impatience

pronunciation

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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 .

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