IMPATIENCE

impatience

(noun) a dislike of anything that causes delay

impatience

(noun) a restless desire for change and excitement

restlessness, impatience

(noun) a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

impatience (countable and uncountable, plural impatiences)

The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.

Antonyms

• patience

• haste

Source: Wiktionary


Im*pa"tience n. Etym: [OE. impacience, F. impatience, fr. L. impatientia.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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