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ADJECTIVE (2)

1. characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation;
- Example: "a hotheaded decision"
- Example: "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"
- Example: "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"
- Example: "madcap escapades" (`brainish'; is archaic);
[syn: hotheaded, impulsive, impetuous, madcap, tearaway(a), brainish]

2. marked by violent force;
- Example: "impetuous heaving waves"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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            Went pouring forward with impetuous speed. --Byron.
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   2. Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man
      of impetuous temper.
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            The people, on their holidays,
            Impetuous, insolent, unquenchable.    --Milton.

   Syn: Forcible; rapid; hasty; precipitate; furious;
        boisterous; violent; raging; fierce; passionate. --
        Im*pet"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Im*pet"u*ous*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

impetuous
    adj 1: 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, impulsive,
           impetuous, madcap, tearaway(a), brainish]
    2: marked by violent force; "impetuous heaving waves"