impatient
Meanings
Adjective
- restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
- "impatient with the slower students"
- "impatient of criticism"
Adjective Satellite
- (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness
- "impatient to begin"
Adj
- Restless, short of temper, and intolerant of delays.
- Anxious and eager, especially to begin or have something.
- Not to be borne; unendurable.
- Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience.
Origin / Etymology
From Old French impacient (modern French impatient), from Latin impatiēns. By surface analysis, im- + patient.
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Scrabble Score: 13
impatient is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordimpatient is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 16
impatient is a valid Words With Friends word