impatience
/ɪmˈpeɪʃns/
US pronunciation
American sound/ɪmˈpeɪʃns/
ɪmˈpeɪʃns
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
ɪm - ˈpeɪʃns -> impatience
Myanmar meaning
(n) စိတ်မရှည်ခြင်း။
Full entry
၁။ (က) ~ (with / at sb / sth ) သည်းမခံသော။ Don't be so impatient! The bus will be here soon. ❍ You're too impatient with her—she's only a child. (ခ) သည်းမခံသော။ an impatient gesture / glance at his watch.
၂။ ~ (to do sth ); ~ (for sth ) စိတ်စော နေ[သော]။ ဆန္ဒစော [သော]။ အလွန်စိတ်အားထက်သန်[သော]။ young executives impatient to become managers ❍ impatient for change / power / success.
၃။ ~ of sth (fml ) သည်းမခံ[သော]။
impatient of criticism / delay.
❑ impatience / Çm'peÇʃns / n [U] စိတ်မရှည်ခြင်း။ the government's growing impatience with the unions.
❑ impatiently adv : We sat waiting impatiently for the movie to start.
More examples
- ‘Come on!’ said Maggie, becoming impatient.
- [impatient with] : He gets impatient with people who don’t agree with him.
- [impatient of] : We became impatient of the slow progress that was being made.
- [impatient to do something] : After a couple of days, she was impatient to get back to work.
- [impatient for] : They were impatient for news of their father.
Synonyms
annoyed, irritated, edgy, intolerant, abrupt, aggravated, agog, antsy, anxious, appetent, ardent, athirst, avid, breathless, brusque, chafing, choleric, curt, demanding, dying to, eager, enthusiastic, exasperated, excited, feverish, fretful, hasty, having short fuse, headlong, hot under collar, hot-tempered, hotheaded, hurried, hyper, impetuous, impulsive, in a hurry, in suspense, indignant, irascible, irked, irritable, itchy, keen, nail-biting, nerves on edge, on edge, on pins and needles, piqued, querulous, quick-tempered, racing one's motor, raring, rash, restless, ripe, snappy, straining, sudden, testy, tetchy, thirsty, touchy, unable, unforbearing, unindulgent, vehement, violent, zealous
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