/ ɪmˈpeɪʃnt; NAmE / adjective
1.
impatient (with sb/sth) | impatient (at sth) annoyed or irritated by sb/sth, especially because you have to wait for a long time :
I'd been waiting for twenty minutes and I was getting impatient.
Try not to be too impatient with her.
Sarah was becoming increasingly impatient at their lack of interest.
He waved them away with an impatient gesture.
2.
impatient to do sth | impatient for sth wanting to do sth soon; wanting sth to happen soon :
She was clearly impatient to leave.
impatient for change
3.
impatient of sb/sth ( formal ) unable or unwilling to accept sth unpleasant :
impatient of criticism
► im·pa·tience / ɪmˈpeɪʃns; NAmE / noun [ U ]:
She was bursting with impatience to tell me the news.
► im·pa·tient·ly adverb :
We sat waiting impatiently for the movie to start.
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (in the senses lacking patience and unbearable ): via Old French from Latin impatient- not bearing, impatient, from in- not + pati suffer, bear .