Crossword clues for impatient
impatient
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Impatient \Im*pa"tient\, n. One who is impatient. [R.]
Impatient \Im*pa"tient\ ([i^]m*p[=a]"shent), a. [OE. impacient, F. impatient, fr. L. impatiens; pref. im- not + patiens patient. See Patient.]
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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. Not to be borne; unendurable. [Obs.]
--Spenser.-
Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience; as, impatient speeches or replies.
--Shak.Syn: Restless; uneasy; changeable; hot; eager; fretful; intolerant; passionate.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. 1 restless and intolerant of delays 2 anxious and eager, especially to begin something 3 (context obsolete English) Not to be borne; unendurable. 4 Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience.
WordNet
adj. restless or short of temper under delay or opposition; "impatient with the slower students"; "impatient of criticism" [ant: patient]
(usually followed by `to') full of eagerness; "impatient to begin"; "raring to go" [syn: impatient(p), raring(p)]
Wikipedia
"Impatient" is a song by Finnish singer Anna Abreu from her third studio album, Just a Pretty Face? (2009). Abreu co-wrote the song with longtime collaborator Rauli Eskolin (known professionally as Rake), and Patric Sarin. Eskolin also produced the song, while Sarin provided additional backing vocals. "Impatient" is a Pop ballad. The song was released on 9 November 2009 in Finland, as the album's second single.
Usage examples of "impatient".
Vor, even more impatient than the young bator, activated his plasma howitzer and unleashed a hellish gout of plasma fire down into the automated factory.
Max Bhagat had his usual cool on, but Sam knew Bhagat was as impatient as he was to get these introductions over with and get back to work.
So silent and still were they, that they might have been metal-sheathed statues, were it not for the occasional quick, impatient stamp of their chargers, or the rattle of chamfron against neck-plates as they tossed and strained.
Everywhere Qynh turned she saw horses prancing and shuffling impatient hooves as early morning sunlight winked off of silver chanfrons and crinets, gleaming against polished cruppers.
I am an impatient man, Claribel, but for some things I am prepared to wait--if necessary, for ever.
Guyr Thade Tage em Ereb, was impatient, warm-hearted, and impartial, not exerting much control over us three wombchildren, but keeping watch.
By the expedient of honorary codicils, the emperors, who were fond of multiplying their favors, might sometimes gratify the vanity, though not the ambition, of impatient courtiers.
Nobunaga mumbled something about the man being too impatient, and returned to Gifu just as soon as he had finished with Mount Hiei.
Sometimes she was as impatient with me as with the greenest recruit, and other times she seemed to try to take me under her wing.
She was precisely what Hargrave expected to see, one of those dominant, impatient, aggressive women who force their way to the head of social affairs in America.
His impatient spate of orders faded and resurged, as some busy horseboy gathered slack reins and led off his lathered mount.
Because the setting is described imagistically, as a vivid, active force in its own right, we do not become impatient for the human drama to begin.
Even The Impatient One had to couple with a man born of humankind in order to conceive a son!
Kids abandoned their games and clustered in silent twos or threes against the walls between stoops, itchily impatient to return to play but cowed by the spreading aura of anticipation.
And Gaslark the king sat by the steering paddle of his fair dragon of war, and by him the Lord Juss and the Lord Brandoch Daha, who was like a war-horse impatient for battle.