intolerablenessn.
/ɪnˈtɒlərəb(ə)lnɪs/ 1. The quality or condition of being intolerable; unbearableness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > quality of being unendurable or intolerable > [noun]
intolerableness1579
insupportablenessa1586
insufferableness1592
intolerability1598
unsufferableness1611
unsupportableness1672
importableness1677
unbearableness1730
unendurability1858
unendurableness1894
1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. cxiv. 304 b Yf..vnto the intollerablenesse of the payne, there be added some farther greefe.
1668 R. Steele Husbandmans Calling (1672) vi. 179 The intolerableness of that fire that is never quenched.
1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xiii. 66 Such is the endlessness, yea, the intolerableness of all earthly effort.
1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice III. iii. 158 Of the grotesque in our own Shakespeare I need hardly speak, nor of its intolerableness to his French critics.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > weakness of character or will > incapacity of endurance or intolerance
intolerableness1598
intolerancy1623
intolerance1765
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 17 b/2 Throughe the intollerablenes and greate dolore or payne of the patient.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Intoleranza, intolerablenes, impacience.
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