Impetuous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Characterized by sudden and forceful energy or emotion; impulsive and passionate.
  • adj. Having or marked by violent force: impetuous, heaving waves.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Making arbitrary decisions, especially in an impulsive and forceful manner.
  • adj. Characterized by sudden and violent force.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; violent
  • adj. Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having or characterized by great impetus; rushing with force and violence; acting with sudden, vehement, or rash energy; performed or delivered with sudden, overbearing force: as, an impetuous torrent; an impetuous charge or harangue.
  • Synonyms Precipitate, hot, furious, vehement, passionate.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation
  • adj. marked by violent force
  • Equivalent
    incautious    forceful   
    Antonym
    deliberate    apathetic   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    passionate    raging    hasty    forcible    boisterous    fierce    precipitate    furious    violent    rapid   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    impulsive    passionate    reckless    headstrong    ardent    vehement    imperious    resolute    turbulent    haughty