impatience

  • 11IMPATIENCE — s. f. Manque de patience ; sentiment d inquiétude que l on éprouve, soit dans la souffrance d un mal, soit dans l attente de quelque bien. L impatience dans les maux, dans les douleurs. Souffrir avec impatience la maladie, la mauvaise fortune. Il …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 12IMPATIENCE — n. f. Manque de patience; sentiment d’inquiétude ou d’irritation que l’on éprouve, soit dans la souffrance d’un mal, soit dans l’attente de quelque bien. L’impatience dans les maux, dans les douleurs. Souffrir avec impatience la maladie, la… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 13impatience — n. 1) to display, show impatience 2) impatience with 3) impatience to + inf. (we noted her impatience to begin) * * * [ɪm peɪʃ(ə)ns] showimpatience to display impatiencewith impatience to + inf. (we noted her impatience to begin) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 14impatience — im|pa|tience [ımˈpeıʃəns] n [U] 1.) annoyance at having to accept delays, other people s weaknesses etc ≠ ↑patience impatience with ▪ his impatience with the slowness of bureaucratic procedures ▪ A note of impatience had entered his voice. 2.)… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15impatience — im|pa|tience [ ım peıʃns ] noun uncount 1. ) the annoyed feeling you get when something does not happen as quickly as you want it to or in the way you want it to: Harry could hear the impatience in her voice. impatience with/at: America s… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 16impatience — UK [ɪmˈpeɪʃ(ə)ns] / US noun [uncountable] 1) the annoyed feeling you get when something does not happen as quickly as you want it to or in the way you want it to Harry could hear the impatience in her voice. impatience with/at: Impatience with… …

    English dictionary

  • 17impatience — noun 1) he was shifting in his seat with impatience Syn: restlessness, restiveness, agitation, nervousness, anxiety; eagerness, keenness; informal jitteriness 2) a burst of impatience Syn: irritability, testiness, tetchiness …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 18impatience — Synonyms and related words: alacrity, animation, anxiety, anxiousness, appetite, avidity, avidness, breathless impatience, cheerful readiness, eagerness, elan, forwardness, gust, gusto, haste, hastiness, impetuosity, impetuousness, impulsiveness …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 19impatience — noun (U) 1 annoyance at having to accept delays, other people s weaknesses etc: Fiona s impatience with her slower students was beginning to show. 2 great eagerness for something to happen, especially something that is going to happen soon …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20impatience — balzamininė sprigė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Spriginių šeimos dekoratyvinis, vaistinis augalas (Impatiens balsamina), paplitęs atogrąžų Azijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Impatiens balsamina angl. garden balsam; immortal eagle flower; jumping …

    Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)