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English Dictionary: impulsive	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for impulsive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
impulsive adj proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus; "an impulsive gesture of affection" Synonym(s): impulsive, unprompted without forethought; "letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted" having the power of driving or impelling; "a driving personal ambition"; "the driving force was his innate enthusiasm"; "an impulsive force" Synonym(s): driving, impulsive determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions" Synonym(s): capricious, impulsive, whimsical characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic) Synonym(s): hotheaded, impulsive, impetuous, madcap, tearaway(a), brainish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impulsive \Im*pul"sive\, n. That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent. --Sir W. Wotton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impulsive \Impul"sive\, a. [Cf. F. impulsif.] 1. Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent. Poor men! poor papers! We and they Do some impulsive* force obey. --Prior. 2. Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings. My heart, impulsive and wayward. --Longfellow. 3. (Mech.) Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous; -- said of forces.