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Dictionary: im·pa·tience   (ĭm-pā'shəns) pronunciation
n.

The quality or condition of being impatient.


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n

Definition: inability, unwillingness to wait
Antonyms: control, ease, endurance, forbearance, patience, tolerance, waiting, willingness


WordNet: impatience
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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
  Synonym: restlessness

Meaning #2: a restless desire for change and excitement

Meaning #3: a dislike of anything that causes delay
  Antonym: patience (meaning #1)


Quotes About: Impatience
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Quotes:

"Avoid being impatient. Remember time brings roses." - Source Unknown

Translations: Impatience
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - utålmodighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
ongeduld, gretigheid

Français (French)
n. - impatience

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ungeduld, Unduldsamkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανυπομονησία, αδημονία

Italiano (Italian)
impazienza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - impaciência (f)

Русский (Russian)
нетерпение, раздражительность

Español (Spanish)
n. - impaciencia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - otålighet, irritation

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
性急, 焦急, 难耐

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 性急, 焦急, 難耐

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 성마름, 갈망

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 短気, じれったさ, もどかしさ, 切望

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نفاذ الصبر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קוצר-רוח, חוסר סבלנות‬


 
 

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