as in enthusiasm
urgent desire or interest
the child's impatience for Christmas morning is engaging
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Recent Examples of impatience
The air carries the weight of centuries, and the land moves at its own pace, unbothered by our impatience, unmoved by our noise.
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John Noakes, Hartford Courant, 31 Jan. 2026
Their impatience for Wikipedia’s impenetrable walls of text, as any parent of kids of this age knows, arguably threatens the future of the internet’s collaborative knowledge clearinghouse.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2026
The advice was refreshing for some of the less-tech savvy patrons who have sometimes experienced impatience when asking younger people such questions.
—Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
My time in the cave and, now, beneath this night sky showed me the price of my impatience with the mystery.
—Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
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John Noakes, Hartford Courant, 31 Jan. 2026
Their impatience for Wikipedia’s impenetrable walls of text, as any parent of kids of this age knows, arguably threatens the future of the internet’s collaborative knowledge clearinghouse.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2026
The advice was refreshing for some of the less-tech savvy patrons who have sometimes experienced impatience when asking younger people such questions.
—Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
My time in the cave and, now, beneath this night sky showed me the price of my impatience with the mystery.
—Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impatience
Noun
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The test of whether organizations will translate that enthusiasm into political wins won't come until November.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Hardware enthusiasm While there are doubts about the software industry, Wall Street has resounding confidence that hardware companies are AI winners.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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Send Help gives its beleaguered office-worker protagonist a thirst for blood.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
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But at this point, the trend’s persistence and the thirst with which its products are consumed suggest a more profound connection between these stories and their audience.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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Though youth turnout is typically low in Japan, Takaichi’s rise has injected rare excitement into a demographic long disenchanted with national politics.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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But not everyone shares excitement over the success sequence — which may come across as innocuous advice, but detractors say is built upon dubious data, overlooks racial disparities and shames students who are raised in single-parent households.—
Elizabeth Chuck,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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So while the hundo bond is an unusual offering with some ominous historical precedents (particularly in tech), there’s clearly some hunger for it.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Androw, owner of E & D Pizza in Avon and a leader on the national pizza scene is known for using pizza for good causes from hunger to fulfilling the wishes of terminally ill children.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
11 Feb. 2026
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Over the past couple of years, as millions of Americans began taking these GLP-1s — and as appetites have shrunk — restaurants started to notice.—
Allyson Reedy,
Denver Post,
11 Feb. 2026
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Today, travel appetites have changed.—
Meghan Palmer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Impatience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impatience. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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