impatient
part of speech
adjective (impatient, more impatient, most impatient)
meaning for a pupil
1) Not able to wait calmly; easily annoyed when things take time. tree →
2) Very eager to do something soon: impatient to start. tree →
3) Impatient with someone means easily annoyed by them. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Numbers it means the people were worn down and discouraged by the long road. Interpretation: The commentators see this as one of the people's repeated complaints in the wilderness, which brought punishment. In the primary lessons: In stories it shows a character's feelings; in everyday life queues, waiting for presents, slow computers. Phrases: impatient to, impatient with, grow impatient.
examples
- And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became impatient because of the way. (Torah NUM.21.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- Or why should I not be impatient? (Writings JOB.21.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; 'for My soul became impatient of them, and their soul also loathed Me.' (Prophets ZEC.11.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- The children were impatient for the holidays to start. tree →
- Don't be impatient, your turn will come. tree →
- The driver grew impatient in the traffic jam. tree →
- He was impatient with his little brother. tree →
- I'm impatient to open my presents! tree →
- The impatient customer tapped her foot. tree →
- "Don't be so impatient," said Snow-White. tree →
note
Opposite: patient. Noun: impatience. Adverb: impatiently. Trap: patient is also a noun (someone seen by a doctor), but impatient is only an adjective.
In the corpora
- Or why should I not be impatient?
- A bot never gets impatient with repeated explanations, but you should still tell your teacher what you found hard.
- im- is used before many words starting with m or p: impossible, immature, impatient.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «impatient» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.