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impetuous

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impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought) — often with an unfortunate consequence

In 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.

impetuous = impulsive (tends to act suddenly without much thought)

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

impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)

she burst forth in her most impetuous manner.
George Eliot -- Middlemarch

impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)

the impetuosity of youth
C.S. Lewis -- The Horse and His Boy

impetuosity = impulsiveness

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'

impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)

There was an impetuous strong sign from Petra. In words, it would have been an impatient Shut up!
John Wyndham -- The Chrysalids

impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)

Jonathan's impetuosity, and the manifest singleness of his purpose, seemed to overawe those in front of him.
Bram Stoker -- Dracula

impetuosity = impulsiveness (the trait of acting suddenly without much thought)

all undertaken with his characteristic impetuosity.
Charles Dickens -- Oliver Twist

impetuosity = impulsiveness (the trait of acting suddenly without much thought)

Perhaps she had felt the impetuous desire that was in him, and then the yielding mood had come upon her.
James Joyce -- Dubliners

impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)

With that she rushed across the street so impetuously that she narrowly escaped annihilation from a passing truck,
Louisa May Alcott -- Little Women

impetuously = impulsively (acting suddenly without much thought)

"I can't feel as I've got any father but one," said Eppie, impetuously, while the tears gathered.
George Eliot -- Silas Marner

impetuously = impulsively (without much thought)

And even if that impetuous fool Gennaro decided to burn it to the ground, it would not make much difference.
Michael Crichton -- Jurassic Park

impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)

"I've come to buy you, and take you home," said George, with impetuous vehemence.
Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Uncle Tom's Cabin

impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)

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

impetuosity = without much thought

There was a thought yet nearer, a more prevailing, more impetuous concern.
Jane Austen -- Northanger Abbey

impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)

Made me feel grateful that Kyle was impetuous and selfish.
Stephenie Meyer -- The Host

impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)

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