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Antonyms for intolerant
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : in-tol-er-uhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈtɒl ər ənt |
Definition of intolerant
Origin :- 1735, from Latin intolerantem (nominative intolerans) "not enduring, impatient, intolerant; intolerable," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + tolerans, present participle of tolerare "to bear, endure" (see toleration). Of plants, from 1898. The noun meaning "intolerant person or persons" is from 1765.
- adj impatient, prejudiced
- To what dangers might she not be subjected, by the intolerant zeal of conversion!
- Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- You cannot imagine a more ignorant, intolerant, narrow-minded woman than she.
- Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
- He was ever a short-tempered man, intolerant of irrelevancies.
- Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
- It shall never be said of us that we were either impatient or intolerant.'
- Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- It was all right, provided the intolerant establishment were to remain.
- Extract from : « John Knox » by A. Taylor Innes
- Yet in their religious acts they were often bigoted, intolerant and puerile.
- Extract from : « The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 » by Various
- Anna used to tell me I was intolerant and made no allowance for human nature.
- Extract from : « A Girl of the Commune » by George Alfred Henty
- Taine was arrogant and suspicious and intolerant even on the Niccola.
- Extract from : « The Aliens » by Murray Leinster
- We see why in some points it tends to be inquisitive or intolerant.
- Extract from : « What I Saw in America » by G. K. Chesterton
- The pine wood loves a clean floor, and is intolerant of undergrowth.
- Extract from : « The Foot-path Way » by Bradford Torrey
Synonyms for intolerant
- antipathetic
- averse
- biased
- bigoted
- chauvinistic
- communist
- conservative
- contemptuous
- dictatorial
- disdainful
- dogmatic
- fanatical
- fractious
- hateful
- illiberal
- indignant
- individualistic
- inflexible
- irate
- irritable
- jaundiced
- narrow
- narrow-minded
- obdurate
- one-sided
- outraged
- racialist
- racist
- short-fuse
- small-minded
- snappy
- stuffy
- tilted
- uncharitable
- unfair
- unforbearing
- unindulgent
- unsympathetic
- unwilling
- upset
- waspish
- worked-up
- xenophobic
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