Intolerable vs Tormenting - What's the difference?
intolerable | tormenting | Related terms |
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
Involving or causing torment.
The act by which somebody is tormented.
* 1832 , Mary Brunton, Self Control (page 335)
Intolerable is a related term of tormenting.
As adjectives the difference between intolerable and tormenting
is that intolerable is intolerable while tormenting is involving or causing torment.As a verb tormenting is
.As a noun tormenting is
the act by which somebody is tormented.intolerable
English
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
* *tormenting
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(more)Synonyms
* tormentousNoun
(en noun)- If Laura really entertained the hope she mentioned, she was miserably disappointed; for Lady Pelham remitted not a jot of her tormentings .