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adjective

Impatient adj.

Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; often followed by at, for, of, and under. "A violent, sudden, and impatient necessity." "Fame, impatient of extremes, decays Not more by envy than excess of praise." "The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him." "Dryden was poor and impatient of poverty."

Not to be borne; unendurable. (Obs.)

Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience; as, impatient speeches or replies.

Synonyms: Restless; uneasy; changeable; hot; eager; fretful; intolerant; passionate.

noun

Impatient n. One who is impatient. (R.)

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Etymology of 'Impatient'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Impatient" Quotes from Famous Books

... as though they had only been riding a very short time when, upon emerging from a shady road, they drew up at a little gateway. John felt impatient at having to stop, and looked questioningly around at Mrs. Pitt from his place on the front seat. The others were already getting out, he found, and Mrs. ...

— John and Betty's History Visit • Margaret Williamson

... musician who, when he was dying, cried out in rapture—"I believe I am only at the Beginning!"[2] He was conscious of a strange dual personality,—some spirit within him urgently expressed itself as being young, clamorous, inquisitive, eager, and impatient of restraint, while his natural bodily self was so weary and feeble that he felt as if he could scarcely move a hand. He listened for a little while to the ticking of the clock in the kitchen which was next to his room,—and by and by, ...

— The Treasure of Heaven - A Romance of Riches • Marie Corelli

... gone, as usual, to church, the carpenter had gone to smoke a pipe with a neighbour, and Mr. Rawcliffe believed himself alone in the house. But Miss Rodney was not at church this evening; she had a headache, and after tea lay down in her bedroom for a while. Soon impatient of repose, she got up and went to her parlour. The door, to her surprise, was partly open; entering—the tread of her slippered feet was noiseless—she beheld an astonishing spectacle. Before her writing-table, his back turned ...

— The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories • George Gissing

... friend were by our side. We send a message over a wire, under the deep, and talk to London and all round the globe; and we have labelled this force electricity. And, instead of getting down on our knees in reverence, we get impatient if our communication is delayed two minutes or three. We fool ourselves with the thought that, because we have called it electricity, we know it, we have taken the mystery out of the fact. Why, friends, do you know anything about electricity? Do you know ...

— Our Unitarian Gospel • Minot Savage

... corner is Baron Weissschnitzerdoerfer. His long nose—this Teuton is as short-sighted as a mole—rubs the lines of the book he reads. The book is the time-table. The impatient traveler is ascertaining if the train passes the stations at the stated time. Whenever it is behind there are new recriminations and menaces against the ...

— The Adventures of a Special Correspondent • Jules Verne

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