Definitions for intolerant
ɪnˈtɒl ər əntin·tol·er·ant

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. intolerant(adj)

   unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion

2. illiberal, intolerant(adj)

   narrow-minded about cherished opinions

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. intolerant(Noun)

   One who is intolerant; a bigot.

2. intolerant(Adjective)

   Unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear.

3. intolerant(Adjective)

   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.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Intolerant(adj)

   not enduring; not able to endure

2. Intolerant(adj)

   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

3. Intolerant(noun)

   an intolerant person; a bigot

Origin: [L. intolerans, -antis: cf. F. intolrant. See In- not, and Tolerant.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of intolerant in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of intolerant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of intolerant in a Sentence

1. Paul Duncun:

   Intellectuals are the most intolerant of all people.

2. Charles Caleb Colton:

   As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints.

3. George Dennison Prentice:

   We are in favor of tolerance, but it is a very difficult thing to tolerate the intolerant and impossible to tolerate the intolerable.

4. Kahlil Gibran:

   I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.

5. Kahlil Gibran:

   I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.

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