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
- “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
- backbone
- bearing
- calmness
- composure
- constancy
- cool
- diligence
- endurance
- equanimity
- even temper
- forbearance
- fortitude
- grit
- guts
- gutsiness
- heart
- humility
- imperturbability
- intestinal fortitude
- legs
- leniency
- long-suffering
- longanimity
- moderation
- moxie
- nonresistance
- passiveness
- passivity
- perseverance
- persistence
- poise
- resignation
- restraint
- self-control
- serenity
- starch
- staying power
- stoicism
- submission
- sufferance
- tolerance
- toleration
- yielding
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