Definition of impatience Impatience
/ɪmpejˈʃʌns/ - [impeyshuns] - im•pa•tience
We found 6 definitions of impatience from 4 different sources.
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What does impatience mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: impatiences |
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| impatience - a dislike of anything that causes delay | ||
| longanimity, forbearance, patience a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting; "his forbearance to reply was alarming" | ||
| ill nature a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition | ||
| impatience - a restless desire for change and excitement | ||
| fidget, fidgetiness, restlessness a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion; "he's got the fidgets"; "waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness" | ||
| impatience - a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay | ||
| restlessness | ||
| botheration, vexation, annoyance, irritation the act of troubling or annoying someone | ||
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Wiktionary 
- impatience (Noun)
The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- impatience (n.)
The quality of being impatient; want of endurance of pain, suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for something expected; restlessness; chafing of spirit; fretfulness; passion; as, the impatience of a child or an invalid.
Part of speech
🔤- impatience, noun, singular of impatiences.
