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single word requests - What are antonyms of "tolerant" or synonyms of "cautious"?


I posted the following on Meta Stack Overflow, and I believe that there was a better word that I could have used rather than "a little too harsh".



Considering that my post fails all but possibly one or two of the low quality post heuristics, is something malfunctioning or is the detector perhaps a little too harsh?



Essentially, I believe that there is a word that is more precise in its definition, perhaps an antonym of "tolerant", that could have substituted in as "perhaps too [insert word here]".


The definition of the word would be something like "erring on the side of caution, possibly to a degree of excessiveness"; it would be beneficial for a Secret Service Uniformed Division agent to be [this quality].


I've considered "cautious", but I don't think it carries the right tone for that context.


Does anyone know of a better word?



Answer



The literal antonym of tolerant is intolerant. It seems like that would be a good fit for your post from the snippet that you've provided.


Other options would be unforgiving and aggressive.


Since this is for meta, don't forget to include a hand drawn picture of a circle around a unicorn that's in the midst of making a jquery joke.


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