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Impulsive   /ɪmpˈəlsɪv/   Listen
adjective
Impulsive  adj.  
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."
2.
Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings. "My heart, impulsive and wayward."
3.
(Mech.) Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous; said of forces.


noun
Impulsive  n.  That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.





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"Impulsive" Quotes from Famous Books



... the lad, Howard Bompas, unnecessarily repulsive; but if, in doing so, he is only exactly carrying out the author's idea, i.e., "Master's orders," then he is no longer responsible for the overcharged colouring. The probable fate of this unhappy pair, an impulsive uneducated kind of Irish orange-girl married to a contemptible young sot, is not a pleasant termination to the story, nor is the anticipatory sadness felt for the future of this ill-assorted couple in ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 101, December 5, 1891 • Various
... a sudden impulsive movement toward her, then restrained himself, pressed his lips together and fell ...
— The Cost • David Graham Phillips
... upset the milk over Freddie's trousers, and when he had come back after changing his clothes he began to talk about what a much-maligned man King Herod was. The more he saw of Tootles, he said, the less he wondered at those impulsive views of ...
— My Man Jeeves • P. G. Wodehouse
... (looks at the keys, and slips them into her pocket) A bunch of his keys; they are safer in my pocket than in Izod's—poor Izod is so impulsive. (she crosses to R. C., goes up the steps and calls at door. Calling) Squire! Squire! Here's Gilbert Hythe with two men. Don't let 'em bring their ...
— The Squire - An Original Comedy in Three Acts • Arthur W. Pinero
... it, may put "duty" in quotation marks when dealing with sex-relationship in the effort to put "love" on the throne, but experience shows that in all the intimate relationships of life some stay from without the individual desire is needed to restrain from impulsive change and lessen frictional expression of temperamental weakness. On reason and a sense of obligation are based all successful human arrangements, and ...
— The Family and it's Members • Anna Garlin Spencer


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