| NOUN | state | impatience, restlessness | a lack of patience |
|---|---|---|---|
| feeling | impatience | a restless desire for change and excitement | |
| attribute | impatience | a dislike of anything that causes delay |
| Sounds | ihmpey'shahns | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... | |
| Meaning | A lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | restlessness | |
| Broader | irritation, annoyance, vexation, botheration | The psychological state of being irritated or annoyed |
| Spanish | impaciencia | |
| Catalan | impaciència | |
| Adjectives | impatient | restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition |
| Meaning | A restless desire for change and excitement. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | fidget, fidgetiness, restlessness | A feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion |
| Spanish | impaciencia | |
| Adjectives | impatient | (usually followed by 'to') full of eagerness |
| Meaning | A dislike of anything that causes delay. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | intolerance | impatience with annoyances |
| Broader | ill nature | A disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition |
| Opposite | patience, forbearance, longanimity | good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence |
| Spanish | impaciencia | |
| Adjectives | impatient | restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition |
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