From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Intolerant \In*tol"er*ant\ ([i^]n*t[o^]l"[~e]r*ant), adjective [L. intolerans, -antis: cf. F. intol['e]rant. See {In-} not, and {Tolerant}.]
1. Not enduring; not able to endure.
The powers of human bodies being limited and intolerant of excesses. --Arbuthnot.
2. Not tolerating difference of opinion or sentiment, especially in religious matters; refusing to allow others the enjoyment of their opinions, rights, or worship; unjustly impatient of the opinion of those disagree with us; not tolerant; unforbearing; bigoted.
Religion, harsh, intolerant, austere, Parent of manners like herself severe. --Cowper.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Intolerant \In*tol"er*ant\, noun An intolerant person; a bigot.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion [ant: {tolerant}]
2: narrow-minded about cherished opinions [syn: {illiberal}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
76 Moby Thesaurus words for "intolerant": ageist, antipathetic, averse, balking, balky, biased, bigoted, bulldogged, bulletheaded, bullheaded, case-hardened, classist, contemptuous, discriminatory, disdainful, dogged, dogmatic, fanatic, fractious, hardheaded, headstrong, hidebound, illiberal, impatient, inconsiderate, indignant, inflexible, inhospitable, irate, irritable, jaundiced, mulish, narrow, narrow-minded, obdurate, obstinate, one-sided, opinionated, outraged, overzealous, parochial, partial, persevering, pertinacious, pigheaded, prejudiced, provincial, racist, restive, self-willed, set, sexist, small-minded, snappish, stiff-necked, strong-willed, strongheaded, stubborn, stuffy, sulky, sullen, tenacious, twisted, uncharitable, uncondoning, uncooperative, unforbearing, unindulgent, unregenerate, unsympathetic, upset, warped, waspish, willful, worked up, xenophobic
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