as in enthusiasm
urgent desire or interest
the child's impatience for Christmas morning is engaging
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Recent Examples of impatience
Traditional edibles often left users waiting for up to two hours to feel the effects, leading to impatience and, sometimes, overconsumption.
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Matt Rozo, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
His physical appearance isn’t like mine, but his general impatience, his philosophy is probably closer to mine than the other characters in that book.
—Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2025
Against a background of increasing impatience from the United States, both moves appeared aimed by the Kremlin leader at signalling to President Trump that Russia is still interested in peace.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
Employees ranked avoiding human traits such as impatience or reliance on judgment lowest, indicating a preference for using AI to complement human strengths rather than replace them.
—Melody Brue, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Matt Rozo, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
His physical appearance isn’t like mine, but his general impatience, his philosophy is probably closer to mine than the other characters in that book.
—Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2025
Against a background of increasing impatience from the United States, both moves appeared aimed by the Kremlin leader at signalling to President Trump that Russia is still interested in peace.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
Employees ranked avoiding human traits such as impatience or reliance on judgment lowest, indicating a preference for using AI to complement human strengths rather than replace them.
—Melody Brue, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impatience
Noun
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Such scams exploit investor enthusiasm and poor regulation to inflate prices before insiders sell off their holdings.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 May 2025
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This campaign has energized consumption enthusiasm among younger demographics.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Still, prosecutors have not outlined his potential motive, and a sweeping gag order has kept the parties from speaking publicly, making each pretrial hearing an opportunity to quench the public’s thirst to learn more details.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
15 May 2025
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One of the main culprits is the extraction of groundwater to quench the thirst of growing populations and commerce.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Still, excitement is high for this year's Preakness Stakes as nine horses are set to hit the track.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
17 May 2025
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In a break from his typically stoic facade, that excitement was evident from Kershaw all week.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
16 May 2025
Noun
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Nearly half a million Palestinians are facing possible starvation and 1 million others can barely get enough food, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a leading international authority on the severity of hunger crises.—
Joseph Krauss,
Chicago Tribune,
20 May 2025
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Even the United States, a staunch ally of Israel, has voiced concerns over the growing hunger crisis.—
Brian Melley,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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The 2023 update has brought some clarity and projects like Artemis which specifically aim to develop autonomous weapons suggest there is now an appetite to push forward in this area.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Laura, who lost her daughter Cathy months prior, is already looking after a young foster child named Ollie (Jonah Wren Phillips), a strange, selectively mute boy who has an insatiable appetite and a blood feud with the family cat.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
16 May 2025
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“Impatience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impatience. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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