1
as in excited
showing urgent desire or interest
she was impatient to give her presentation before the landmark commission
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2
as in complaining
unable or unwilling to endure
those airline passengers who are so impatient of delays, even for the most obvious of reasons
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Recent Examples of impatient
But he was stranded when Hunter Goodman struck out, and then, after Kyle Karros drew a walk, rookie TJ Rumfield had an impatient at-bat against wild Houston reliever Bryan Abreu.
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2026
Cliff tried to show her the ropes, but Jones grew impatient.
—Josh Owens, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
Edited to its current 69-minute running time by impatient distributors, The Red Badge of Courage is considered by many to be something of a lost masterpiece.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Apr. 2026
Amazon shares have struggled so far this year as investors question the company’s aggressive AI spending plans and grow increasingly impatient about when the investments will pay off.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2026
Cliff tried to show her the ropes, but Jones grew impatient.
—Josh Owens, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
Edited to its current 69-minute running time by impatient distributors, The Red Badge of Courage is considered by many to be something of a lost masterpiece.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Apr. 2026
Amazon shares have struggled so far this year as investors question the company’s aggressive AI spending plans and grow increasingly impatient about when the investments will pay off.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for impatient
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impatient
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There have been attempts to cast a Real Housewives in Chicago and Napa, and Cohen was particularly excited about a version in Boca Raton, FL.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
4 May 2026
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People are really excited about it.—
Aaron Parseghian,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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An energy vampire has bad body language, the complaining look on their face, the vocal complainer.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
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After the Met announced the Bezoses’ participation, many social media users — who are the Met Gala’s most enthusiastic promoters, tuning into Vogue’s livestream and analyzing looks for days afterwards — called for a boycott.—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
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Most Californians are no doubt still rightly enthusiastic about protecting our coastline treasures.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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How to manage a susceptible, intolerant rose Roses that are both susceptible and intolerant to disease despite proper care should be shovel-pruned and replaced with cultivars that thrive with little or no disease.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2026
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The Gaza protests had been galvanizing for Republicans, who, even before October 7th, had viewed universities as captured by radical thinking on race and politics, rife with grade inflation, and intolerant of conservatives.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Appearing with her family at major events in the royal calendar, such as Easter and Christmas masses, Trooping the Color and the Princess of Wales' Christmas concert, the avid sports fan, occasionally slips into the stands at the Wimbledon and other events.—
Séraphine Roger,
Vanity Fair,
2 May 2026
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Qualcomm co-founder Jacobs, an avid jazz and classical music fan, gave the festival a three-year donation of nearly $400,000 in seed money in 2024.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2026
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Trump had used the act to plaster taxes on imports with eager abandon.—
Paul Wiseman,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Kay isn’t some kind of unhinged chaos agent or emotional thrill-seeker (well, maybe just a little), but rather an adventurous artist eager to dig deep beneath the surface.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
28 Apr. 2026
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Speech is converted to text, processed by a language model, and passed through a personality layer designed to mimic C-3PO’s formal, anxious tone.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
4 May 2026
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The sixth Kathy is an anxious traveler.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
4 May 2026
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Netflix is definitely still hungry for its first Best Picture win, and Gerwig has not been the type to show any aversion to awards campaigns.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
1 May 2026
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Which doesn’t limit your creativity or your drive to keep going, to keep searching, to keep being hungry.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Impatient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impatient. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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