Impulsive
[ɪm'pʌlsɪv]
Definition
(adj.) without forethought; 'letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted' .
(adj.) proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus; 'an impulsive gesture of affection' .
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Definition
(a.) Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.
(a.) Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings.
(a.) Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous; -- said of forces.
(n.) That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.
Typist: Ruben
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Impelling, moving.[2]. Passionate, rash, quick, hot, hasty.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Rash, hasty, wayward, impressible,[See RASH]
Editor: Priscilla
Examples
- Is it the secret instinct of decaying nature, or the soul's impulsive throb, as immortality draws on? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- What an impulsive creature, is he not, Mr Crispin? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The activity begins in an impulsive form; that is, it is blind. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Modern psychology has substituted for the general, ready-made faculties of older theory a complex group of instinctive and impulsive tendencies. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- We have reduced it to a little harmless heap of ashes; and our dear impulsive Rachel will never know what we have done! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- You are not impulsive, you are not romantic, you are accustomed to view everything from the strong dispassionate ground of reason and calculation. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- It was a letter of mine, Mr. Holmes, an indiscreet letter written before my marriage--a foolish letter, a letter of an impulsive, loving girl. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Is he impulsive and utterly selfish? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Equally serious is the fact that a split is set up between conscious thought and attention and impulsive blind affection and desire. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- They are all impulsive, so you see I simply described the Greek at large, not this one in particular. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Celia was not impulsive: what she had to say could wait, and came from her always with the same quiet staccato evenness. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- As he sat down beside her, Amy felt shy again, and turned rosy red at the recollection of her impulsive greeting. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Rosamond had to make her little confession, and he poured out words of gratitude and tenderness with impulsive lavishment. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Being so impulsive,' she said composedly. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The visitor, more with his eyes than by the slight impulsive motion of his hand, entreated her to be reassured and to trust him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- My mother was no impulsive woman who changed her opinion every hour without reason. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The last twenty-three centuries of history are like the efforts of some impulsive, hasty immortal to think clearly and live rightly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Experience is in truth a matter of activities, instinctive and impulsive, in their interactions with things. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- For a moment we caught a glimpse of the natural man, impulsive, ardent, keenly sensitive. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Not that she was inclined to sarcasm and to impulsive sallies, as Mary was. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Editor: Priscilla