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Unpardonable vs Intolerable - What's the difference?

unpardonable | intolerable | Related terms |

Unpardonable is a related term of intolerable.


As adjectives the difference between unpardonable and intolerable

is that unpardonable is impossible to pardon; impossible to excuse or justify while intolerable is intolerable.

unpardonable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • impossible to pardon; impossible to excuse or justify
  • * 1900 , Gilbert Parker, An Unpardonable Liar :
    • "I can understand your being wicked," she said keenly, "but not your being cowardly. That is and was unpardonable ."
  • * 1912 , Ralph Connor, Corporal Cameron of the Northwest Mounted Police :
    • To lose a game was bad enough, but to round on a comrade was unpardonable ; while to lose from the game a half-back of Cameron's calibre was unthinkable.

    Synonyms

    * inexcusable, unforgivable, unremittable * unjustifiable, indefensible

    Antonyms

    * pardonable

    Derived terms

    * unpardonable sin

    Related terms

    * pardonable

    References

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    intolerable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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
    • 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 * intolerably

    References

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