im ‧ pa ‧ tience /ɪmˈpeɪʃ ə ns/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ patience ≠ ↑ impatience , ↑ patient ; adverb : ↑ patiently ≠ ↑ impatiently ; adjective : ↑ patient ≠ ↑ impatient ]
1 . annoyance at having to accept delays, other people’s weaknesses etc OPP patience
impatience with
his impatience with the slowness of bureaucratic procedures
A note of impatience had entered his voice.
2 . great eagerness for something to happen, especially something that is going to happen soon
impatience to do something
She was bursting with impatience to tell Natalia what had happened.