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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

... roared the swashbuckler, coming to a standstill and glowering down upon his impatient companion. "And you have made me run ...

— Love-at-Arms • Raphael Sabatini

... don't quite like the sound of that bell. Harrison would have no occasion to be impatient. Somebody in a hurry. Now, attend to me. I'm going to steal out to the kitchen. Don't be afraid. Call if I'm needed. Open the door just a crack, with your foot against it. If it's Harrison he'll be in uniform. Call out ...

— The Drums Of Jeopardy • Harold MacGrath

... a certain alacrity, giving an impatient cut with his stick at a sparrow in the middle of Worship Street, nor did I see him again this day, although, after hurriedly getting my letters (for the starting hour of the boat had now drawn near), I followed where he had gone down Court Street, and his cosmopolitan ...

— Lady Baltimore • Owen Wister

... the Brothers wanted me to remain with them, to be nursed and cared for; but this uncontrollable longing did not suffer me to tarry. After reaching Europe I felt as if I was on the threshold of home, and I grew more impatient than ever. I obtained a loan of money from the Brothers, and was thus enabled to ride the rest of the journey, and get some suitable clothing; but I sickened on the road and was forced to lay up in a Polish town, ...

— Sister Carmen • M. Corvus

... one would tell him the cause. His Cousin Jasper had changed greatly since they had last seen him. He had always been a man of quick, brilliant mind but of mild and silent manners, yet now he was nervous, irritable, and impatient, in ...

— The Windy Hill • Cornelia Meigs

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