impatience

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
  2. noun a restless desire for change and excitement
  3. noun a dislike of anything that causes delay

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English impacience, from Old French impacience (modern French impatience), from Latin impatientia. By surface analysis, im- + patience.

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Synonyms

restlessness

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