From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Impatient \Im*pa"tient\, noun One who is impatient. [R.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Impatient \Im*pa"tient\ ([i^]m*p[=a]"shent), adjective [OE. impacient, F. impatient, fr. L. impatiens; pref. im- not + patiens patient. See {Patient}.]
1. 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. --Jer. Taylor.
Fame, impatient of extremes, decays Not more by envy than excess of praise. --Pope.
The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him. --Addison.
Dryden was poor and impatient of poverty. --Macaulay.
2. Not to be borne; unendurable. [Obs.] --Spenser.
3. Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience; as, impatient speeches or replies. --Shak.
Syn: Restless; uneasy; changeable; hot; eager; fretful; intolerant; passionate.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: restless or short of temper under delay or opposition; "impatient with the slower students"; "impatient of criticism" [ant: {patient}]
2: (usually followed by 'to') full of eagerness; "impatient to begin"; "raring to go" [syn: {impatient(p)}, {raring(p)}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
73 Moby Thesaurus words for "impatient": abrupt, agitated, agog, alacritous, all agog, animated, antsy, antsy-pantsy, anxious, athirst, avid, breathless, brusque, bursting to, chafing, curt, demanding, desirous, eager, edgy, excited, fidgety, forward, fretful, fretting, full of life, hasty, headlong, hopped-up, hot-tempered, impetuous, impulsive, in a lather, in a stew, in a sweat, indignant, irascible, irritable, itchy, keen, lively, nervous, on edge, overhasty, panting, precipitate, prompt, querulous, quick, raring to, rash, ready, ready and willing, reckless, restive, restless, short, short-tempered, snappish, spirited, squirming, squirmy, sudden, testy, thirsty, uneasy, unpatient, unquiet, vital, vivacious, vivid, waspish, zestful
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