Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Inclined to act on impulse rather than thought.
- adj. Motivated by or resulting from impulse: such impulsive acts as hugging strangers; impulsive generosity. See Synonyms at spontaneous.
- adj. Having force or power to impel or incite; forceful.
- adj. Physics Acting within brief time intervals. Used especially of a force.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having the power of driving or impelling; moving; impellent.
- Actuated or controlled by impulses; swayed by the emotions: as, an impulsive child.
- Resulting from impulse: as, impulsive movements or gestures.
- In mech., acting by instantaneous impulse, not continuously: said of forces. See force, 8 . Synonyms Rash, quick, hasty, passionate.
- n. That which impels; impelling cause or reason.
Wiktionary
- adj. Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.
- adj. Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings.
- adj. Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous; -- said of forces.
- adj. Highly reactive; people who react quickly or feel emotional
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.
- adj. Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings.
- adj. Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous; -- said of forces.
- n. That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. having the power of driving or impelling
- adj. characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation
- adj. proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus
- adj. determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
- adj. without forethought
Examples
“Practical and impulsive is what I would describe myself as.”
“Without the ability to restrain impulsive behavior, you're like a capuchin on crack, lurching from this random item to the next, and before you know it you have an absentee life.”
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“Intermittent Explosive Disorder IED is an extremely rare behavioral disorder characterized by impulsive acts of aggression.”
“A colleague once referred to impulsive children as “MNM” kids: Me, Now, and More!”
“But, as the Buddhist teachings explain, our happiness depends on our karma, namely our impulsive or intentional actions.”
The Gelug-Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra ��� 1 Introduction and Preliminaries
“Of the four facts that are seen as true by highly realized beings, by aryas, the first of these are true problems or true sufferings; the second of these is the true source of all problems or sufferings, namely impulsive behavior and disturbing emotions.”
“If we ask, “What is the root or what is the thing that all our problems rest upon?” we will see that they all come from the true sources of all problems and sufffering, namely our impulsive behavior and our disturbing emotions and attitudes.”
“We won't be what you might call impulsive, 'cause if there's as many as you say, they can wait until I know about 'em.”
“The most seemingly artless of his proceedings is absolutely defined in advance, and never is what heedless observers call impulsive and spontaneous.”
“The decline from 10790 is impulsive, which is also bearish.”
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