impatience
noun/ɪmˈpeɪʃns/
/ɪmˈpeɪʃns/
[uncountable]- the feeling of being annoyed by somebody/something, especially because you have to wait for a long time
- impatience (with somebody/something) impatience with the slow pace of the talks
- impatience (at something) impatience at the lack of political progress
- the desire to do something soon or for something to happen soon
- impatience (to do something) She was bursting with impatience to tell me the news.
- impatience (for something) his apparent impatience for war
- impatience of something (formal) the fact of being unable or unwilling to accept something unpleasant
- his impatience of discipline
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