Impetuosity
[ɪm,petjʊ'ɒsətɪ] or [ɪm,pɛtʃʊ'ɑsəti]
Definition
(n.) The condition or quality of being impetuous; fury; violence.
(n.) Vehemence, or furiousnes of temper.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Vehemence, violence, fury, precipitancy, precipitation, haste.
Typed by Lloyd
Examples
- Shirley did come in with some impetuosity. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- No third person listening could have thoroughly understood the impetuosity of Will's repulse or the bitterness of his words. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I see it, of course,' replied Rose, smiling at the doctor's impetuosity; 'but still I do not see anything in it, to criminate the poor child. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He's a cursed white-blooded pedantic coxcomb, said Will, with gnashing impetuosity. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He looked and spoke with eagerness: his old impetuosity was rising. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The deputy restrained the animal's impetuosity, and the principal ran to assist Mr. Winkle in mounting. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Here was an opening for my plans of offence, and I made use of it with all the brute impetuosity I derived from my active mode of life. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He pranced off to engage the lodgings with all the impetuosity of love. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Typist: Marvin