Synonyms:
digest, endure, stick_out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put_up
Meaning: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
Usage examples
I am perfectly satisfied with your company if you will tolerate mine.
And as mistress of the seas, she could not tolerate as much as the seizure of a fishing-smack.
My father had it furnished in pink and yellow, knowing well that blue and gray formed the only combination of color I could tolerate.
But Michael VI. was grown aged and incompetent, and the empire was full of ambitious generals, who would not tolerate a dotard on the throne.
It is a determination not to tolerate others in doing what is permitted by their religion, because it is not permitted by the persecutor's religion.
Over-confidence is bad, but to tolerate premonitions of failure is worse, for a bold man may win attention by his very bearing, while a rabbit-hearted coward invites disaster.
You will be nice to her for the first week, because you aren't taking any chances at the start; you will tolerate her for the rest of the year, because she will do your lessons for you every night.
The two rival divisions of the Christian Church, Protestant and Catholic, have always been in accord on one point, that is, to tolerate no science except such as they considered to be agreeable to the Scriptures.