impatient
restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,741 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,052 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition impatient with the slower studentsimpatient of criticism
- (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness also: raring impatient to beginraring to go
impatient in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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She stirred uneasily, with an impatient sigh; and you saw that she was vaguely puzzled.
Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice · James Branch Cabell · Chapter 1
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The Duffer, who never thought, because speaking was so much easier, grew impatient at John's silence.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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Even the dogs were whining and restless, impatient to get off again for the last stage of their journey.
A Countess from Canada · Bessie Marchant · Chapter 1
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In this troubled, impatient disorder of mind and feeling, she hurried into a second marriage as fatal as the first.
Lucretia — Volume 06 · Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton · Chapter 1
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He was impatient to reach the Cedars where he might learn all that Howells hadn't told him about his grandfather's death.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1