerant; a bigot.
- […] a portion of the prejudice which darkened the spirits of these intolerants, might perhaps have cast its shadow over him. — 1856

forms

intolerants · more intolerant · most intolerant

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