impatience 音标拼音: [ɪmp'eʃəns]
n . 性急,难耐,焦急,急躁,渴望
性急,难耐,焦急,急躁,渴望
impatience n 1 :
a lack of patience ;
irritation with anything that causes delay [
synonym : {
restlessness }, {
impatience }]
2 :
a restless desire for change and excitement 3 :
a dislike of anything that causes delay [
ant : {
forbearance },
{
longanimity }, {
patience }]
Impatience \
Im *
pa "
tience \
n . [
OE .
impacience ,
F .
impatience ,
fr .
L .
impatientia .]
The quality of being impatient ;
lack of endurance of pain ,
suffering ,
opposition ,
or delay ;
eagerness for change ,
or for something expected ;
restlessness ;
chafing of spirit ;
fretfulness ;
passion ;
as ,
the impatience of a child or an invalid .
[
1913 Webster ]
I then , . . .
Out of my grief and my impatience ,
Answered neglectingly . --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
With huge impatience he inly swelt More for great sorrow that he could not pass ,
Than for the burning torment which he felt . --
Spenser .
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1913 Webster ]
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "
impatience ":
alacrity ,
animation ,
anxiety ,
anxiousness ,
appetite ,
avidity ,
avidness ,
breathless impatience ,
cheerful readiness ,
eagerness ,
elan ,
forwardness ,
gust ,
gusto ,
haste ,
hastiness ,
impetuosity ,
impetuousness ,
impulsiveness ,
keen desire ,
keenness ,
life ,
liveliness ,
overhastiness ,
precipitance ,
precipitancy ,
precipitateness ,
precipitation ,
promptness ,
quickness ,
rashness ,
readiness ,
recklessness ,
spirit ,
suddenness ,
verve ,
vitality ,
vivacity ,
zest ,
zestfulness
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