Intolerant - English meaning

adjective

Caused by or relating to an allergy.

Usage examples:

An allergic reaction to penicillin

adjective

Having an allergy

Usage examples:

I'm allergic to cats., an allergic reaction, my dad's allergic to pop music.

adjective

Unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something.

Usage examples:

We will not tolerate this biased media coverage

verb

Cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something.

Usage examples:

All too often, our recruitment processes are biased towards younger candidates

adjective

Showing an unreasonable preference or dislike based on personal opinion

Usage examples:

The newspapers gave a biased report of the meeting.

adjective

Obstinately or unreasonably attached to a belief, opinion, or faction, in particular prejudiced against or antagonistic towards a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group.

Usage examples:

They're pandering to a vocal minority of ill-informed and bigoted individuals

adjective

Having strong, unreasonable beliefs and disliking other people who have different beliefs or a different way of life

Usage examples:

She's so bigoted that she refuses to accept anyone who doesn't think like her.

adjective

(of a horse) wearing blinkers.

Usage examples:

Aboyeur's blinkered head showed in front soon after the start

verb

Put blinkers on (a horse).

Usage examples:

Brown boy will be blinkered for the first time at york

adjective

A blinkered person is unable or unwilling to understand other people's beliefs, and blinkered opinions or ways of behaving show someone is unable or unwilling to understand other people

Usage examples:

He's very blinkered in his outlook.

adjective

Inclined to lay down principles as undeniably true.

Usage examples:

She was not tempted to be dogmatic about what she believed

adjective

(of a person or a group) strongly expressing your beliefs as if they were facts

Usage examples:

He has written a stimulating but dogmatic book.

adjective

Having extreme physical sensitivity to particular substances or conditions.

Usage examples:

The necessity of avoiding irritating substances can force hypersensitive subjects to make numerous …

adjective

Very easily changed or damaged by physical conditions, or easily upset

Usage examples:

He’s hypersensitive about his height.

adjective

Opposed to liberal principles; restricting freedom of thought or behaviour.

Usage examples:

Illiberal and anti-democratic policies

adjective

Limiting freedom of expression, thought, behaviour, etc.

Usage examples:

Illiberal policies

adjective

Unwilling to change or compromise.

Usage examples:

Once she had made up her mind, she was inflexible

adjective

Ignorant of or uninterested in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one's own experience.

Usage examples:

A stubbornly insular farming people

adjective

Unwilling to accept or consider other people's different ideas and behavior

noun

The 19th letter of the english alphabet

adjective

(especially of a person or an instrument) excessively sensitive.

Usage examples:

Bentley was oversensitive to criticism

adjective

Too easily upset

Usage examples:

I think you're being a little oversensitive - she didn't mean it as a criticism., people can become…

adjective

Relating to a church parish.

Usage examples:

The parochial church council

adjective

Relating to a parish (= an area that has its own church or priest)

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Parochial boundaries

adjective

Showing interest only in a narrow range of matters, especially those that directly affect yourself, your town, or your country

Usage examples:

A parochial view/opinion, although it's just a local paper, it somehow manages not to be too paroch…

adjective

Existing only in part; incomplete.

Usage examples:

A question to which we have only partial answers

noun

A component of a musical sound; an overtone or harmonic.

Usage examples:

Strings would like to oscillate as closely as possible to harmonic partials

adjective

Not complete

Usage examples:

He made a partial repayment of the loan., i’m partial toward the larger dogs., the accident left hi…

noun

A strong supporter of a party, cause, or person.

Usage examples:

Partisans of the exiled stuarts

adjective

Prejudiced in favour of a particular cause.

Usage examples:

Newspapers have become increasingly partisan

adjective

Involving loyal support of a person, principle, or political party

Usage examples:

Partisan politics, the political parties are more divided by partisanship than ever before.

adjective

Having or showing a dislike or distrust that is derived from prejudice; bigoted.

Usage examples:

People are prejudiced against us

verb

Give rise to prejudice in (someone); make biased.

Usage examples:

The statement might prejudice the jury

adjective

Influenced by personal opinion

Usage examples:

I thought the speaker’s presentation sounded prejudiced.

adjective

Of or concerning a province of a country or empire.

Usage examples:

Provincial elections

noun

An inhabitant of a province of a country or empire.

Usage examples:

Augustine was a local boy who made good, a provincial from the southern edge of fourth-century roma…

adjective

Unable to bend or be forced out of shape; not flexible.

Usage examples:

A seat of rigid orange plastic

noun

A lorry which is not articulated.

adjective

Quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences.

Usage examples:

The new method of protein detection was more sensitive than earlier ones

noun

A person who is believed to respond to paranormal influences.

Usage examples:

Thus, the positive results demonstrated by the sensitives do not appear to have resulted from ubiqu…

adjective

Having or showing awareness and understanding, esp. of other people’s feelings and needs

Usage examples:

My experience made me very sensitive to the suffering of others., tom is extremely sensitive about …

adjective

Disapproving unable to accept different ideas or things that are not familiar

adjective

Showing an unwillingness to make concessions to others, especially by changing one's ways or opinions.

Usage examples:

His uncompromising stance on the issue

adjective

(of a person or a person's opinions) fixed and not easily changed

Usage examples:

People are intimidated by her uncompromising ways.

adjective

Not willing to forgive or excuse people's faults or wrongdoings.

Usage examples:

He was always a proud and unforgiving man

adjective

Not willing to forgive people for things they do wrong

Usage examples:

My wife is unforgiving by nature., the unforgiving seas make search and rescue very difficult., sat…

adjective

Not feeling, showing, or expressing sympathy.

Usage examples:

I'm not being unsympathetic, but i can't see why you put up with him

adjective

Not sympathetic (= showing that you understand or care about someone's suffering)