impatience

«impatience» in Mova's school dictionary: A feeling of being annoyed because you have to wait or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) A feeling of being annoyed because you have to wait or because something is slow. tree →

2) A strong wish for something to happen soon; eagerness. tree →

3) Being easily irritated by people or mistakes. tree →

sense in the lessons

A common word in stories and school: «waited with impatience», «a sigh of impatience», «impatience to begin». In stories Toad is full of impatience for new adventures, and the Queen of Hearts shows her impatience by shouting «Off with her head!»

examples

• She tapped her foot with impatience. tree →
• The children's impatience grew as the bus was late. tree →
• Toad's impatience to drive again could not be stopped. tree →
• The Queen of Hearts had no patience at all, only impatience. tree →
• In his impatience, he opened the oven too soon and the cake sank. tree →
• The teacher showed no impatience with our questions. tree →
• I am burning with impatience to test its charms." tree →

note

Uncountable. Adjective: impatient; adverb: impatiently. Opposite: patience. Prefix «im-» means «not», as in impossible, impolite.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «impatience» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.