impatience

Noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

restlessness pique desire anxiety anger enthusiasm expectancy resentment frustration prejudice excitement agitation irritation appetite intolerance
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Antonyms

patience bliss serenity fortitude detestation content
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Hypernyms

irritation annoyance vexation fidget restlessness botheration

Hyponyms

intolerance

Related terms

impassivity

Phrases with the word

awaited with impatience with impatience anticipated with impatience

Examples

Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience. Rita Mae Brown

The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris. Larry Wall

My worst quality is impatience. Emma Thompson

There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community, that have no care but for themselves, and whose care for themselves reaches little further than impatience of immediate pain, and eagerness for the nearest good. Samuel Johnson

Impatience with your brother is in the flesh, it doesn't reach the bone. Mamprussi Proverb

A little impatience spoils great plans. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

impatent impaternate impatible impatiency impatiens Impatiens balfourii