impatient
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/
impatient
- Restless and intolerant of delays.
- The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him.
- Anxious and eager, especially to begin something.
- (obsolete) Not to be borne; unendurable.
- Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience.
- impatient speeches or replies
- 1594, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, III. ii. 287:
- What, will you tear / Impatient answers from my gentle tongue?
- French: impatient
- German: ungeduldig
- Portuguese: impaciente
- Russian: нетерпели́вый
- Spanish: impaciente
- French: impatient
- Portuguese: ansioso
- Russian: нетерпели́вый
- Spanish: impaciente
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