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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Impatient \Im*pa"tient\, a. [OE. impacient, F. impatient, fr L. impatiens; pref. im- not + patiens patient. See {Patient}.] 1. Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; -- often followed by at for of and under A violent, sudden, and impatient necessity. --Jer. Taylor. Fame, impatient of extremes, decays Not more by envy than excess of praise. --Pope. The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him --Addison. Dryden was poor and impatient of poverty. --Macaulay. 2. Not to be borne; unendurable. [Obs.] --Spenser. 3. Prompted by or exhibiting, impatience; as impatient speeches or replies. --Shak. Syn: Restless; uneasy; changeable; hot; eager; fretful; intolerant; passionate. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Impatient \Im*pa"tient\, n. One who is impatient. [R.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: impatient adj 1: restless or short of temper under delay or opposition; "impatient with the slower students"; "impatient of criticism" [ant: {patient}] 2: (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness; "impatient to begin"; "raring to go" [syn: {impatient(p)}, {raring(p)}]
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