impatient

im·pa·tient

Use impatient in a sentence

This man is impatient with his wait.

adjective

The definition of impatient is have a lack of patience.

An example of an impatient person is someone who gets angry after waiting only five minutes for a doctor's appointment.

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impatient

feeling or showing a lack of patience; specif.,

feeling or showing annoyance because of delay, opposition, etc.
feeling or showing restless eagerness to do something, go somewhere, etc.

Origin of impatient

Middle English impacient from Old French from Classical Latin impatiens: see in- and patient

impatient Idioms

impatient of

not willing to bear or tolerate

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impatient

adjective

Unable to wait patiently or tolerate delay; restless.
Unable to endure irritation or opposition; intolerant: impatient of criticism.
Expressing or produced by impatience: an impatient scowl.
Restively eager or desirous; anxious: impatient to begin.

Origin of impatient

Middle English impacient from Old French impatient from Latin impatiēns impatient- in- not ; see in- ¹. patiēns present participle of patī to suffer, endure ; see patient .

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im·pa′tient·ly
adverb

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