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impatient

 
(ĭm-pā'shənt) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Unable to wait patiently or tolerate delay; restless.
  2. Unable to endure irritation or opposition; intolerant: impatient of criticism.
  3. Expressing or produced by impatience: an impatient scowl.
  4. Restively eager or desirous; anxious: impatient to begin.

[Middle English impacient, from Old French impatient, from Latin impatiēns, impatient- : in-, not; see in-1 + patiēns, present participle of patī, to suffer, endure; see patient.]

impatiently im·pa'tient·ly adv.

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adjective

  1. Being unable or unwilling to endure irritation or opposition, for example: fretful, intolerant, unforbearing. See accept/reject, attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, calm/agitation.
  2. Intensely desirous or interested: agog, ardent, athirst, avid, bursting, eager, keen1, solicitous, thirsting, thirsty. Informal raring. Idioms: champing at the bit, ready and willing. See concern/unconcern.

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Definition: unable, unwilling to wait
Antonyms: controlled, easy-going, enduring, forbearing, laid-back, patient, tolerant, waiting, willing

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Not able to put up with delay or opposition.

pronunciation I am too impatient to wait for temptation to come to me. — Mason Cooley (b. 1927), U.S. aphorist. City Aphorisms, Fifth Selection, New York (1988).

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - utålmodig, irriteret, ivrig, længselsfuld

Nederlands (Dutch)
ongeduldig, gretig

Français (French)
adj. - impatient, agacé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - ungeduldig, unduldsam

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανυπόμονος, αδημονών

Italiano (Italian)
impaziente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - impaciente

Русский (Russian)
нетерпеливый, раздражительный, беспокойный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - impaciente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - otålig, ivrig, ofördragsam

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
不耐烦的, 急切的, 着急的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不耐煩的, 急切的, 著急的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 참을 수 없는, 몹시 ~하고파 하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 気短かな, 落ちつかない, もどかしがる, 我慢できない, 短気な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) نافذ الصبر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קצר-רוח, חסר סבלנות, משתוקק‬


 
 
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