 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
impatient
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 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 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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