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English adjective: impulsive | |||
| 1. | impulsive proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus | ||
| Samples | An impulsive gesture of affection. | ||
| Synonyms | unprompted | ||
| Similar | self-generated, spontaneous | ||
| Antonyms | induced | ||
| 2. | impulsive without forethought | ||
| Samples | Letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted. | ||
| Similar | unpremeditated | ||
| Antonyms | premeditated | ||
| 3. | impulsive having the power of driving or impelling | ||
| Samples | A driving personal ambition. The driving force was his innate enthusiasm. An impulsive force. | ||
| Synonyms | driving | ||
| Similar | dynamic, dynamical | ||
| Antonyms | adynamic, undynamic | ||
| 4. | impulsive determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason | ||
| Samples | A capricious refusal. Authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious. The victim of whimsical persecutions. | ||
| Synonyms | capricious, whimsical | ||
| Similar | arbitrary | ||
| Antonyms | nonarbitrary, unarbitrary | ||
| 5. | impulsive characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation | ||
| Samples | A hotheaded decision. Liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers. An impetuous display of spending and gambling. Madcap escapades. | ||
| Synonyms | brainish, hotheaded, impetuous, madcap, tearaway | ||
| Similar | incautious | ||
| Domain usage | archaicism, archaism | ||
| Antonyms | cautious | ||
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