impatience

noun

1 he was shifting in his seat with impatience:

restlessness, restiveness, frustration, agitation, nervousness, edginess, jitteriness, excitability;

eagerness, keenness, avidity, hunger, greed, longing, yearning.

2 she crumpled up the pages in a burst of impatience:

irritability, testiness, tetchiness, snappiness, irascibility, querulousness, peevishness, intolerance, disgruntlement, frustration, exasperation, annoyance, pique, discontent, dissatisfaction, displeasure;

abruptness, brusqueness, shortness, curtness;

informal aggravation.