Meanings
plural impatiences
- countableuncountableThe quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinimpatientia
- Old Frenchimpacience
- Middle Englishimpacience
- Englishimpatience
Inherited from Middle English impacience, from Old French impacience (modern French impatience), from Latin impatientia. By surface analysis, im- + patience.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic نَفَاد صَبْر
- نَفَاد صَبْر (nafād ṣabr)quality of being impatient
Bulgarian нетърпеливост
- нетърпеливост (netărpelivost)quality of being impatient
Catalan impaciència
- impaciènciaquality of being impatient
Czech netrpělivost
- netrpělivostquality of being impatient
Danish utålmodighed
- utålmodighedquality of being impatient
Dutch ongeduld
- ongeduldquality of being impatient
Esperanto malpacienco
- malpaciencoquality of being impatient
Finnish kärsimättömyys, malttamattomuus
- kärsimättömyysquality of being impatient
- malttamattomuusquality of being impatient
French impatience
- impatiencequality of being impatient
German Ungeduld
- Ungeduldquality of being impatient
Greek ανυπομονησία
- ανυπομονησία (anypomonisía)quality of being impatient
Hindi अधीरता, उतावलापन
- अधीरता (adhīrtā)quality of being impatient
- उतावलापन (utāvlāpan)quality of being impatient
- उत्सुकता (utsuktā)quality of being impatient
Hungarian türelmetlenség
- türelmetlenségquality of being impatient
Icelandic óþolinmæði
- óþolinmæðiquality of being impatient
Italian impazienza
- impazienzaquality of being impatient
Japanese 焦燥, 焦り
- 焦燥 (syōsō)quality of being impatient
- 焦り (aseri)quality of being impatient
Latin aviditās, impatientia
- aviditāsquality of being impatient
- impatientiaquality of being impatient
Norwegian Bokmål utålmodighet
- utålmodighetquality of being impatient
Polish niecierpliwość, brak cierpliwości
- niecierpliwośćquality of being impatient
- brak cierpliwościquality of being impatient
Portuguese impaciência
- impaciênciaquality of being impatient
Romanian nerăbdare, impaciență
- nerăbdarequality of being impatient
- impaciențăquality of being impatient
Russian нетерпе́ние
- нетерпе́ние (neterpénije)quality of being impatient
Spanish impaciencia
- impacienciaquality of being impatient
Swedish otålighet
- otålighetquality of being impatient
Tagalog inip
- inipquality of being impatient
Ukrainian нетерпі́ння
- нетерпі́ння (neterpínnja)quality of being impatient
Cite this entry
impatience. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impatience
“impatience.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impatience. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impatience,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impatience.
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