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Impatient

adjective

Restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition. "Impatient of criticism"

(usually followed by 'to') full of eagerness. Synonym: raring. "Raring to go"

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"Impatient" Quotes from Famous Books

... roared the swashbuckler, coming to a standstill and glowering down upon his impatient companion. "And you have made me run ...

— Love-at-Arms • Raphael Sabatini

... don't quite like the sound of that bell. Harrison would have no occasion to be impatient. Somebody in a hurry. Now, attend to me. I'm going to steal out to the kitchen. Don't be afraid. Call if I'm needed. Open the door just a crack, with your foot against it. If it's Harrison he'll be in uniform. Call out ...

— The Drums Of Jeopardy • Harold MacGrath

... a certain alacrity, giving an impatient cut with his stick at a sparrow in the middle of Worship Street, nor did I see him again this day, although, after hurriedly getting my letters (for the starting hour of the boat had now drawn near), I followed where he had gone down Court Street, and his cosmopolitan ...

— Lady Baltimore • Owen Wister

... the Brothers wanted me to remain with them, to be nursed and cared for; but this uncontrollable longing did not suffer me to tarry. After reaching Europe I felt as if I was on the threshold of home, and I grew more impatient than ever. I obtained a loan of money from the Brothers, and was thus enabled to ride the rest of the journey, and get some suitable clothing; but I sickened on the road and was forced to lay up in a Polish town, ...

— Sister Carmen • M. Corvus

... one would tell him the cause. His Cousin Jasper had changed greatly since they had last seen him. He had always been a man of quick, brilliant mind but of mild and silent manners, yet now he was nervous, irritable, and impatient, in ...

— The Windy Hill • Cornelia Meigs

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