as in enthusiasm
urgent desire or interest
the child's impatience for Christmas morning is engaging
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Recent Examples of impatience
The market has waited with growing impatience for Vistra to make a similar announcement, focusing on its nuclear assets such as the Comanche Peak plant outside Forth Worth, Texas.
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Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2025
Donald is always ready to join in on fun adventures, though his impatience and competitiveness often lead to humorous mishaps.
—Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 12 Mar. 2025
Like this Fire sign, Drizella is unapologetically stubborn and impatience, believing she is entitled to nothing but the best.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
In an age of impatience and an ADHD approach to consuming wrestling storylines, the fact that fans and media were not given an immediate roadmap to what, exactly, is happening with WrestleMania 41’s top angle infuriated the typical know-it-all social media audience.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2025
Donald is always ready to join in on fun adventures, though his impatience and competitiveness often lead to humorous mishaps.
—Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 12 Mar. 2025
Like this Fire sign, Drizella is unapologetically stubborn and impatience, believing she is entitled to nothing but the best.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
In an age of impatience and an ADHD approach to consuming wrestling storylines, the fact that fans and media were not given an immediate roadmap to what, exactly, is happening with WrestleMania 41’s top angle infuriated the typical know-it-all social media audience.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impatience
Noun
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Kristen Kish Kristen Kish, the show's host and Season 10 winner, radiates the same enthusiasm for Canada as her fellow judge, Simmons, having built her own connection to Toronto through family visits over the years.—
Kimberly Lyn,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Apr. 2025
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Regretfully many gardeners were not successful with their plantings and the enthusiasm for azaleas has dwindled.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2025
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Now Warning Issued To All iPhone Users NYT Mini Today: Hints, Clues And Answers For Wednesday, April 2 Cory Booker Breaks Record With 25-Hour Speech Blasting Trump Use it for: Mixing with bold spirits, quenching your thirst, or cutting juices for a lighter spritz.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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His argument—baseless at the time—was that chewing gum had miraculous abilities to quench thirst, stave off hunger, and dissipate nervous tension.—
Hannah Seo,
The Atlantic,
29 Mar. 2025
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The Atlanta rapper was finally released from jail last November, and Mariah couldn’t contain her excitement.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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But there’s no shortage of sporting excitement this summer, thanks to Bermuda’s popular pastime, cricket.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
9 Apr. 2025
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In recent research on child poverty, economists have shown that nutrition assistance programs not only reduce hunger, addressing humanitarian concerns, but also improve children’s long-term health and economic self-sufficiency, addressing fiscal concerns.—
Andrew V. Papachristos,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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There’s a great hunger on the part of many American conservatives, including conservative Christians, for disruption.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2025
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His appetite for changing the status quo in his profession went that far back.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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What has changed is the investment appetite in the near term.—
Rob Day,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Impatience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impatience. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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