impatient Definition

impatient
adj

1. Unwilling or lacking the patience to wait or delay.
2. Intolerant; showing a lack of patience.

Example: impatient of fools
Example: impatient with bureaucracy
Form: impatient of something or someone (usually)
Form: impatient with something or someone
3. Restlessly eager and anxious.

Example: impatient for change
Example: impatient to get started
Thesaurus: anxious, restless, chafing at the bit, agitated, eager, feverish, irritable, hasty, excitable, quick-tempered, fretful.
Form: impatient to do something (often)
Form: impatient for something

Derivative: impatience
noun

Derivative: impatiently
adverb

Etymology: 14c: French, from Latin impatiens, from patiens suffering or enduring.