| 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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