Impetuous
[ɪm'petjʊəs] or [ɪm'pɛtʃʊəs]
Definition
(a.) Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an impetuous torrent.
(a.) Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man of impetuous temper.
Editor: Vicky
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Vehement, violent, furious, fierce, passionate, precipitate, hasty, hot, over-zealous.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See HASTY]
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Definition
adj. rushing upon with impetus or violence: vehement in feeling: passionate.—adv. Impet′uously.—ns. Impet′uousness Impetuos′ity.
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Examples
- When I calculated that this impetuous young woman would overdo it in new directions, was I wrong or right? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Our horses had become, through their long holiday, almost wild, and we crossed the plain round Calais with impetuous speed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Rosamond had that victorious obstinacy which never wastes its energy in impetuous resistance. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The Major laughed at the impetuous affection Mrs. Amelia exhibited; for, in truth, it was not very often that she wanted her brother that instant. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Though portly, she was alert, and though serene, she was at times impetuous--good health and an excellent temperament kept her green as in her spring. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She is impetuous--volcanic, I was about to say. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I dangers dared; I hindrance scorned; I omens did defy: Whatever menaced, harassed, warned, I passed impetuous by. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Imagination was roused from her rest, and she came forth impetuous and venturous. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- My friend Crocky Doyle was liked everywhere, and deemed to be rather impetuous--but the honestest fellow. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The Persian wings gave before this impetuous attack, but the centre held. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Excuse me if I recommend you not to chafe so much, not to be so impetuous, not to wear yourself out so. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Of course, she was the first to speak--intelligibly, I mean, for the emotional remarks which followed her impetuous Oh, yes! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Mr Dorrit was undeniably very polite to her and had a high opinion of her; but Fanny, impetuous at most times, might easily be wrong for all that. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I've come to buy you, and take you home, said George, with impetuous vehemence. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Glaucon is the impetuous youth who can 'just never have enough of fechting' (cp. Plato. The Republic.
- Her will daily bent itself to that of the impetuous little Jessy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- No said Mr. Casaubon, not keeping pace with Mr. Brooke's impetuous reason, and thinking of the book only. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I am inexperienced and impetuous, and I have been a little spoilt; but I really am not so bad as I dare say I appear, or as you think me. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- When I did speak, it was only to express an impetuous wish that I had never been born, or never come to Thornfield. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He was then the most impetuous boy in the world, and he is now the most impetuous man. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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