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insofferente

intolerant

adjective een-sof-feh-REN-teh Rare

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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