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impetuousim‧pet‧u‧ous /ɪmˈpetʃuəs/ adjective   impetuousOrigin: 1300-1400 French impétueux, from Late Latin impetuosus, from Latin impetus; ➔ IMPETUS - an impetuous decision to get married
- He says she's impetuous and emotional.
- If you weren't so impetuous you wouldn't have lost your job.
- Williams was wild and impetuous.
- As Akbar and Tundrish opened fire with bolts, Yeremi lunged to drag the impetuous, or hallucinating, fool back.
- As you said, it is in the nature of young men to be foolhardy and impetuous.
- For Fowlkes, leaving would be impetuous and misguided.
- He is too impetuous and owing to a desire to lead everything, he fails of his goal.
- It was just his usual brusque, impetuous way of speaking.
- Just don't be too impetuous and put too much pressure on the object of your desires.
- The impetuous Wallace quickly agreed and decided to wire a memo of recommendation to Roosevelt.
not thinking carefully enough before doing something► rash if you do something rash , you do not think carefully about the effect it will have, and you wish later you had not done it: · Stay where you are and don't do anything rash -- I'll be over in five minutes.· Don't make any rash promises that you may regret later. ► hasty too quick to do or say something, without taking time to think about it first: · I think I may have been a little hasty about firing him.· Go home and think about whether you really want to have the operation -- I don't want you to make any hasty decisions. ► impulsive doing things as soon as you think of them, without considering the possible dangers or problems: · She's so impulsive -- she saw the house for the first time and said she'd buy it straight away.· Although she comes across as impulsive, Harper is actually very cautious and indecisive. ► impetuous doing something without thinking carefully first, especially because you have an emotional character and easily get angry, excited etc: · If you weren't so impetuous you wouldn't have lost your job.· He says she's impetuous and emotional. tending to do things very quickly, without thinking carefully first, or showing this quality SYN impulsive:  He was high-spirited and impetuous. She might live to regret this impetuous decision.—impetuously adverb—impetuousness noun [uncountable]—impetuosity /ɪmˌpetʃuˈɒsəti $ -ˈɑː-/ noun [uncountable] |