Synonyms for impatience
ɪmˈpeɪ ʃənsim·pa·tience

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1. impatiencenoun

   Antonyms:
   patience

2. impatiencenoun

   Antonyms:
   patience

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1. impatience

   Displeasure is the mildest and most general word. Choler and ire, now rare except in poetic or highly rhetorical language, denote a still, and the latter a persistent, anger. Temper used alone in the sense of anger is colloquial, tho we may correctly say a hot temper, a fiery temper, etc. Passion, tho a word of far wider application, may, in the singular, be employed to denote anger; "did put me in a towering passion," Shakespeare Hamlet act v, sc. 2. Anger is violent and vindictive emotion, which is sharp, sudden, and, like all violent passions, necessarily brief. Resentment (a feeling back or feeling over again) is persistent, the bitter brooding over injuries. Exasperation, a roughening, is a hot, superficial intensity of anger, demanding instant expression. Rage drives one beyond the bounds of prudence or discretion; fury is stronger yet, and sweeps one away into uncontrollable violence. Anger is personal and usually selfish, aroused by real or supposed wrong to oneself, and directed specifically and intensely against the person who is viewed as blameworthy. Indignation is impersonal and unselfish displeasure at unworthy acts (Latin indigna), i. e., at wrong as wrong. Pure indignation is not followed by regret, and needs no repentance; it is also more self-controlled than anger. Anger is commonly a sin; indignation is often a duty. Wrath is deep and perhaps vengeful displeasure, as when the people of Nazareth were "filled with wrath" at the plain words of Jesus (Luke iv, 28); it may, however, simply express the culmination of righteous indignation without malice in a pure being; as, the wrath of God. Impatience, fretfulness, irritation, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, and vexation express the slighter forms of anger. Irritation, petulance, and vexation are temporary and for immediate cause. Fretfulness, pettishness, and peevishness are chronic states finding in any petty matter an occasion for their exercise. Compare ACRIMONY; ENMITY; HATRED.

   Synonyms:
   anger, animosity, choler, displeasure, exasperation, fretfulness, fury, indignation, ire, irritation, offense, passion, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, rage, resentment, temper, vexation, wrath

   Antonyms:
   amiability, charity, forbearance, gentleness, leniency, lenity, long-suffering, love, mildness, patience, peace, peaceableness, peacefulness, self-control, self-restraint

   Preposition:
   Anger at the insult prompted the reply. Anger toward the offender exaggerates the offense.

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1. restlessness, impatiencenoun

   a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay

   Synonyms:
   uneasiness, fidgetiness, fidget, queasiness, restlessness

   Antonyms:
   longanimity, patience, forbearance

2. impatiencenoun

   a restless desire for change and excitement

   Synonyms:
   restlessness

   Antonyms:
   patience, forbearance, longanimity

3. impatiencenoun

   a dislike of anything that causes delay

   Synonyms:
   restlessness

   Antonyms:
   forbearance, patience, longanimity

Matched Categories

1. • Ill Nature
   • Restlessness

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1. impatiencenoun

   Synonyms:
   disquietude, restlessness, uneasiness

2. impatiencenoun

   Synonyms:
   vehemence, impetuosity, haste, eagerness, precipitation

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1. List of paraphrases for "impatience":

   eagerness, anticipation, patience

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How to use impatience in a sentence?

1. Theodore Roszak:

   To bemoan the messiness of politics is not just a folly it betrays a dangerous impatience with basic realities. It is like becoming disturbed that people do not fall in love sensibly -- and so deciding to computerize the problem.

2. Louis XIV of France:

   Impatience for victory guarantees defeat.

3. Mayor Anne Hidalgo:

   To be a candidate for the Olympics and Paralympics is too important a subject to be driven by enthusiasm and impatience.

4. Trisha Harp:

   Harp's data showed that entrepreneurs who set shared long-term business and family goals with their spouses scored higher in every area of satisfaction than those who didn’t. On her surveys, entrepreneurs who set shared business goals were 17 percent happier than those who didn’t; and 27 percent who set shared family goals reported higher levels of satisfaction. Of those who set shared family goals, 98 percent reported being still in love with their spouse. Contrary to what one might believe, Harp's data showed that when entrepreneurs shared both positive and negative aspects of the business on a regular basis, the other spouse's trust and confidence in the entrepreneur actually increased. Sharing on a regular basis increases the spouse's belief in their entrepreneur’s ability to succeed, Harp says. When the entrepreneur chooses not to share, the spouse usually knows when something is wrong, simply by observing his/her partner’s demeanor. The not knowing leads to frustration, anxiety and impatience, Harp says. However, when the entrepreneur shares on a regular basis, the spouse is privy to the solutions the entrepreneur is considering, she adds. And discussions make the non-entrepreneur spouse feel as if he or she is contributing. This helps increase a spouse's ‘buy-in’ and makes them feel like it is ‘our’ company instead of just ‘your company,’.

5. Valery Spiridonov:

   When I realized that I could participate in something really big and important, I had no doubt left in my mind and started to work in this direction, the only thing I feel is the sense of pleasant impatience, like I have been preparing for something important all my life and it is starting to happen.