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impatient
What does impatient mean?
impatient (adjective): restless, short of temper, and intolerant of delays.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use impatient in a sentence?
- She dances when she becomes impatient. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce impatient?
/ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does impatient come from?
From Old French impacient (Modern French impatient), from Latin impatiēns.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are antonyms of impatient?
Words related to impatient
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “impatient” mean?
having intervening factors or persons or influences
Not quite: that's what indirect means.
restless, short of temper, and intolerant of delays
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at a higher physical position, level, rank or order
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with all parts included; with nothing missing; full
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