impatient
adjective
[ ɪmˈpeɪʃ(ə)nt ]
• having or showing a tendency to be quickly irritated or provoked.
• "an impatient motorist blaring his horn"
Similar:
irritated,
annoyed,
angry,
testy,
tetchy,
snappy,
cross,
crabby,
moody,
grumpy,
querulous,
fretful,
peevish,
peeved,
piqued,
discontented,
displeased,
disgruntled,
intolerant,
short-tempered,
quick-tempered,
abrupt,
curt,
brusque,
terse,
short,
aggravated,
grouchy,
narked,
narky,
ratty,
eggy,
shirty,
• restlessly eager.
• "they are impatient for change"
Similar:
restless,
restive,
agitated,
nervous,
anxious,
ill at ease,
fretful,
edgy,
jumpy,
jittery,
worked up,
keyed up,
nervy,
twitchy,
uptight,
eager,
keen,
avid,
desirous,
yearning,
longing,
aching,
itching,
dying,
raring,
gagging,
straining at the leash,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the senses ‘lacking patience’ and ‘unbearable’): via Old French from Latin impatient- ‘not bearing, impatient’, from in- ‘not’ + pati ‘suffer, bear’.
