Meaning

4 senses
  1. Restless, short of temper, and intolerant of delays.

    She dances when she becomes impatient.

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    нетерпели́выйneterpelívyj

    нетерпля́чийneterpljáčyj

    restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition

  2. Anxious and eager, especially to begin or have something.

    нетерпели́выйneterpelívyj

  3. Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience.

    impatient speeches or replies

  4. (obsolete)Not to be borne; unendurable.

Examples

293 sentences
  1. Tom isn't as impatient as Mary.

    Том не такий нетерплячий, як Мері.

    ruТом не такой нетерпеливый, как Мария.

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  2. I know that Tom is impatient.

    Я знаю, що Том нетерплячий.

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  3. Tom was impatient, but Mary wasn't.

    Том був нетерплячий, а Мері ні.

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  4. Why are you always so impatient?

    Чому ти завжди такий нетерплячий?

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  5. Tom is not as impatient as Mary.

    Том не такий нетерплячий, як Мері.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
restless and intolerant of delays:
Русский
By meaning 1
restless and intolerant of delays:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
restless and intolerant of delays:

Origin

From Old French impacient (modern French impatient), from Latin impatiēns. By surface anal

From Old French impacient (modern French impatient), from Latin impatiēns. By surface analysis, im- + patient.

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Forms

more impatient, most impatient
Comparativemore impatient Lesson
Superlativemost impatient Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (usually followed by ‘to’) full of eagerness:raring

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • as impatient as
  • is impatient to
  • impatient to see
  • isn't as impatient
  • getting impatient
  • a very impatient
  • be so impatient
  • is very impatient
  • is getting impatient
  • becoming impatient
  • are impatient for
  • impatient to do

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
impatient — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto