impatient

Adjective

US[im-pey-shuhnt]/ˌɪmˈpeɪʃənt/3 syllables

Synonyms: raring

Open English WordNet

Adjective (2)

restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition“impatient with the slower students”“impatient of criticism”Opposite patientSimilar restive, unforbearingSee also agitated
(usually followed by ‘to’) full of eagerness“impatient to begin”“raring to go”Synonyms: raringOpposite uneagerSimilar eager

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Translations

Adjective restless and intolerant of delays

Spanish: impaciente
French: impatient
German: ungeduldig
Italian: impaziente
Portuguese: impaciente
Turkish: sabırsız
Russian: нетерпели́вый neterpelívyj
Chinese: 不耐烦 bù nàifán
Dutch: ongeduldig
Polish: niecierpliwy

16 more languages

Swedish: otålig
Greek: ανυπόμονος anypómonos
Vietnamese: sốt ruột
Hungarian: türelmetlen
Portuguese (PT): impaciente
Chinese (Trad.): 不耐煩 bù nàifán
Catalan: impacient
Czech: netrpělivý
Danish: utålmodig
Esperanto: malpacienca
Finnish: kärsimätön
Georgian: მოუთმენელი moutmeneli
Icelandic: óþolinmóður
Norwegian: utålmodig
Scottish Gaelic: mì-fhoighidneach
Slovenian: nepotrpežljiv

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Im·pa′tient (ĭm-pā′shent), adjective

Origin: OE. impacient, F. impatient, fr. L. impatiens; pref. im- not + patiens patient. See Patient.

1. Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; — often followed by at, for, of, and under.

A violent, sudden, and impatient necessity.— Taylor, Jeremy

Fame, impatient of extremes, decays Not more by envy than excess of praise.— Alexander Pope

The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him.— Joseph Addison

Dryden was poor and impatient of poverty.— Thomas Babington Macaulay

2. Not to be borne; unendurable. obsolete Edmund Spenser

3. Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience; as, impatient speeches or replies. William Shakespeare

Synonyms: Restless; uneasy; changeable; hot; eager; fretful; intolerant; passionate.

Im·pa′tient noun

One who is impatient. rare

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54