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impatience

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im·pa·tience  (m-pshns)
n.
The quality or condition of being impatient.
Impatience of wives: company of wives.
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Noun1.impatienceimpatience - a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
restlessness
annoyance, botheration, irritation, vexation - the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
2.impatience - a restless desire for change and excitement
fidget, fidgetiness, restlessness - a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion; "he's got the fidgets"; "waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness"
3.impatience - a dislike of anything that causes delay
ill nature - a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition
intolerance - impatience with annoyances; "his intolerance of interruptions"
forbearance, longanimity, patience - good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
impatience
noun 1. irritability, shortness, edginess, intolerance, quick temper, snappiness, irritableness << OPPOSITE patience
noun 2. eagerness, longing, enthusiasm, hunger, yearning, thirst, zeal, fervour, ardour, vehemence, earnestness, keenness, impetuosity, heartiness, avidity, intentness, greediness
noun 3. haste, hurry, impetuosity, rashness, hastiness
Translations

impatience [ɪmˈpeɪʃəns] n → impaciencia
impatience [ɪmˈpeɪʃəns] n → impatience f
impatience [ɪmˈpeɪʃəns] n → Ungeduld f
impatience [ɪmˈpeɪʃəns] n → impazienza


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He was just now manifesting unmistakable signs of impatience, nervously pacing up and down, and unable to stand still for a moment.
Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context
If not, I'm afraid I can offer him no better explanation; and in fact I am all impatience to open my knapsack, and inform myself of the name of her to the discovery of whom my wanderings are henceforth to be devoted.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
Her tranquillity was not improved by the general's impatience for the appearance of his eldest son, nor by the displeasure he expressed at his laziness when Captain Tilney at last came down.
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