Intolerant

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Intolerant \In*tol"er*ant\ ([i^]n*t[o^]l"[~e]r*ant), a. [L.
     intolerans, -antis: cf. F. intol['e]rant. See {In-} not, and
     {Tolerant}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Not enduring; not able to endure.
        [1913 Webster]


  
              The powers of human bodies being limited and
              intolerant of excesses.               --Arbuthnot.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Not tolerating difference of opinion or sentiment,
        especially in religious matters; refusing to allow others
        the enjoyment of their opinions, rights, or worship;
        unjustly impatient of the opinion of those disagree with
        us; not tolerant; unforbearing; bigoted.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Religion, harsh, intolerant, austere,
              Parent of manners like herself severe. --Cowper.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Intolerant \In*tol"er*ant\, n.
     An intolerant person; a bigot.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  intolerant
       adj 1: unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion [ant: {tolerant}]
       2: narrow-minded about cherished opinions [syn: {illiberal}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  76 Moby Thesaurus words for "intolerant":
     ageist, antipathetic, averse, balking, balky, biased, bigoted,
     bulldogged, bulletheaded, bullheaded, case-hardened, classist,
     contemptuous, discriminatory, disdainful, dogged, dogmatic,
     fanatic, fractious, hardheaded, headstrong, hidebound, illiberal,
     impatient, inconsiderate, indignant, inflexible, inhospitable,
     irate, irritable, jaundiced, mulish, narrow, narrow-minded,
     obdurate, obstinate, one-sided, opinionated, outraged, overzealous,
     parochial, partial, persevering, pertinacious, pigheaded,
     prejudiced, provincial, racist, restive, self-willed, set, sexist,
     small-minded, snappish, stiff-necked, strong-willed, strongheaded,
     stubborn, stuffy, sulky, sullen, tenacious, twisted, uncharitable,
     uncondoning, uncooperative, unforbearing, unindulgent,
     unregenerate, unsympathetic, upset, warped, waspish, willful,
     worked up, xenophobic