impatiencenoun [ U ]
uk/ɪmˈpeɪ.ʃəns/us/ɪmˈpeɪ.ʃəns/C2 the feeling of being annoyed by someone's mistakes or because you have to wait:
"I've shown you how to do this before," she said, unable to disguise her impatience.
There's a growing impatience among the electorate with the old two-party system.
C2 the feeling of wanting something to happen as soon as possible:
[ + to infinitive ] He was already half an hour late, which explains his impatience to leave.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Anger and displeasure
- acrimonious
- anger
- animus
- annoyance
- bad feeling
- flap
- fuss
- get the hump idiom
- gorge
- grit
- grit your teeth idiom
- grudge
- hard feelings idiom
- irritation
- resent
- resentful
- slow burn
- sour grapes idiom
- spite
- tantrum
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