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Definition of impatience : The quality of being impatient; want 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.

Synonyms:

pettishness, fury, irritation, ire, longing, agitation, desire, indignation, resentment, petulance, temper, inclination, outrage, thirst, nervousness, passion, vexation, fretfulness, wish, eagerness, queasiness, excitement, exasperation, ache, restlessness, uneasiness, offense, choler, displeasure, wrath, fidgetiness, anger, yearning, fidget, asperity, hankering, craving, disquietude, rage, care, mood, peevishness, urge, animosity, anxiety

hurriedness, quickness, abruptness, bustle, flurry, briskness, haste, fleetness, fastness, speediness, feverishness, swiftness, urgency, rapidity

annoyance, hastiness

Usage examples:

• On the table beside her lay a book which she had thrown down with a gesture of impatience. - "At Love's Cost", Charles Garvice.
• She opened the door in her impatience to be rid of him. - "The Grain Of Dust A Novel", David Graham Phillips.
• She tapped her foot on a stone with a movement of impatience and looked away from him. - "The Stronger Influence", F.E. Mills Young.