Associations to the word «Impatient»

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

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke