impulsive

An impulsive person is usually very quick to react, and they don't usually think things through very carefully. They often make decisions based on instinct rather than logic.

  • He made the decision to leave impulsively, without thinking it through.

  • She acted impulsively and threw the glass across the room.

Definition of impulsive

adjective

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

Synonyms:

capricious, whimsical

adjective

having the power of driving or impelling

Synonyms:

driving

adjective

characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation

Synonyms:

brainish, hotheaded, impetuous, madcap, tearaway

adjective

proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus

Synonyms:

unprompted

adjective

without forethought

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Example Sentences for impulsive

  • 1

    It's the same with impulsive behaviour and emotional sadism.

  • 2

    Nezha is impulsive and disobedient.

  • 3

    That was impulsive and immature of me.

  • 4

    There are competing definitions of impulsion.

  • 5

    There is no impulsion to buy the clothes.

  • 6

    A tremendous impulse was given to the study of the Orient.

  • 7

    If the electron is instantaneously stopped, the acceleration is an impulse.

  • 8

    It consists contrasting impulses of stillness and turbulence.

  • 9

    I appreciate the impulse behind the apology.

  • 10

    I felt attacked and acted impulsively.