Unbearable vs Intolerable - What's the difference?
unbearable | intolerable |
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
Intolerable is a synonym of unbearable.
As adjectives the difference between unbearable and intolerable
is that unbearable is so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable while intolerable is not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not proper or right to be allowed; insufferable; insupportable; unbearable.intolerable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- It is an intolerable sound that sets spoons tinkling in saucers and windowpanes vibrating.