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Impulsive

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Definitions for Impulsive

adjective
proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus
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  1. an impulsive gesture of affection
adjective
without forethought
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  1. letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted
adjective
having the power of driving or impelling
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  1. a driving personal ambition
  2. the driving force was his innate enthusiasm
  3. an impulsive force
adjective
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
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  1. a capricious refusal
  2. authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious
  3. the victim of whimsical persecutions
adjective
characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation
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  1. a hotheaded decision
  2. liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers
  3. an impetuous display of spending and gambling
  4. madcap escapades
  5. (`brainish' is archaic)

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