Dictionary Entry
impatient
impatient is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
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.
- 2adjective
Not to be borne; unendurable.
- 3adjective
Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience; as, impatient speeches or replies.
- 4noun
One who is impatient.
- 5adjective
(usually followed by `to') full of eagerness
"impatient to begin"
"raring to go"
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- 6adjective
restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
"impatient with the slower students"
"impatient of criticism"
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