intolerant
Refusing to accept
Intolerant describes unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or behaviors different from one's own: intolerant of dissent, religiously intolerant.
The word often carries moral judgment—calling someone intolerant implies narrow-mindedness.
In medicine, intolerant means unable to tolerate a substance without adverse effects: lactose intolerant, intolerant of certain medications.
Biased against a group
- racistOne prejudiced by ethnicity
- xenophobicFearing or hating outsiders
- discriminatoryShowing unfair distinction
- biasedUnfairly favoring one side
homophobic · sectarian · chauvinistic · ethnocentric · misogynistic · anti-Semitic · Islamophobic · nativist
Unreceptive to differing views
- parochialNarrow in perspective
- provincialRegional or narrow-minded
- insularNarrow in outlook
- myopicUnable to see far
blinkered · small-minded · illiberal · petty · short-sighted · inward-looking · dogmatic · jingoistic
Refusing to change course
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- rigidUnable to bend
- adamantStubbornly refusing to yield
intransigent · uncompromising · unbending · hardheaded · opinionated · willful · immovable · headstrong
Responsiveness to stimuli
- lactoseDisaccharide in dairy
- glutenCereal grain protein
- histamineAllergy-response compound
- allergensImmune reaction triggers
reaction · digestive · celiac · dairy-free · inflammation · autoimmune · IBS · Crohn's
Easily provoked to annoyance
- short-temperedProne to sudden anger
- testyShort-tempered, easily provoked
- snappyQuick and clever
- irascibleProne to outbursts
touchy · peevish · brusque · curt · exasperated · frustrated · quick-tempered · thin-skinned
prejudiced
Biased against a group
- racistOne prejudiced by ethnicity
- xenophobicFearing or hating outsiders
- discriminatoryShowing unfair distinction
biased · homophobic · sectarian · chauvinistic · ethnocentric · misogynistic · anti-Semitic · Islamophobic · nativist · supremacist
close-minded
Unreceptive to differing views
- parochialNarrow in perspective
- provincialRegional or narrow-minded
- insularNarrow in outlook
myopic · blinkered · small-minded · illiberal · petty · short-sighted · inward-looking · dogmatic · jingoistic · unenlightened
stubborn
Refusing to change course
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- rigidUnable to bend
adamant · intransigent · uncompromising · unbending · hardheaded · opinionated · willful · immovable · headstrong · doctrinaire
sensitivity
Responsiveness to stimuli
allergens · reaction · digestive · celiac · dairy-free · inflammation · autoimmune · IBS · Crohn's · malabsorption
irritable
Easily provoked to annoyance
- short-temperedProne to sudden anger
- testyShort-tempered, easily provoked
- snappyQuick and clever
irascible · touchy · peevish · brusque · curt · exasperated · frustrated · quick-tempered · thin-skinned · cantankerous
- intolerantbigoted, biased, prejudiced, discriminatory, narrow-minded
- attitudespositive, negative, ambition, apathy, curiosity
- IN- wordsinactive, incomplete, invisible, inside, indoor
- oppressivestifling, suffocating, smothering, crushing, repressive
- viewpoint traitsimpartial, objective, biased, neutral, subjective
- flawsfaults, defect, flaw, blemish, flaws
intoleranttolerant
Accepting of differences
accepting · permissive · inclusive · liberal · broad-minded
intolerantpatient
Able to wait calmly
forbearing · long-suffering · enduring · stoic · uncomplaining
intolerantopen-minded
Receptive to different ideas
broad-minded · impartial · unbiased · fair-minded · unprejudiced
- lactose intolerantUnable to digest milk sugar
- lactose intoleranceInability to process milk sugar
- gluten intoleranceAdverse reaction to wheat protein
- food intoleranceDifficulty digesting specific substances
- religious intoleranceHostility toward differing faiths
- racial intolerancePrejudice against ethnic groups
intolerance, intolerable, intolerably, intolerances, intolerantly, intolerability