impetuous

impetuous
Synonyms and related words:
abrupt, accident-prone, active, acute, adrift, afloat, aggressive, alternating, amorphous, animated, antsy, antsy-pantsy, anxious, ardent, breakneck, breathless, brisk, brittle, capricious, careless, chafing, changeable, changeful, corruptible, deciduous, desperate, desultory, deviable, devil-may-care, dizzy, dying, dynamic, eager, eccentric, edgy, electrifying, energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic, ephemeral, erratic, evanescent, excited, fading, fast and loose, fervid, fickle, fierce, fiery, fitful, fleeting, flickering, flighty, flitting, fluctuating, fly-by-night, flying, forceful, forcible, fragile, frail, freakish, fretful, fretting, fugacious, fugitive, full of pep, furious, giddy, go-go, harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, hearty, hopped-up, hotheaded, hurried, impassioned, impatient, impermanent, impulsive, in a lather, in a stew, in a sweat, incisive, inconsistent, inconstant, indecisive, infirm, insubstantial, intense, irregular, irresolute, irresponsible, keen, kinetic, lively, living, lusty, mad, mazy, mercurial, mettlesome, momentary, moody, mortal, mutable, nerve-shattering, nondurable, nonpermanent, offhand, on edge, overeager, overenthusiastic, overhasty, overzealous, panting, passing, passionate, peppy, perishable, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, quick, rambling, rash, reckless, restive, restless, robust, roving, rushing, scatterbrained, shapeless, shifting, shifty, shocking, short-lived, shuffling, simmering, slap-bang, slapdash, smacking, snappy, spanking, spasmodic, speedy, spineless, spirited, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, squirming, squirmy, startling, stormy, strenuous, strong, sudden, surprising, swift, take-charge, take-over, tempestuous, temporal, temporary, tornadic, transient, transitive, transitory, trenchant, unaccountable, unanticipated, uncertain, uncontrolled, undependable, undisciplined, undurable, uneasy, unenduring, unexpected, unfixed, unforeseen, unlooked-for, unpatient, unplanned, unpredictable, unpredicted, unpremeditated, unquiet, unreflective, unreliable, unrestrained, unsettled, unstable, unstable as water, unstaid, unsteadfast, unsteady, unthinking, vacillating, vagrant, variable, vehement, vibrant, vicissitudinary, vicissitudinous, vigorous, violent, vivacious, vivid, volatile, volcanic, wandering, wanton, wavering, wavery, wavy, wayward, whimsical, wild, wishy-washy, zestful, zesty, zippy

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  • Impetuous — Im*pet u*ous, a. [F. impetueux, L. impetuosus. See {Impetus}.] 1. Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an impetuous torrent. [1913 Webster] Went pouring forward with impetuous… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Impetuous — may refer to:* Impetuous Theater Group, a theatre company * USS Impetuous (PYc 46), a United States Navy patrol boat …   Wikipedia

  • impetuous — (adj.) late 14c., hot tempered, fierce, from O.Fr. impetuos (13c.) and directly from L.L. impetuosus impetuous, violent, from L. impetus attack (see IMPETUS (Cf. impetus)). Related: Impetuously; impetuousness …   Etymology dictionary

  • impetuous — [im pech′o͞o əs] adj. [ME impetuouse < OFr impetueuse < L impetuosus < impetus: see IMPETUS] 1. moving with great force or violence; having great impetus; rushing; furious [impetuous winds] 2. acting or done suddenly with little thought; …   English World dictionary

  • impetuous — I adjective capricious, careless, dashing, disordered, emotional, excitable, fervid, hasty, heedless, impatient, impressionable, impulsive incautious, intense, mercurial, precipitate, quick, rash, reckless, slapdash, spontaneous, stormy,… …   Law dictionary

  • impetuous — headlong, *precipitate, abrupt, hasty, sudden Analogous words: impulsive, *spontaneous: vehement, intense, violent: forceful, forcible, *powerful: violent (see corresponding noun at FORCE): impatient, restive: impassioned, passionate, fervid,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • impetuous — [adj] acting without thinking abrupt, ardent, eager, fervid, fierce, furious, going off deep end*, hasty, headlong, hurried, impassioned, impulsive, passionate, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, rash, restive, rushing, spontaneous, spur of… …   New thesaurus

  • impetuous — ► ADJECTIVE 1) acting or done quickly and rashly. 2) moving forcefully or rapidly. DERIVATIVES impetuosity noun impetuously adverb impetuousness noun. ORIGIN Latin impetuosus, from impetere to attack …   English terms dictionary

  • impetuous — impetuously, adv. impetuousness, n. /im pech ooh euhs/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person. 2. having great impetus; moving with great force;… …   Universalium

  • impetuous — im•pet•u•ous [[t]ɪmˈpɛtʃ u əs[/t]] adj. 1) of, pertaining to, or characterized by sudden or rash action or emotion 2) moving with great force; violent: impetuous winds[/ex] • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < AF < LL impetuōsus= L impetu(s)… …   From formal English to slang

  • impetuous — adj. impetuous to + inf. (it was impetuous of her to do that) * * * [ɪm petʃʊəs] impetuous to + inf. (it was impetuous of her to do that) …   Combinatory dictionary

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