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How to pronounce impatience in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms restlessness
Type of vexation, botheration, irritation, annoyance
Derivation impatient
Type Words
Type of ill nature
Has types intolerance
Derivation impatient
Type Words
Type of restlessness, fidgetiness, fidget
Derivation impatient

Examples of impatience

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Shinawatra's impatience, however, saw the Swede sacked at the end of the season.
From the independent.co.uk
A horse neighs with what can only feel like an expression of growing impatience.
From the denverpost.com
There is also growing impatience on Capitol Hill with such settlement expansion.
From the washingtonpost.com
Another teacher, Brian Favors, an ebullient fellow, feels impatience welling up.
From the nytimes.com
With the impatience of a prophet, Smith set out to restore the Christian church.
From the stltoday.com
Tolerance has sometimes given way to impatience, accommodation to recrimination.
From the time.com
What you encountered was a hungry woman who was taking her impatience out on you.
From the stltoday.com
Don't understand your impatience, you can see what we're trying to make happen.
From the expressandstar.com
The situation this season is similar, only with even more cause for impatience.
From the denverpost.com
More examples
  • Restlessness: a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
  • A restless desire for change and excitement
  • Impatient(p): (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness; "impatient to begin"; "raring to go"
  • (impatiently) with impatience; in an impatient manner; "he answered her impatiently"
  • Patience is the state of endurance under difficult circumstances, which can mean persevering in the face of delay or provocation without acting on annoyance/anger in a negative way; or exhibiting forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties. ...
  • The Japanese animation television series Death Note, is based on the manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. ...
  • The quality of being impatient
  • (impatient) restless and intolerant of delays; anxious and eager, especially to begin something
  • (impatient) unable to tolerate delays