impatient
97
2.8
- adjective
- /ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/
:
impaciente
- She felt impatient after waiting for over an hour for the bus to arrive.
- growing impatient
- become impatient
- increasingly impatient
Maybe this might get me a little impatient 'cause I want to do something else.
- Maybe this might get me a little impatient 'cause I want to do something else.
- It makes everybody feel more impatient and rushed.
- And normally you're feeling very frustrated and impatient with the course of your life.
- You want to be patient with the results and impatient with yourself.
- Most people are patient with themselves but impatient with the results.
- I get so impatient that I just have to stab it.
- Don't go back to less just because you are too impatient to wait for better.
- That to me is so crazy that I'm very impatient with things like that.
- That person who cuts you off in traffic because they were impatient with your driving.
- You know, having that that sort of aggravated side makes me impatient during meetings.
- And, and so when I, I, I got a little impatient waiting for the lights to turn off.
- The other is, don't forget how impatient everyone is.
Examples
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How can you be so impatient?
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The public is impatient and I think it's going to be hard.
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Any minute now, his friends would start calling for him, impatient for his return.
Fiction book (1991) -
But she came into this world in a hurry, impatient like her mum.
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But frankly, I have found myself way too impatient for that kind of operation.
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As a people, Americans tend to be impatient and are quickly frustrated with long, drawn-out wars.
Academic text (1997) -
When the evening chilled considerably, people grew impatient for the fire tableau to begin.
Academic text (1990) -
He became impatient while waiting for his flight to board.
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The children grew impatient as they waited for their turn on the swings.
Synonyms
447
1.0
Wanting very much to do or have something and showing strong interest
32
3.7
Quick to become annoyed or angry
25
7.0
Being nervous and unable to keep still
18
4.4
Very annoyed and impatient because something is difficult or not working
6
8.3
Not able to stay still because you feel impatient or nervous
Antonyms
How Impatient
18
4.4
97
2.8
32
3.7
110
3.0
72
3.2
343
1.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Impatient comes from the prefix im- meaning 'not' and patient, which is related to the word patience and means 'able to wait' or 'endure'. So an impatient person is 'not able to wait' and becomes easily annoyed by delays.