impatience
[noun]
Synonyms:
- haste, impetuosity, intolerance, rashness
- restlessness, agitation, anxiety, eagerness, edginess, fretfulness, nervousness, uneasiness

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

im‧pa‧tience /ɪmˈpeɪʃəns/ noun [uncountable]
[Word Family: noun: patience ≠ impatience, patient; adverb: patiently ≠ impatiently; adjective: patient ≠ impatient]

1. annoyance at having to accept delays, other people’s weaknesses etc Antonym : patience
impatience with
his impatience with the slowness of bureaucratic procedures
A note of impatience had entered his voice.

2. great eagerness for something to happen, especially something that is going to happen soon
impatience to do something
She was bursting with impatience to tell Natalia what had happened.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

impatience
noun
ADJ. growing, mounting | slight | barely concealed/controlled
QUANT. hint, note, touch
VERB + IMPATIENCE feel She felt a growing impatience.
express, show He was trying hard not to show his impatience.
contain, control, curb, restrain unable to contain her impatience
conceal, hide
IMPATIENCE + VERB grow
PREP. with ~ He stamped his feet as he waited with barely concealed impatience for the telephone.
~ at He expressed impatience at the slow rate of progress.
~ for his impatience for her to return
~ with impatience with the slowness of change
PHRASES a gesture of impatience He shook his head in a gesture of impatience.
a sigh of impatience He bit back a sigh of impatience.
signs of impatience The children were beginning to show signs of impatience.

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