About The Word Impatience
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Impatience
Impatience Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Impatience?
[n] a dislike of anything that causes delay
[n] a restless desire for change and excitement [n] a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay Synonyms | Synonyms for Impatience: restlessness Related Terms | Find terms related to Impatience: alacrity | animation | anxiety | anxiousness | appetite | avidity | avidness | breathless impatience | cheerful readiness | eagerness | elan | forwardness | gust | gusto | haste | hastiness | impetuosity | impetuousness | impulsiveness | keen desire | keenness | life | liveliness | overhastiness | precipitance | precipitancy | precipitateness | precipitation | promptness | quickness | rashness | readiness | recklessness | spirit | suddenness | verve | vitality | vivacity | zest | zestfulness See Also | annoyance | botheration | fidget | fidgetiness | ill nature | intolerance | irritation | restlessness | vexation Impatience In Webster's Dictionary \Im*pa"tience\n. [OE. impacience, F. impatience, fr.
L. impatientia.]
The quality of being impatient; want of endurance of pain,
suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for
something expected; restlessness; chafing of spirit;
fretfulness; passion; as, the impatience of a child or an
invalid.
I then, . . . Out of my grief and my impatience,
Answered neglectingly. --Shak.
With huge impatience he inly swelt More for great
sorrow that he could not pass, Than for the burning
torment which he felt. --Spenser.
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