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UK
/ɪmpˈeɪʃənt/
]
[ US /ˌɪmˈpeɪʃənt/ ]
[ US /ˌɪmˈpeɪʃənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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(usually followed by `to') full of eagerness
raring to go
impatient to begin -
restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
impatient with the slower students
impatient of criticism
How To Use impatient In A Sentence
- A couple of years ago some of the players might have got a bit more impatient. The Sun
- He had been trying to persuade me to disregard what he termed the obstinacy of the old folks, and said impatiently: Nick Baba's Last Drink and Other Sketches
- His life was one of varied and significant achievements - an advocate at the Scottish bar, a sound if impatient and pugnacious judge of the Court of Session, and a politically active Whig.
- So far, this scribe detects two "fortissimo" candidates -- people palpably impatient to get in office and shake things up. Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News
- Mr Copley, robed in cassock and billowing surplice, was impatiently pacing the back lawn seeming oblivious to their presence.
- The captain impatiently yells for him to defend himself.
- Tea parties were Irene's favorite activity, and Elisa loved to pretend she was a high society debutante (which she would be in a matter of years but the girl was impatient).
- Neoclassical economists say impatiently that it makes sense to borrow against the additional earnings that a university degree may generate.
- After a second's wait -- snortingly impatient on Mr. Wilder's part; he was being pressed close by the none too clean citizens of Valedolmo -- the door was opened a very small crack by a frowsy jailoress. Jerry
- But the downside is you're increasingly impatient. Times, Sunday Times
