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Impatience Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ence

Impatience has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay

2

a restless desire for change and excitement

3

a dislike of anything that causes delay

4

The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.

Related Terms
Antonyms
forbearance
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
irritation fidget ill nature
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
intolerance
Rhyming Words
nce ance ince unce ence once vince sence ponce nance munce vance dunce hence bonce ounce nonce gance dance vonce
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