焦燥(しょうそう)

焦燥(しょうそう) is a formal/literary word for anxious impatience or restless frustration—wanting something to happen faster.

Common forms

• 焦燥感(しょうそうかん): sense of impatience/frustration
• 焦燥(しょうそう)に駆(か)られる: to be driven by impatience
• 焦燥(しょうそう)に苛(さいな)まれる: to be tormented by frustration

Common patterns

• 焦燥(しょうそう)を感(かん)じる: to feel frustrated/impatient
• 焦燥(しょうそう)の色(いろ)を見(み)せる: to show signs of impatience

Similar words

• 焦燥(しょうそう): anxious impatience (formal/literary)
• 焦(あせ)り: impatience (casual)
• 苛立(いらだ)ち: irritation, frustration