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IMPATIENT

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impatient I. adjectiv

1. (of) nerăbdător (de a, să); neliniştit, fără astâmpăr.

2. iritabil; irascibil;

impatient of reproof care nu primeşte observaţii.

3. grăbit, zorit.

impatient II. substantiv

persoană nerăbdătoare.

impatient III. verb A. tranzitiv

(înv.) a aştepta cu nerăbdare.

impatient III. verb B. reflexiv

a pierde răbdarea, a se impacienta.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

I was impatient and paced up and down the room.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was too impatient to be gone.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

To such feelings delay, even the delay of much preparation, would have been an evil, and Mr. Rushworth could hardly be more impatient for the marriage than herself.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

"I've got the key to mine, but I'm not allowed to try it. Hang college!" muttered Laurie with an impatient sigh.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

We all became very anxious and impatient, when we sat down to breakfast.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

I am impatient to see him.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

The universe is impatient to see progress and productivity, so several times a year, it will send an eclipse to push things forward with energy.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

She grew impatient, and seeing the ravens flying round the castle, she opened the window, and said: “I wish you were a raven and would fly away, then I should have a little peace.”

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Is he/she abnormally impatient?

(NPI - Get Irritated and Easily Disturbed, NCI Thesaurus)

Let Miss Eyre be seated, said he: and there was something in the forced stiff bow, in the impatient yet formal tone, which seemed further to express, What the deuce is it to me whether Miss Eyre be there or not?

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

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