'Impatient' definitions:
Definition of 'impatient'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition; "impatient with the slower students"; "impatient of criticism" [ant: patient]
adjective
(usually followed by `to') full of eagerness; "impatient to begin"; "raring to go" [syn: impatient(p), raring(p)]
Definition of 'Impatient'
From: GCIDE
- Impatient \Im*pa"tient\, n. One who is impatient. [R.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Impatient'
From: GCIDE
- Impatient \Im*pa"tient\ ([i^]m*p[=a]"shent), a. [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. [1913 Webster]
- A violent, sudden, and impatient necessity. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- Fame, impatient of extremes, decays Not more by envy than excess of praise. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Dryden was poor and impatient of poverty. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not to be borne; unendurable. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience; as, impatient speeches or replies. --Shak.
- Syn: Restless; uneasy; changeable; hot; eager; fretful; intolerant; passionate. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'impatient'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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