Impulsive

[im·pul·sive]

If someone is impulsive, it means that they act on instinct, without thinking decisions through. If you worked for an entire year to save money for a car and then suddenly decided to spend it all on an outfit instead, that would be an impulsive purchase.

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

Adjective S.
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)

Adjective S.
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"

Adjective S.
having the power of driving or impelling; "a driving personal ambition"; "the driving force was his innate enthusiasm"; "an impulsive force"

Adjective S.
without forethought; "letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted"

Adjective S.
proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus; "an impulsive gesture of affection"

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

a.
Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings.

a.
Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous; -- said of forces.

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


Impulsive

Im*pul"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.
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.

Impulsive

Im*pul"sive , n. That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent. Sir W. Wotton.

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

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

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