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impulsiveim‧pul‧sive /ɪmˈpʌlsɪv/ ●○○ adjective   - Although she comes across as impulsive, Harper is actually very cautious and indecisive.
- an impulsive decision
- She's so impulsive -- she saw the house for the first time and said she'd buy it straight away.
- These children tend to be impulsive and restless.
- And Anne - she's so impulsive.
- His early training was in the sciences and he displays a cool rationality about what can be a rather impulsive profession.
- It was all some impulsive reaction to her father.
- Kid that age, impulsive, headstrong: not much you can do.
- The existence of will does not mean that behavior is never impulsive.
- Thus, it is not necessarily inconsistent to observe what seems to be impulsive behavior after the will is present.
- Whether or not she believed his excuses, her own body, her own impulsive longings, would betray her.
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. someone who is impulsive does things without considering the possible dangers or problems first → rash:  Rosa was impulsive and sometimes regretted things she’d done. In a burst of impulsive generosity, I offered to pay.—impulsively adverb: ‘Oh, Anne, I do love you!’ he said impulsively.—impulsiveness noun [uncountable] |