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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Impulsive (0.02275 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Impulsive.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: impulsive impulsive adj 1: proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus; “an impulsive gesture of affection” [syn: unprompted] 2: without forethought; “letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted” 3: having the power of driving or impelling; “a driving personal ambition”; “the driving force was his innate enthusiasm”; “an impulsive force” [syn: driving] 4: 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” [syn: capricious, whimsical] 5: 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) [syn: hotheaded, impetuous, madcap, tearaway(a), brainish]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Impulsive Impulsive \Im*pul"sive\, n. That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent. --Sir W. Wotton. [1913 Webster] Impulsive \Im*pul"sive\, a. [Cf. F. impulsif.] [1913 Webster] 1. Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent. [1913 Webster] Poor men! poor papers! We and they Do some impulsive force obey. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings. [1913 Webster] My heart, impulsive and wayward. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mech.) Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous; -- said of forces. [1913 Webster]

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