Definitions for impulsive

Definitions for (adj) impulsive

Main entry: impetuous, impulsive, hotheaded, brainish, tearaway, madcap

Definition: characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation

Usage: a hotheaded decision; liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers; an impetuous display of spending and gambling; madcap escapades; (`brainish' is archaic)


Main entry: capricious, impulsive, whimsical

Definition: determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

Usage: a capricious refusal; authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious; the victim of whimsical persecutions


Main entry: impulsive, driving

Definition: having the power of driving or impelling

Usage: a driving personal ambition; the driving force was his innate enthusiasm; an impulsive force


Main entry: impulsive

Definition: without forethought

Usage: letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted


Main entry: unprompted, impulsive

Definition: proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus

Usage: an impulsive gesture of affection


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