impatient
Use Impatient in a sentence
ʃənt adjective
Idioms 1.
not patient; not accepting delay, opposition, pain, etc., with calm or patience.
2.
indicating lack of patience: an impatient answer.
3.
restless in desire or expectation; eagerly desirous.
4.
impatient of, intolerant of: impatient of any interruptions.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English impacient < Latin impatient- (stem of impatiēns) not enduring, not tolerating. See im-2, patient
1350–1400; Middle English impacient < Latin impatient- (stem of impatiēns) not enduring, not tolerating. See im-2, patient
Related forms
im·pa·tient·ly, adverb
im·pa·tient·ness, noun
un·im·pa·tient, adjective
un·im·pa·tient·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. uneasy, unquiet. 1, 2. irritable, testy, fretful, violent, hot; curt, brusque, abrupt. 3. hasty, impetuous, precipitate, sudden.
1. uneasy, unquiet. 1, 2. irritable, testy, fretful, violent, hot; curt, brusque, abrupt. 3. hasty, impetuous, precipitate, sudden.
Antonyms
1. calm.
1. calm.
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| —adj (foll by of) (often foll by for) | |
| 1. | lacking patience; easily irritated at delay, opposition, etc |
| 2. | exhibiting lack of patience: an impatient retort |
| 3. | intolerant (of) or indignant (at): impatient of indecision |
| 4. | restlessly eager (for something or to do something) |
| im'patiently | |
| —adv | |
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Example sentences
But they're getting impatient about not winning races.
There were a lot of impatient faces in the conference room.
To buy yourself more browsing time, direct impatient friends to the samurai swords on display down the hall.
Across the region pulses a similar mood of generational revolt, increasingly impatient to challenge this order.
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