impetuous
adjective
[ ɪmˈpɛtjʊəs ]
• acting or done quickly and without thought or care.
• "she might live to rue this impetuous decision"
Similar:
impulsive,
rash,
hasty,
overhasty,
reckless,
heedless,
foolhardy,
incautious,
imprudent,
injudicious,
ill-conceived,
ill-considered,
unplanned,
unreasoned,
unthought-out,
unthinking,
spontaneous,
impromptu,
spur-of-the-moment,
precipitate,
precipitous,
headlong,
hurried,
rushed,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French impetueux, from late Latin impetuosus, from impetere ‘to attack’.
