Impulsive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Inclined to act on impulse rather than thought.
  • adj. Motivated by or resulting from impulse: such impulsive acts as hugging strangers; impulsive generosity. See Synonyms at spontaneous.
  • adj. Having force or power to impel or incite; forceful.
  • adj. Physics Acting within brief time intervals. Used especially of a force.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.
  • adj. Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings.
  • adj. Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous – said of forces.
  • adj. Highly reactive; people who react quickly or feel emotional
  • n. That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.
  • n. One whose behaviour or personality is characterized by being impulsive.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.
  • adj. Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings.
  • adj. Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous; -- said of forces.
  • n. That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having the power of driving or impelling; moving; impellent.
  • Actuated or controlled by impulses; swayed by the emotions: as, an impulsive child.
  • Resulting from impulse: as, impulsive movements or gestures.
  • In mech., acting by instantaneous impulse, not continuously: said of forces. See force, 8 .
  • n. That which impels; impelling cause or reason.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having the power of driving or impelling
  • adj. characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation
  • adj. proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus
  • adj. determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
  • adj. without forethought
    • Equivalent
    dynamic    dynamical    incautious    spontaneous    self-generated    arbitrary    unpremeditated   
    Cross Reference
    impelling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    moving    impellent   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    compulsive    convulsive    repulsive   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    impetuous    passionate    reckless    ardent    affectionate    foolish    capricious    energetic    spontaneous    hasty   
     
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