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impatient of

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im⋅pa⋅tient

  [im-pey-shuhnt]
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–adjective
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.
—Idiom
4. impatient of, intolerant of: impatient of any interruptions.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME impacient < L impatient- (s. of impatiēns) not enduring, not tolerating. See im- 2 , patient

Related forms:
im⋅pa⋅tient⋅ly, adverb
im⋅pa⋅tient⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. uneasy, unquiet. 1, 2. irritable, testy, fretful, violent, hot; curt, brusque, abrupt. 3. hasty, impetuous, precipitate, sudden.

Antonyms:
1. calm.
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