Also means
impatient
Usage Note
Insofferente describes someone who cannot tolerate or is impatient with a situation or constraint: insofferente alle regole ('intolerant of rules'), insofferente all'attesa ('impatient with waiting'). It is invariable for gender in the singular and takes -i in the plural (insofferenti).
Examples
"È sempre stato insofferente alle critiche."
Natural Translation
He has always been intolerant of criticism.

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