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impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought) — often with an unfortunate consequenceIn historic literature, impetuous often refers to any rapid, forceful, and/or violent movement.
- She regretted her impetuous promise.
impetuous = impulsive (made suddenly without much thought)
- We need someone more steady. Like many young people, she is too impetuous.
- She is impetuous, arrogant and inexperienced.
- He was restless, fearless, but of impetuous and sometimes ungovernable temper.Irving, Washington -- Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains
- He was then the most impetuous boy in the world, and he is now the most impetuous man.Dickens, Charles -- Bleak House
- She too, had passionate desires, but they were persistent rather than impetuous.Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Idiot
- she burst forth in her most impetuous manner.George Eliot -- Middlemarch
- the impetuosity of youthC.S. Lewis -- The Horse and His Boy
- To say we were rotten little children would be like saying John Brown was a little on the impetuous side,Rick Bragg -- All Over but the Shoutin'
- There was an impetuous strong sign from Petra. In words, it would have been an impatient Shut up!John Wyndham -- The Chrysalids
- Jonathan's impetuosity, and the manifest singleness of his purpose, seemed to overawe those in front of him.Bram Stoker -- Dracula
- all undertaken with his characteristic impetuosity.Charles Dickens -- Oliver Twist
- Perhaps she had felt the impetuous desire that was in him, and then the yielding mood had come upon her.James Joyce -- Dubliners
- With that she rushed across the street so impetuously that she narrowly escaped annihilation from a passing truck,Louisa May Alcott -- Little Women
- "I can't feel as I've got any father but one," said Eppie, impetuously, while the tears gathered.George Eliot -- Silas Marner
- And even if that impetuous fool Gennaro decided to burn it to the ground, it would not make much difference.Michael Crichton -- Jurassic Park
- "I've come to buy you, and take you home," said George, with impetuous vehemence.Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Uncle Tom's Cabin
- He bore aloft a drawn dagger, and had approached, in rapid impetuosity, to within three or four feet of the retreating figure,Edgar Allan Poe -- The Masque of the Red Death
- There was a thought yet nearer, a more prevailing, more impetuous concern.Jane Austen -- Northanger Abbey
- Made me feel grateful that Kyle was impetuous and selfish.Stephenie Meyer -- The Host
impetuous = impulsive (tends to act suddenly without much thought)
impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)
impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)
impetuosity = impulsiveness
impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)
impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)
impetuosity = impulsiveness (the trait of acting suddenly without much thought)
impetuosity = impulsiveness (the trait of acting suddenly without much thought)
impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)
impetuously = impulsively (acting suddenly without much thought)
impetuously = impulsively (without much thought)
impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)
impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)
impetuosity = without much thought
impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)
impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)