Dictionary Definition
impatient adj
1 restless or short of temper under delay or
opposition; "impatient with the slower students"; "impatient of
criticism" [ant: patient]
2 (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness;
"impatient to begin"; "raring to go" [syn: impatient(p),
raring(p)]
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English
Pronunciation
Derived terms
Translations
restless and intolerant of delays
- Czech: netrpělivý
- Finnish: kärsimätön
- Polish niecierpliwy , niecierpliwa , niecierpliwe
- Swedish: otålig, utan tålamod
anxious and eager
- Finnish: kärsimätön
- Polish niecierpliwy , niecierpliwa , niecierpliwe
- Swedish: ivrig
- ttbc Chinese: 浮躁 (fúzào)
- ttbc French: impatient , impatiente
- ttbc Slovak: netrpezlivý , netrpezlivá , netrpezlivé
- ttbc Spanish: impaciente
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abrupt,
agitated, agog, alacritous, all agog,
animated, antsy, antsy-pantsy, anxious, athirst, avid, breathless, brusque, bursting to, chafing, curt, demanding, desirous, eager, edgy, excited, fidgety, forward, fretful, fretting, full of life,
hasty, headlong, hopped-up,
hot-tempered, impetuous, impulsive, in a lather, in a
stew, in a sweat, indignant, irascible, irritable, itchy, keen, lively, nervous, on edge, overhasty, panting, precipitate, prompt, querulous, quick, raring to, rash, ready, ready and willing, reckless, restive, restless, short, short-tempered, snappish, spirited, squirming, squirmy, sudden, testy, thirsty, uneasy, unpatient, unquiet, vital, vivacious, vivid, waspish, zestful