Impatient
adjective
Not wanting to wait for something, getting annoyed at delay.
She was getting impatient to leave.
Often appears as...
- impatient for
- impatiently waiting
adjective
Restlessly eager, particularly to do something.
I am impatient to get started.
Often appears as...
- impatient to start
- impatient with delays
adjective
Showing a lack of patience or tolerance.
He is impatient with those who disagree with him.
Often appears as...
- impatient with
- impatient with criticism
adjective
Not wanting to wait for something, getting annoyed at delay.
She was getting impatient to leave.
Often appears as...
- impatient for
- impatiently waiting
adjective
Restlessly eager, particularly to do something.
I am impatient to get started.
Often appears as...
- impatient to start
- impatient with delays
adjective
Showing a lack of patience or tolerance.
He is impatient with those who disagree with him.
Often appears as...
- impatient with
- impatient with criticism
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Annoyance Level
Indicates frustration with delays, revealing a low tolerance for waiting.
She tapped her foot impatiently, glaring at the clock.
Pro Tip 2/2Urgency Context
Often used when there's some urgency or time pressure involved.
They grew more impatient as the deadline approached.
Pro Tip 1/2Annoyance Level
Indicates frustration with delays, revealing a low tolerance for waiting.
She tapped her foot impatiently, glaring at the clock.
Pro Tip 2/2Urgency Context
Often used when there's some urgency or time pressure involved.
They grew more impatient as the deadline approached.
Pro Tip 1/2Annoyance Level
Indicates frustration with delays, revealing a low tolerance for waiting.
She tapped her foot impatiently, glaring at the clock.
Pro Tip 2/2Urgency Context
Often used when there's some urgency or time pressure involved.
They grew more impatient as the deadline approached.
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Kimberley Motley: How I...
the neighbor became very impatient, and he demanded that he be paid back. Unfortunately, Naghma's father didn't have the money, and so the two men agreed to a jirga. So simply put, a jirga is a form of mediation that's used in Afghanistan's informal justice system. It's usually presided over by religious leaders
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The difference between...
Maybe they're impatient when you're slow to respond, even though they know you had other things going on that day. It's important to remember that it's not how a relationship starts that matters, it's how it evolves. It's important in the early days of a new relationship to pay attention to how you're feeling.
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Jacques Cousteau's...
relax I was too impatient to show you our village under the sea hastily we both donned our aqualungs and slowly essentially we submerged into the welcoming water as warm as our blood we started for an unforgettable stroll with slow strokes of our long stretched legs and breathing deep lungfuls of air
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Why we make bad...
This typifies a lot of situations in life in which you will gain by waiting, but you have to be patient. What do we know? What do people do in these kinds of situations? Well, by and large people are enormously impatient. That is, they require interest rates in the hundred
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We must reignite dream...
started the future project we asked ourselves a different kind of question about the solution we we were inspired by examples of new schools that have been created by sweeping policy changes that had been made but we were impatient and we said how could we create
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Barry Clifford: Pirate...
small gun probably a rail gun that's concluded to the cannon but we were able to get down deep and Brandon said dad I can hear something down there you know don't move like he knows how impatient I am don't move stay there so we dug and we dug and we dug and we
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Laurie Santos: How...
We were a little impatient so we wanted to sort of speed things up a bit. So we said, let's actually give the monkeys the same kinds of problems that humans tend to get wrong in certain kinds of economic challenges, or certain kinds of economic experiments.
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The myth of Pandora’s...
Pandora brimmed with excitement at life on earth. She was also easily distracted and could be impatient, given her thirst for knowledge and desire to question her surroundings. Often, her mind wandered to the contents of the sealed box.
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A lyrical bridge between...
You're quite impatient with the rest of humanity, in fact. So when you get up to immigration with your shirt collar out and a day's growth of beard, and you have very little patience, and the immigration officer looked at my passport
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Yuval Noah Harari...
understand the consciousness and sentience of monkeys of pigs of cows and it is the most important question we face the thing is that engineers and investors are impatient people
Video examples
Kimberley Motley: How I...
the neighbor became very impatient, and he demanded that he be paid back. Unfortunately, Naghma's father didn't have the money, and so the two men agreed to a jirga. So simply put, a jirga is a form of mediation that's used in Afghanistan's informal justice system. It's usually presided over by religious leaders
Video examples
The difference between...
Maybe they're impatient when you're slow to respond, even though they know you had other things going on that day. It's important to remember that it's not how a relationship starts that matters, it's how it evolves. It's important in the early days of a new relationship to pay attention to how you're feeling.
Video examples
Jacques Cousteau's...
relax I was too impatient to show you our village under the sea hastily we both donned our aqualungs and slowly essentially we submerged into the welcoming water as warm as our blood we started for an unforgettable stroll with slow strokes of our long stretched legs and breathing deep lungfuls of air
Video examples
Why we make bad...
This typifies a lot of situations in life in which you will gain by waiting, but you have to be patient. What do we know? What do people do in these kinds of situations? Well, by and large people are enormously impatient. That is, they require interest rates in the hundred
Video examples
We must reignite dream...
started the future project we asked ourselves a different kind of question about the solution we we were inspired by examples of new schools that have been created by sweeping policy changes that had been made but we were impatient and we said how could we create
Video examples
Barry Clifford: Pirate...
small gun probably a rail gun that's concluded to the cannon but we were able to get down deep and Brandon said dad I can hear something down there you know don't move like he knows how impatient I am don't move stay there so we dug and we dug and we dug and we
Video examples
Laurie Santos: How...
We were a little impatient so we wanted to sort of speed things up a bit. So we said, let's actually give the monkeys the same kinds of problems that humans tend to get wrong in certain kinds of economic challenges, or certain kinds of economic experiments.
Video examples
The myth of Pandora’s...
Pandora brimmed with excitement at life on earth. She was also easily distracted and could be impatient, given her thirst for knowledge and desire to question her surroundings. Often, her mind wandered to the contents of the sealed box.
Video examples
A lyrical bridge between...
You're quite impatient with the rest of humanity, in fact. So when you get up to immigration with your shirt collar out and a day's growth of beard, and you have very little patience, and the immigration officer looked at my passport
Video examples
Yuval Noah Harari...
understand the consciousness and sentience of monkeys of pigs of cows and it is the most important question we face the thing is that engineers and investors are impatient people
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Raghuram Rajan
Indian Economist
Perhaps the hardest challenge has been to persuade the public, impatient for rapid growth, of the need to ensure stability first. Growth, it is argued, is always more important, regardless of the looming economic risks.
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Farhan Akhtar
Indian Director
I basically like a bit more control. Even in my personal life, I need things to be done on time. If it's not done, I get impatient.
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Nigel Farage
British Politician
I can be impatient. I can be a bit short sometimes. You're nearly always shortest with those who are most important to you.
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Jenna McCarthy
Author
Women tell stories; men want answers. Guys get impatient when we drone on forever; we get frustrated when they tune out.
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Nico Hulkenberg
German Driver
Sometimes I think I'm a bit impatient, and a bit more patience would help me in some cases.
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Nancy Pearcey
American Author
Americans have grown impatient with the relentless politicizing of every area of life.
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Kratika Sengar
Indian Actress
When it comes to work, I have a lot of patience, but otherwise, I am quite impatient.
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Natalia Tena
American Actress
I'm a very impatient person. I love dancing, I love music, and I love eating life.
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Karen Armstrong
English Writer
I have a very sharp tongue, I'm very impatient, and it's a lifelong struggle.
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Michael Waltrip
American Driver
I've been a pretty impatient driver my entire life.
Quote examples
Raghuram Rajan
Indian Economist
Perhaps the hardest challenge has been to persuade the public, impatient for rapid growth, of the need to ensure stability first. Growth, it is argued, is always more important, regardless of the looming economic risks.
Quote examples
Farhan Akhtar
Indian Director
I basically like a bit more control. Even in my personal life, I need things to be done on time. If it's not done, I get impatient.
Quote examples
Nigel Farage
British Politician
I can be impatient. I can be a bit short sometimes. You're nearly always shortest with those who are most important to you.
Quote examples
Jenna McCarthy
Author
Women tell stories; men want answers. Guys get impatient when we drone on forever; we get frustrated when they tune out.
Quote examples
Nico Hulkenberg
German Driver
Sometimes I think I'm a bit impatient, and a bit more patience would help me in some cases.
Quote examples
Nancy Pearcey
American Author
Americans have grown impatient with the relentless politicizing of every area of life.
Quote examples
Kratika Sengar
Indian Actress
When it comes to work, I have a lot of patience, but otherwise, I am quite impatient.
Quote examples
Natalia Tena
American Actress
I'm a very impatient person. I love dancing, I love music, and I love eating life.
Quote examples
Karen Armstrong
English Writer
I have a very sharp tongue, I'm very impatient, and it's a lifelong struggle.
Quote examples
Michael Waltrip
American Driver
I've been a pretty impatient driver my entire life.
Example 1 of 10
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