ADJECTIVE | all | impatient | restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition |
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all | impatient, raring | (usually followed by 'to') full of eagerness |
Sounds | ihmpey'shahnt | |
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Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... |
Meaning | Restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition. | |
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Narrower | restive | impatient especially under restriction or delay |
unforbearing | Unwilling to endure | |
See also | agitated | Troubled emotionally and usually deeply |
Opposite | patient | enduring trying / trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance |
Spanish | ansioso, deseoso, impaciente | |
Catalan | ansiós, frisós, impacient | |
Nouns | impatience | a dislike of anything that causes delay |
impatience | a lack of patience | |
Adverbs | impatiently | with impatience |
Meaning | (usually followed by 'to') full of eagerness. | |
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Example | "impatient to begin" | |
Synonym | raring | |
Broader | eager | Having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy |
Spanish | impaciente | |
Nouns | impatience | a restless desire for change and excitement |
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