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Impatient

Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; -- often followed by at, for, of, and under.

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Eager 84% connected

Sharp; sour; acid.

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Eager 84% connected

Sharp; sour; acid.

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Restive 84% connected

Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back.

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Restive 84% connected

Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back.

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Impatience 74% connected

The quality of being impatient; want of endurance of pain, suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for something expected; restless…

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Impatience 74% connected

The quality of being impatient; want of endurance of pain, suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for something expected; restless…

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Patient 94% connected

Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear.

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Patient 94% connected

Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear.

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Ache verb · 78% connection

To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: patient, bearing, composure, intolerant, uneasy.
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Agog a. & adv. · 78% connection

In eager desire; eager; astir.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: patient, bearing, composure, intolerant, uneasy.
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Bigot noun · 78% connection

A person who regards his own faith and views in matters of religion as unquestionably right, and any belief or opinion opposed to or d…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: patient, bearing, composure, intolerant, uneasy.
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Calm noun · 78% connection

steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity"

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Change verb · 78% connection

To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else; as, to change the clothes; to change one's occupation…

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Cleche adjective · 78% connection

Charged with another bearing of the same figure, and of the color of the field, so large that only a narrow border of the first bearin…

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Conversion noun · 78% connection

A spiritual and moral change attending a change of belief with conviction; a change of heart; a change from the service of the world t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: patient, bearing, composure, intolerant, uneasy.
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Defer verb · 78% connection

To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: patient, bearing, composure, intolerant, uneasy.
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Discomfort verb · 78% connection

To destroy or disturb the comfort of; to deprive o/ quiet enjoyment; to make uneasy; to pain; as, a smoky chimney discomforts a family.

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Discompose verb · 78% connection

To throw into disorder; to ruffle; to destroy the composure or equanimity; to agitate.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: patient, bearing, composure, intolerant, uneasy.
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Disconcert verb · 78% connection

To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: patient, bearing, composure, intolerant, uneasy.
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Disquiet adjective · 78% connection

Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy.

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Equanimity noun · 78% connection

Evenness of mind; that calm temper or firmness of mind which is not easily elated or depressed; patience; calmness; composure; as, to…

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Family history noun · 78% connection

part of a patient's medical history in which questions are asked in an attempt to find out whether the patient has hereditary tendenci…

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Fidgety adjective · 78% connection

Restless; uneasy.

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Grinder noun · 78% connection

The restless flycatcher (Seisura inquieta) of Australia; -- called also restless thrush and volatile thrush. It makes a noise like a s…

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informed consent noun · 78% connection

consent by a patient to undergo a medical or surgical treatment or to participate in an experiment after the patient understands the r…

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Intolerance noun · 78% connection

The quality of being intolerant; refusal to allow to others the enjoyment of their opinions, chosen modes of worship, and the like; wa…

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