释义
[ im-pey -shuh nt ] SHOW IPA
/ ɪmˈpeɪ ʃənt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective not patient; not accepting delay, opposition, pain, etc., with calm or patience.
indicating lack of patience: an impatient answer.
restless in desire or expectation; eagerly desirous.
Idioms for impatientimpatient of , intolerant of: impatient of any interruptions.
Origin of impatient 1350–1400; Middle English impacient <Latin impatient- (stem of impatiēns ) not enduring, not tolerating. See im-2 , patient
SYNONYMS FOR impatient 1 uneasy, unquiet.
1, 2 irritable, testy, fretful, violent, hot; curt, brusque, abrupt.
3 hasty, impetuous, precipitate, sudden.
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OTHER WORDS FROM impatient im·pa·tient·ly, adverb im·pa·tient·ness, noun un·im·pa·tient, adjective un·im·pa·tient·ly, adverb Words nearby impatient impaste, impasto, impatent, impatience, impatiens, impatient , impawn, impeach, impeachable, impeachment, impearl
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British Dictionary definitions for impatient adjective lacking patience; easily irritated at delay, opposition, etc
exhibiting lack of patience an impatient retort
(postpositive foll by of ) intolerant (of) or indignant (at) impatient of indecision
(postpositive often foll by for ) restlessly eager (for something or to do something)
Derived forms of impatient impatiently , adverb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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