Meaning of IMPATIENCE
| Pronunciation: | | im'peyshuns
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] a dislike of anything that causes delay
- [n] a restless desire for change and excitement
- [n] a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
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IMPATIENCE is a 10 letter word that starts with I. |
| | Synonyms: | | restlessness |
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| | Antonyms: | | forbearance, longanimity, patience | | |
| | See Also: | | annoyance, botheration, fidget, fidgetiness, ill nature, intolerance, irritation, restlessness, vexation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Im*pa"tience\n. [OE. impacience, F. impatience, fr.
L. impatientia.]
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.
I then, . . . Out of my grief and my impatience,
Answered neglectingly. --Shak.
With huge impatience he inly swelt More for great
sorrow that he could not pass, Than for the burning
torment which he felt. --Spenser.
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| | Related Terms: | | alacrity, animation, anxiety, anxiousness, appetite, avidity, avidness, breathless impatience, cheerful readiness, eagerness, elan, forwardness, gust, gusto, haste, hastiness, impetuosity, impetuousness, impulsiveness, keen desire, keenness, life, liveliness, overhastiness, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitation, promptness, quickness, rashness, readiness, recklessness, spirit, suddenness, verve, vitality, vivacity, zest, zestfulness |
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