Collocations for "impatient"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "impatient" in context.
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impatient
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- am starting to grow impatient (with)
- am growing impatient (with)
- am getting impatient
- are growing increasingly impatient
- get impatient [when, with]
- impatient with [you, this project]
- don't be so impatient!
- can be impatient at times
- was too impatient to [wait, stick around]
- an impatient [boss, teacher]
- impatient people
- impatient [readers, fans]
- impatient for the new [book, movie]
- impatient about [getting, having, finishing]
- impatient and [frustrated, angry, irritable, bored]
- trying not to be impatient
- without becoming impatient
- is impatient of [change, control]
'impatient' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):