IMPULSIVE
\ɪmpˈʌlsɪv], \ɪmpˈʌlsɪv], \ɪ_m_p_ˈʌ_l_s_ɪ_v]\
Definitions of IMPULSIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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)
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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"
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proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus; "an impulsive gesture of affection"
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without forethought; "letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted"
By Princeton University
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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)
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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"
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proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus; "an impulsive gesture of affection"
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without forethought; "letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.
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Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings.
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That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.
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Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous; - said of forces.
By Oddity Software
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Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.
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Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings.
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That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.
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Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous; - said of forces.
By Noah Webster.
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Having the power of urging forward; influenced by, or resulting from, a force that urges forward; passionate; hasty; acting by sudden and momentary feeling; not continuous; said of for as.
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Impulsively.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Impulsively.
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Having the power of impelling or driving on: actuated by mental impulse: (mech.) acting by impulse: not continuous.
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IMPULSIVENESS.
By Daniel Lyons
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
