impulsive

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   without forethought

   Letting the teenager borrow the car was an impulsive act that they immediately regretted.

2. 2
   adj

   proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus

   an impulsive gesture of affection

3. 3
   adj

   Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.

   Poor men! poor papers! We and they / Do some impulsive force obey.

4. 4
   adj

   Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings; inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration.

   my heart, impulsive and wayward

5. 5
   noun

   That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.

   Notwithstanding all which Motives and impulsives , Sir Thomas Overbury refused to be sent abroad , with such terms

6. 6
   adj

   characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation

7. 7
   adj

   determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

8. 8
   adj

   having the power of driving or impelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French impulsif, from Latin impulsivus.