Antonyms for patience


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pey-shuhns
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpeɪ ʃəns


Definition of patience

Origin :
  • c.1200, "quality of being patient in suffering," from Old French pacience "patience; sufferance, permission" (12c.) and directly from Latin patientia "patience, endurance, submission; quality of suffering," from patientem (nominative patiens), present participle of pati "to suffer, endure," from PIE root *pe(i)- "to damage, injure, hurt" (see passion).
  • Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue. [Ambrose Bierce, "Devil's Dictionary," 1911]
  • Meaning "constancy in effort" is attested from 1510s. Meaning "card game for one person" is from 1816.
  • noun capacity, willingness to endure
Example sentences :
  • “Have patience with him, good Master Pepper,” returned Mr. Headley.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Your patience, my dearest Mamma:—you were pleased to say, you would hear me with patience.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • I beg your pardon, dear Madam, and your patience with me on such an occasion as this.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Your father and uncles would have no patience were he to come.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • The quartette started for the station with Patience and Emma in the lead.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • Patience will be the fittest return I can make to such an insult.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • I dread to go down, said she, with so determined an answer: they will have no patience with me.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • The two embraced, then Grace passed Kathleen on to Patience.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • Let us meet them with faith and courage, with patience and a grateful and happy heart.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • I declare to you, miss, I'm clean worn out with havin' patience!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Synonyms for patience

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