Meaning of IMPULSIVE
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- [adj] 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)
- [adj] 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"
- [adj] having the power of driving or impelling; "a driving personal ambition"; "the driving force was his innate enthusiasm"; "an impulsive force"
- [adj] without forethought; "letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted"
- [adj] proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus; "an impulsive gesture of affection"
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| | Synonyms: | | arbitrary, brainish, capricious, driving, dynamic, dynamical, hotheaded, impetuous, incautious, madcap, self-generated, spontaneous, tearaway(a), unpremeditated, unprompted, whimsical |
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\Im*pul"sive\, a. [Cf. F. impulsif.]
1. Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an
impulse; moving; impellent.
Poor men! poor papers! We and they Do some impulsive
force obey. --Prior.
2. Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings.
My heart, impulsive and wayward. --Longfellow.
3. (Mech.) Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous;
-- said of forces.
\Im*pul"sive\, n.
That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.
--Sir W. Wotton.
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