Türelmetlen

Türelmetlen is a Hungarian adjective meaning impatient, lacking patience, or unwilling to wait. It describes someone who becomes irritated by delays or slow progress.

Usage: The term is used in everyday language to characterize people, behaviors, or reactions that show intolerance for waiting. It often carries a negative tone, implying a deficit of restraint or forbearance.

Morphology and related terms: The word is the opposite of türelmes (patient). The comparative form is türelmetlenebb, and the superlative is legtürelmetlenebb.

Examples: In English you might say that someone is impatient, but in Hungarian you could note, for instance, "Ő egyre türelmetlenebb lett a hosszú sorban." In everyday English usage, one might simply say, "He was very impatient in the queue," or "Her impatience grew as the meeting ran late."

See also: türelmes, türelem (patience). The term appears across casual conversation, journalism, and literary contexts where a quick temper or intolerance for waiting is described.