impatient

impatient

Qui s’agace quand il faut attendre ou quand quelque chose prend trop de temps.

En anglais simple : Annoyed when you have to wait or when something takes too long.

• The impatient driver sounded his horn.
• I get impatient with slow service.
• Are you becoming impatient with the delays?

Comment l'utiliser : impatient with someone/something (She was impatient with the slow waiter.)

Contraires : patient

Expressions courantes : impatient with someone, impatient customer, grow impatient, become impatient

impatient

Qui montre de l’agacement face à l’attente ou le désir que quelque chose arrive plus vite.

En anglais simple : Showing that someone is annoyed about waiting or wants something to happen sooner.

• He gave an impatient sigh.
• Her impatient gestures made the clerk nervous.
• An impatient reply ended our conversation.

Synonymes : irritated, restless

Expressions courantes : impatient sigh, impatient gesture, impatient reply

impatient

Qui a très envie que quelque chose arrive ou de commencer une activité.

En anglais simple : Very eager for something to happen or to start doing something.

• The children were impatient to open their presents.
• I am impatient for news of the baby.
• She grew impatient to begin her new job.

Comment l'utiliser : impatient to do something (He was impatient to meet his new teammates.); impatient for something (We were impatient for the holidays.)

Synonymes : eager, keen

Expressions courantes : impatient to begin, impatient for something