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intolerableness

intolerableness noun: the state of being intolerable or insufferable.

Noun

intolerableness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being intolerable or insufferable.
    • Such is the endlessness, yea, the intolerableness of all earthly effort.1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 13

Origin of intolerableness

From intolerable + -ness.

Questions about intolerableness

What does intolerableness mean?
Intolerableness means the state of being intolerable or insufferable.
What part of speech is intolerableness?
Intolerableness is a noun.

Words near intolerableness in the dictionary

  1. into't
  2. intoed
  3. intolerabilities
  4. intolerability
  5. intolerable
  6. intolerableness
  7. intolerably
  8. intolerance
  9. intolerances
  10. intolerancies
  11. intolerancy

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