imperative
adjectiveEssential or urgently necessary.
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Clear all filtersEssential or urgently necessary.
Showing too little concern for the needs, rights, or feelings of others.
Without concern for others
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Extremely difficult to tolerate.
Very hard to tolerate
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Impossible to overcome.
A lack of moderation or self-restraint.
An unwillingness to accept beliefs, behavior, or people different from one's own.
Refusal to accept differences
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Unwilling to accept views, behavior, or people regarded as different or objectionable.
Unwilling to accept differences
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Long established and habitual, especially of a tendency or person.
To confine or shut someone away.
Unable to be changed.
Acting hastily on impulse without enough consideration.
Acting on a sudden urge without much prior consideration.
Unable to be taken away or transferred.
Not readily corrected or reformed; persistently fixed in a habit.
To formally accuse of a crime; more generally, to accuse strongly.
Overly willing to satisfy someone's wishes or excuse their behavior.
A weakness or lack of strength, sometimes related to age or illness.
So deeply established that it is difficult to change.
Greater in amount or degree than is reasonable or expected.
Beyond reasonable limits
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Not stable or assured, or lacking confidence about one's position.
Lacking confidence
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Too small or unimportant to have much effect in the situation.
Arising naturally without deliberate thought or conscious planning.
Too great or difficult to overcome.
Difficult to manage, control, or resolve.
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