Impatience — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay

a restless desire for change and excitement

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪmpˈeɪʃəns/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪmpˈeɪʃəns/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪmpˈeɪʃəns/

3 syllables Say it as /ɪmpˈeɪʃəns/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

restlessness

Antonyms

patience

Word Forms

impatient

adjective

restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Ungeduld

ein Mangel an Geduld; Reizung durch alles, was zu Verzögerungen führt

🇪🇸Spanish

impaciencia

falta de paciencia; irritación con cualquier cosa que cause retraso

🇮🇹Italian

impazienza

una mancanza di pazienza; irritazione con tutto ciò che causa ritardo

🇳🇱Dutch

ongeduld

een gebrek aan geduld; irritatie bij alles wat vertraging veroorzaakt

🇵🇹Portuguese

impaciência

falta de paciência; irritação com qualquer coisa que cause atraso

🇷🇺Russian

нетерпение

отсутствие терпения; раздражение всем, что вызывает задержку

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अधीरता

धैर्य की कमी; किसी भी चीज़ से जलन जो देरी का कारण बनती है

🇧🇩Bengali

অধৈর্যতা

ধৈর্যের অভাব; বিলম্ব ঘটায় যে কোনো কিছুর সাথে জ্বালা

🇮🇳Tamil

பொறுமையின்மை

பொறுமையின்மை; தாமதத்தை ஏற்படுத்தும் எதிலும் எரிச்சல்

🇮🇳Telugu

అసహనం

సహనం లేకపోవడం; ఆలస్యం కలిగించే దేనితోనైనా చికాకు

🇮🇳Marathi

अधीरता

संयमाचा अभाव; विलंबास कारणीभूत असलेल्या कोणत्याही गोष्टीची चिडचिड

🇮🇳Gujarati

અધીરાઈ

ધીરજનો અભાવ; વિલંબનું કારણ બને તેવી કોઈપણ વસ્તુ સાથે બળતરા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಸಹನೆ

ತಾಳ್ಮೆಯ ಕೊರತೆ; ವಿಳಂಬಕ್ಕೆ ಕಾರಣವಾಗುವ ಯಾವುದಾದರೂ ಕಿರಿಕಿರಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അക്ഷമ

ക്ഷമയുടെ അഭാവം; കാലതാമസത്തിന് കാരണമാകുന്ന എന്തിലും പ്രകോപനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੇਚੈਨੀ

ਧੀਰਜ ਦੀ ਕਮੀ; ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਚੀਜ਼ ਨਾਲ ਜਲਣ ਜੋ ਦੇਰੀ ਦਾ ਕਾਰਨ ਬਣਦੀ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

بے صبری

صبر کی کمی؛ کسی بھی چیز کے ساتھ جلن جو تاخیر کا سبب بنتی ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

不耐烦

缺乏耐心；对任何导致延误的事情感到恼火

🇯🇵Japanese

焦り

忍耐力の欠如。遅延の原因となるものに対するイライラ

🇰🇷Korean

조바심

인내심 부족; 지연을 유발하는 모든 것에 대한 짜증

🇻🇳Vietnamese

thiếu kiên nhẫn

thiếu kiên nhẫn; khó chịu với bất cứ điều gì gây ra sự chậm trễ

🇹🇭Thai

ความไม่อดทน

ขาดความอดทน การระคายเคืองกับสิ่งใดๆ ที่ทำให้เกิดความล่าช้า

🇮🇩Indonesian

ketidaksabaran

kurangnya kesabaran; iritasi dengan apa pun yang menyebabkan penundaan

🇵🇭Filipino

kawalan ng pasensya

kakulangan ng pasensya; pangangati sa anumang bagay na nagdudulot ng pagkaantala

🇲🇾Malay

ketidaksabaran

kekurangan kesabaran; kerengsaan dengan apa-apa yang menyebabkan kelewatan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

نفاد الصبر

قلة الصبر. الانزعاج من أي شيء يسبب التأخير

🇮🇷Persian

بی صبری

کمبود صبر؛ تحریک با هر چیزی که باعث تاخیر شود

🇹🇷Turkish

sabırsızlık

sabır eksikliği; gecikmeye neden olan herhangi bir şeyden dolayı tahriş

🇮🇱Hebrew

חוֹסֶר סַבְלָנוּת

חוסר סבלנות; גירוי בכל דבר שגורם לעיכוב

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