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impatience
(/I/m'p/eI//S//@/ns )

noun (n)

  • a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay(noun.state)
    Synonym:
    restlessness
    source: wordnet30
  • a restless desire for change and excitement(noun.feeling)
    source: wordnet30
  • a dislike of anything that causes delay(noun.attribute)
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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