impetuous person
impulsive person
TRANSLATION
impetuous = heftig, rasch, ungestüm; hitzig, übereilt, impulsiv
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"In the 1930s Winston Churchill's critics called him rash, IMPETUOUS, tactless, contentious, inconsistent, unsound, an amusing parliamentary celebrity who was forever out of step.
'We just don't know what to make of him,' a troubled MP told Lady Astor. She asked brightly: 'How about a nice rug?'"
Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne, Viscountess (1879-1964) American-born English politician, British MP noted for her frequent run-ins with Winston Churchill
MP = Member of Parliament
'We just don't know what to make of him,' a troubled MP told Lady Astor. She asked brightly: 'How about a nice rug?'"
Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne, Viscountess (1879-1964) American-born English politician, British MP noted for her frequent run-ins with Winston Churchill
MP = Member of Parliament
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impetuous
1. Characterized by sudden and forceful energy or emotion; impulsive and passionate.
2. Having or marked by violent force: impetuous, heaving waves.
From the Middle English, violent, from Old French impetueux, from Late Latin impetuosus, from Latin impetus, impetus.
Synonyms:
impetuous, heedless, hasty, headlong, precipitate, sudden - These adjectives describe abruptness or lack of deliberation.
IMPETUOUS suggests forceful impulsiveness or impatience: “ a race driver who was flamboyant, impetuous, disdainful of death” (Jim Murray).
HEEDLESS implies carelessness or lack of responsibility or proper regard for consequences: “Hobbling down stairs with heedless haste, I set my foot full in a pail of water” (Richard Steele).
HASTY and HEADLONG both stress hurried, often reckless action: “Hasty marriage seldom proveth well” (Shakespeare). “In his headlong flight down the circular staircase,... [he] had pitched forward violently, struck his head against the door to the east veranda, and probably broken his neck” (Mary Roberts Rinehart).
PRECIPITATE suggests impulsiveness and lack of due reflection: a precipitate decision.
SUDDEN applies to what becomes apparent abruptly or unexpectedly: is given to sudden fits of anger.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
1. Characterized by sudden and forceful energy or emotion; impulsive and passionate.
2. Having or marked by violent force: impetuous, heaving waves.
From the Middle English, violent, from Old French impetueux, from Late Latin impetuosus, from Latin impetus, impetus.
Synonyms:
impetuous, heedless, hasty, headlong, precipitate, sudden - These adjectives describe abruptness or lack of deliberation.
IMPETUOUS suggests forceful impulsiveness or impatience: “ a race driver who was flamboyant, impetuous, disdainful of death” (Jim Murray).
HEEDLESS implies carelessness or lack of responsibility or proper regard for consequences: “Hobbling down stairs with heedless haste, I set my foot full in a pail of water” (Richard Steele).
HASTY and HEADLONG both stress hurried, often reckless action: “Hasty marriage seldom proveth well” (Shakespeare). “In his headlong flight down the circular staircase,... [he] had pitched forward violently, struck his head against the door to the east veranda, and probably broken his neck” (Mary Roberts Rinehart).
PRECIPITATE suggests impulsiveness and lack of due reflection: a precipitate decision.
SUDDEN applies to what becomes apparent abruptly or unexpectedly: is given to sudden fits of anger.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
