English to English
impatience
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noun (n)
- a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay(noun.state)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