Impatient ɪmˈpeɪʃnt Adjective Waiting Twenty Minutes I Children

• i'd been waiting for twenty minutes and i was getting impatient.
• the children were growing impatient.
• try not to be too impatient with her.
• sarah was becoming increasingly impatient at their lack of interest.

impatient

1. annoyed by somebody/something, especially because you have to wait for a long time
• I'd been waiting for twenty minutes and I was getting impatient.
• The children were growing impatient.
• Try not to be too impatient with her.
• Sarah was becoming increasingly impatient at their lack of interest.
• An impatient driver behind me sounded his horn.
• He waved them away with an impatient gesture.

Extra Examples

• Sometimes he is very impatient with his wife.
• Sean was a little impatient at the time Valerie devoted to her mother.
• She's getting impatient with the delays.
2. wanting to do something soon; wanting something to happen soon
• She was clearly impatient to leave.
• impatient for change
3. unable or unwilling to accept something unpleasant
• impatient of criticism

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in the senses ‘lacking patience’ and ‘unbearable’): via Old French from Latin impatient- ‘not bearing, impatient’, from in- ‘not’ + pati ‘suffer, bear’ .