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Defenition of the word impulsive

    • Defenition of the word impulsive

      • Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings.
      • determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions"
      • having the power of driving or impelling; "a driving personal ambition"; "the driving force was his innate enthusiasm"; "an impulsive force"
      • characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic)
      • without forethought; "letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted"
      • proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus; "an impulsive gesture of affection"
      • characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish'' is archaic)
      • characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation
      • determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
      • having the power of driving or impelling
      • without forethought
      • proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus

    Synonyms for the word impulsive

      • brainish
      • brash
      • capricious
      • driving
      • hasty
      • hotheaded
      • impetuous
      • irresponsible
      • madcap
      • offhand
      • precipitate
      • rash
      • reckless
      • spontaneous
      • tearaway
      • unprompted
      • whimsical

    Similar words in the impulsive

      • arbitrary
      • dynamic
      • dynamical
      • impulsive
      • impulsively
      • impulsiveness
      • impulsiveness's
      • incautious
      • self-generated
      • spontaneous
      • unpremeditated

    Hypernyms for the word impulsive

      • human
      • individual
      • mortal
      • person
      • somebody
      • someone
      • soul

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