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impatient
(encz) | impatient,nedočkavý adj: Pino |
impatient
(encz) | impatient,netrpělivý |
Impatient
(gcide) | Impatient \Im*pa"tient\ ([i^]m*p[=a]"shent), a. [OE. impacient,
F. impatient, fr. L. impatiens; pref. im- not + patiens
patient. See Patient.]
1. 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.
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A violent, sudden, and impatient necessity. --Jer.
Taylor.
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Fame, impatient of extremes, decays
Not more by envy than excess of praise. --Pope.
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The impatient man will not give himself time to be
informed of the matter that lies before him.
--Addison.
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Dryden was poor and impatient of poverty.
--Macaulay.
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2. Not to be borne; unendurable. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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3. Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience; as, impatient
speeches or replies. --Shak.
Syn: Restless; uneasy; changeable; hot; eager; fretful;
intolerant; passionate.
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Impatient
(gcide) | Impatient \Im*pa"tient\, n.
One who is impatient. [R.]
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impatient
(wn) | impatient
adj 1: restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition;
"impatient with the slower students"; "impatient of
criticism" [ant: patient]
2: (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness; "impatient to
begin"; "raring to go" [syn: impatient(p), raring(p)] |
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impatient
(encz) | impatient,nedočkavý adj: Pinoimpatient,netrpělivý |
impatient of
(encz) | impatient of, adj: |
impatiently
(encz) | impatiently,netrpělivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Impatiently
(gcide) | Impatiently \Im*pa"tient*ly\, adv.
In an impatient manner.
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impatient
(wn) | impatient
adj 1: restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition;
"impatient with the slower students"; "impatient of
criticism" [ant: patient]
2: (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness; "impatient to
begin"; "raring to go" [syn: impatient(p), raring(p)] |
impatiently
(wn) | impatiently
adv 1: with impatience; in an impatient manner; "he answered her
impatiently" [ant: patiently] |
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