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单词 impatience
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impatience


im·pa·tience

I0054400 (ĭm-pā′shəns)n. The quality or condition of being impatient.

impatience

(ɪmˈpeɪʃəns) n1. lack of patience; intolerance of or irritability with anything that impedes or delays2. restless desire for change and excitement

im•pa•tience

(ɪmˈpeɪ ʃəns)

n. 1. intolerance of anything that thwarts, delays, or hinders. 2. eager desire for relief or change.

Impatience

 of wives: company of wives.

Impatience

 

(See also IMPETUOUSNESS.)

champ at the bit To show impatience; to wait restlessly or anxiously to begin. This expression, in figurative use since 1645, refers to the way a horse, eager to be off, chews on the bit in his mouth and stamps the ground with his hooves. Similar phrases with the same meaning are to bite the bridle, used figuratively since 1514, and to strain at the leash.

cool one’s heels To impatiently await the promised and supposedly imminent arrival of one or more persons, especially when the arrival has been intentionally and rudely delayed. Dating from the early 1600s, this expression is an allusion to the fact that one’s feet, hot from walking, are cooled by waiting in a stationary position.

Well, if we’re not ready, they’ll have to wait—won’t do them any harm to cool their heels a bit. (John Galsworthy, Strife, 1909)

sit upon hot cockles To be very impatient or restive; to be on pins and needles. “Hot Cockles” is the name of an ancient children’s game in which a blindfolded child tried to guess who had just struck him on the buttocks. Since sit on can mean ‘to await’ or ‘to be seated upon,’ to sit on hot cockles probably alludes either to one’s fidgety anticipation of the blow, or to the squirming discomfort of one who sits down after having been struck by an enthusiastic player.

He laughs and kicks like Chrysippus when he saw an ass eat figs; and sits upon hot cockles till it be blazed abroad. (Thomas Walkington, The Optick Glasse of Humors, 1607)

soft fire makes sweet malt A proverbial expression meaning that reckless hur-riedness often spoils an undertaking or project.

Soft fire, They say, does make sweet Malt, Good Squire. (Samuel Butler, Hudibras, 1663)

Malt is burnt and its sweetness lost by too intense a fire. This expression, synonymous with the common phrase haste makes waste, is now rarely heard.

Thesaurus
Noun1.impatience - a lack of patienceimpatience - a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delayrestlessnessannoyance, botheration, irritation, vexation - the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
2.impatience - a restless desire for change and excitementfidget, fidgetiness, restlessness - a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion; "he's got the fidgets"; "waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness"
3.impatience - a dislike of anything that causes delayill nature - a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent dispositionintolerance - impatience with annoyances; "his intolerance of interruptions"forbearance, longanimity, patience - good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

impatience

noun1. restlessness, frustration, intolerance, agitation, edginess There is considerable impatience with the slow pace of political change.
restlessness calm, composure, serenity
2. irritability, shortness, edginess, intolerance, quick temper, snappiness, irritableness There was a hint of impatience in his tone.
irritability patience, restraint, tolerance, forbearance
3. eagerness, longing, enthusiasm, hunger, yearning, thirst, zeal, fervour, ardour, vehemence, earnestness, keenness, impetuosity, heartiness, avidity, intentness, greediness She showed impatience to continue the climb.4. haste, hurry, impetuosity, rashness, hastiness They visited a fertility clinic in their impatience to have a child.Quotations
"All human errors are impatience, a premature breaking off of methodical procedure, an apparent fencing-in of what is apparently at issue" [Franz Kafka The Collected Aphorisms]
Translations
不耐烦急躁

impatient

(imˈpeiʃənt) adjective not willing to wait or delay; not patient. Don't be so impatient – it will soon be your turn. 不耐煩的 不耐烦的imˈpatience noun 沒耐性 不耐烦imˈpatiently adverb 不耐煩地 不耐烦地

impatience

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EncyclopediaSeepatience

impatience


  • noun

Synonyms for impatience

noun restlessness

Synonyms

  • restlessness
  • frustration
  • intolerance
  • agitation
  • edginess

Antonyms

  • calm
  • composure
  • serenity

noun irritability

Synonyms

  • irritability
  • shortness
  • edginess
  • intolerance
  • quick temper
  • snappiness
  • irritableness

Antonyms

  • patience
  • restraint
  • tolerance
  • forbearance

noun eagerness

Synonyms

  • eagerness
  • longing
  • enthusiasm
  • hunger
  • yearning
  • thirst
  • zeal
  • fervour
  • ardour
  • vehemence
  • earnestness
  • keenness
  • impetuosity
  • heartiness
  • avidity
  • intentness
  • greediness

noun haste

Synonyms

  • haste
  • hurry
  • impetuosity
  • rashness
  • hastiness

Synonyms for impatience

noun a lack of patience

Synonyms

  • restlessness

Related Words

  • annoyance
  • botheration
  • irritation
  • vexation

noun a restless desire for change and excitement

Related Words

  • fidget
  • fidgetiness
  • restlessness

noun a dislike of anything that causes delay

Related Words

  • ill nature
  • intolerance

Antonyms

  • forbearance
  • longanimity
  • patience
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