'Impatience' definitions:
Definition of 'impatience'
(from WordNet)
noun
A lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay [syn: restlessness, impatience]
noun
A restless desire for change and excitement
noun
Definition of 'Impatience'
From: GCIDE
- Impatience \Im*pa"tience\n. [OE. impacience, F. impatience, fr. L. impatientia.] The quality of being impatient; lack 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. [1913 Webster]
- I then, . . . Out of my grief and my impatience, Answered neglectingly. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- With huge impatience he inly swelt More for great sorrow that he could not pass, Than for the burning torment which he felt. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'impatience'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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