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impatienter

to make impatient, to irritate

verb an-pah-syahn-TEH Rare
Mind & Emotions Emotions

Usage Note

Impatienter is typically used in its reflexive form s'impatienter, meaning 'to grow impatient' or 'to get annoyed at waiting'. The non-reflexive transitive use ('to irritate someone') is less common but correct. A related adjective is impatient, and the noun impatience is frequent in expressions like avec impatience ('eagerly').

Examples

"L'attente commençait à l'impatienter."

Natural Translation

The wait was starting to make him impatient.

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