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Learn the meaning of impatient, an adjective that describes someone who is easily annoyed by delays or who wants something to happen quickly. See synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.
IMPATIENT meaning: 1. easily annoyed by someone's mistakes or because you have to wait: 2. wanting something to…. Learn more.
The meaning of IMPATIENT is not patient : restless or short of temper especially under irritation, delay, or opposition. How to use impatient in a sentence.
Impatient means not accepting delays or obstacles with restraint and self-control, as in Fans were so impatient for the next book in the series that they overwhelmed the author with messages on Twitter.
If you are impatient, you don’t like to wait. Do you have a hard time teaching children new skills? Do grab the shoe and tie it yourself? You’re impatient. Pent-up, antsy, restless, short-tempered, constantly checking the time — all of these are qualities of an impatient person.
annoyed by somebody/something, especially because you have to wait for a long time. I'd been waiting for twenty minutes and I was getting impatient. The children were growing impatient. impatient with somebody/something Try not to be too impatient with her.
IMPATIENT meaning: 1. easily annoyed by someone's mistakes or because you have to wait: 2. wanting something to…. Learn more.
