impatience
pronunciation
How to pronounce impatience in British English: UK [ɪm'peɪʃns]
How to pronounce impatience in American English: US [ɪmˈpeʃəns]
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- Noun:
- a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
- a restless desire for change and excitement
- a dislike of anything that causes delay
Word Origin
- impatience (n.)
- c. 1200, from Old French impacience (Modern French impatience) and directly from Latin impatientia, from impatiens (see impatient).
Antonym
Example
- 1. The world is looking on with mounting impatience .
- 2. Trying to manipulate the future like a marionette will increase instances of frustration , impatience , and discouragement .
- 3. On this the two leaders share the same impatience : the sooner the better .
- 4. Impatience is the scourge of the age .
- 5. I was twitching with impatience .