Intolerable vs Endured - What's the difference?
intolerable | endured |
Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not proper or right to be allowed; insufferable; insupportable; unbearable.
Extremely offensive or insulting.
* 1971 , William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead , page 4
(endure)
To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships.
To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
To last.
* Bible, Job viii. 15
To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
* Bible, Ezekiel xxii. 14
To suffer patiently.
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(obsolete) To indurate.
As an adjective intolerable
is intolerable.As a verb endured is
(endure).intolerable
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Adjective
(en adjective)- It is an intolerable sound that sets spoons tinkling in saucers and windowpanes vibrating.
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "intolerable" is often applied: cruelty, burden, situation, condition, pain, heat, position, life, state, suffering, evil, risk, insult, hardship, agony, behavior, affront, insolence, stress, consequence, people.Derived terms
* intolerability * intolerableness * intolerablyReferences
* *endured
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(head)Anagrams
*endure
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Alternative forms
* enduer (obsolete) * indure (obsolete)Verb
- The singer's popularity endured for decades.
- Our love will endure forever.
- He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not endure .
- Can thine heart endure , or can thine hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with thee?
- He endured years of pain.
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