intolerant

/ɪnˈtɑlərənt/

/ɪnˈtɒlərɪnt/

When you're intolerant, you can't or won't put up with something. Usually, that means you're not very open-minded.

Being intolerant can mean you have a medical condition, like lactose intolerant people who can't eat dairy products. But more often being intolerant means you're unwilling to tolerate other ideas, opinions, beliefs or cultures. Homophobic people are intolerant of gay people. Sexist people are intolerant of women. Racist people are intolerant of people from other races. So it's safe to say intolerant people aren't the friendliest folks.

Definitions of intolerant

1. adjective

   unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
   synonyms:

   uncharitable

   lacking love and generosity

   bigoted

   blindly and obstinately attached to some creed or opinion and intolerant toward others

   rigid, strict

   incapable of compromise or flexibility

   antonyms:

   tolerant

   showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others

   charitable

   full of love and generosity

   patient

   enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance

   unbigoted

   not opinionated
2. adjective

   narrow-minded about cherished opinions
   synonyms: illiberal

   blinkered, narrow, narrow-minded

   lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view