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impatient 音標拼音: [ɪmp'eʃənt] a. 不耐煩的,急躁的,忍受不了的;急欲的,急切的 不耐煩的,急躁的,忍受不了的;急欲的,急切的 impatient adj 1: restless or short- tempered under delay or opposition; " impatient with the slower students"; " impatient of criticism" [ ant: { patient}] 2: ( usually followed by ` to') full of eagerness; " impatient to begin"; " raring to go" [ synonym: { impatient( p)}, { raring( p)}] Impatient \ Im* pa" tient\ ([ i^] m* p[= a]" shent), a. [ OE. impacient, F. impatient, fr. L. impatiens; pref. im- not patiens patient. See { Patient}.] 1. Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; -- often followed by at, for, of, and under. [ 1913 Webster] A violent, sudden, and impatient necessity. -- Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster] Fame, impatient of extremes, decays Not more by envy than excess of praise. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] Dryden was poor and impatient of poverty. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Not to be borne; unendurable. [ Obs.] -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience; as, impatient speeches or replies. -- Shak. Syn: Restless; uneasy; changeable; hot; eager; fretful; intolerant; passionate. [ 1913 Webster]
Impatient \ Im* pa" tient\, n. One who is impatient. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] 73 Moby Thesaurus words for " impatient": abrupt, agitated, agog, alacritous, all agog, animated, antsy, antsy- pantsy, anxious, athirst, avid, breathless, brusque, bursting to, chafing, curt, demanding, desirous, eager, edgy, excited, fidgety, forward, fretful, fretting, full of life, hasty, headlong, hopped- up, hot- tempered, impetuous, impulsive, in a lather, in a stew, in a sweat, indignant, irascible, irritable, itchy, keen, lively, nervous, on edge, overhasty, panting, precipitate, prompt, querulous, quick, raring to, rash, ready, ready and willing, reckless, restive, restless, short, short- tempered, snappish, spirited, squirming, squirmy, sudden, testy, thirsty, uneasy, unpatient, unquiet, vital, vivacious, vivid, waspish, zestful
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