different between impatience vs pshaw

English

Etymology

From Old French impacience (modern French impatience), from Latin impatientia. Synchronically analyzable as im- +? patience.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?pe???ns/
• Hyphenation: im?pa?tience

Noun

impatience (countable and uncountable, plural impatiences)

1. The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.

Antonyms

• patience
• haste

Related terms

• impassivity

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.pa.sj??s/

Noun

impatience f (plural impatiences)

1. impatience

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???/, enPR: shô, IPA^(key): /????/

Interjection

pshaw

1. Indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief. [from 17th c.]

   Pshaw! I can't believe it!

   • 1823, James Fenimore Cooper, The Pioneers, ch. 13:

     "Pshaw! Why do ye bother yourself wid texts, man, about so small a matter?" interrupted the landlady

   • 1838-1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, ch. 56:

     'Pshaw!' Ralph muttered, forcing a laugh.

   • 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company, ch. xxii:

     "Have a care, cousin," he whispered; "for the sake of the Virgin have a care, for you have angered him."

     "Pshaw! fear not," the other answered in the same low tone.

   • 1992, Wayne Campbell, Wayne's World:

     "Pshaw! And monkeys might fly out of my butt."

Alternative forms

• psshaw

Synonyms

• (indicating disapproval): pht, pshh, phht, pssh, pshh, pssht, psht, pshht, feh, pooh, pish, bah, poh; see also Thesaurus:bah
• (indicating disbelief): c'mon, poppycock; see also Thesaurus:bullshit

Translations

Verb

pshaw (third-person singular simple present pshaws, present participle pshawing, simple past and past participle pshawed)

1. (intransitive) To express disgust or contempt.

Translations

Anagrams

• whaps