impatient
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impatient
- /ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/
Where it comes from
From Old French impacient (modern French impatient), from Latin impatiēns. By surface analysis, im- + patient.
adjective more impatient · most impatient · inpatient
- Restless, short of temper, and intolerant of delays. She dances when she becomes impatient.
- Anxious and eager, especially to begin or have something. For, if (ſaid he) you throw among five Yahoos as much Food as would be ſufficient for fifty, they will, inſtead of eating peaceably, fall together by the ears, each ſingle one impatient to have all to itſelf; […]
- Not to be borne; unendurable. Dismayed with so defperate deadly wound, And eke impatient of unwonted payne, He lowdly bray'd with beastly yelling sownd
- Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience. impatient speeches or replies
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: restive, raring, eager, short, unforbearing, impatient of, intolerant of, anxious, restless, edgy, keen, excited, patience, hasty, agitated, irritable
Translations
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adj restless and intolerant of delays
| Español | impaciente |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 不耐煩 /不耐烦 bù nàifán, 浮躁 fúzào |
| हिन्दी | आतुर ātur |
| Português | impaciente |
| Français | impatient |
| Deutsch | ungeduldig |
| Italiano | impaziente |
| Ελληνικά | ανυπόμονος anypómonos |
| Русский | нетерпели́вый neterpelívyj |
adj anxious and eager
| Español | impaciente |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 急躁 jízào, 焦急 jiāojí |
| हिन्दी | चंचल cañcal |
| Português | ansioso |
| Français | impatient |
| Ελληνικά | ανυπόμονος anypómonos |
| Русский | нетерпели́вый neterpelívyj |
Talk about this word "impatient." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/impatient. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. impatient. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/impatient "impatient." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/impatient.Cite this
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