Associations to the word «Impatient»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
IMPATIENT, adjective. Restless and intolerant of delays.
IMPATIENT, adjective. Anxious and eager, especially to begin something.
IMPATIENT, adjective. (obsolete) Not to be borne; unendurable.
IMPATIENT, adjective. Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience.
Dictionary definition
IMPATIENT, adjective. Restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition; "impatient with the slower students"; "impatient of criticism".
IMPATIENT, adjective. (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness; "impatient to begin"; "raring to go".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.