impatient
adj.adj. feeling annoyed because you have to wait for something or someone. You might also feel this way when you want to finish a task quickly.
adj. showing a lack of patience or tolerance for delay, opposition, or errors. Often describes a restless desire for immediate action or results.
The driver became impatient as he waited in the heavy traffic.
She grew increasingly impatient with the slow service at the restaurant and eventually asked for the manager.
An impatient attitude toward long-term investments often leads to premature selling, as many individuals struggle to tolerate the natural volatility of the market.
From Old French impacient (modern French impatient), from Latin impatiēns. By surface analysis, im- + patient.
Commonly followed by the preposition 'with' when referring to people or 'for' when referring to an event.
he is impatient of the bushe is impatient for the busWhen waiting for an object or event, use 'for'; 'of' is rare and usually restricted to formal literary contexts meaning 'intolerant of'.