Adjective
- 1. impatient (vs. patient), restive, unforbearing, agitated
- usage: restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition; "impatient with the slower students"; "impatient of criticism"
- 2. impatient(predicate), raring(predicate), eager (vs. uneager)
- usage: (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness; "impatient to begin"; "raring to go"
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