impulsive
adjective
[ ɪmˈpʌlsɪv ]
• acting or done without forethought.
• "they'd married as impulsive teenagers"
Similar:
impetuous,
spontaneous,
hasty,
passionate,
emotional,
uninhibited,
unrepressed,
abandoned,
rash,
reckless,
foolhardy,
madcap,
devil-may-care,
daredevil,
hot-headed,
wild,
daring,
adventurous,
impromptu,
snap,
unpremeditated,
spur-of-the-moment,
extemporaneous,
precipitate,
headlong,
incautious,
imprudent,
injudicious,
sudden,
quick,
ill-considered,
ill-thought-out,
unplanned,
thoughtless,
unthinking,
• acting as an impulse.
• "the approaching waves contain an impulsive component"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘tending to impel’): from French impulsif, -ive or late Latin impulsivus, from Latin impuls- ‘driven onwards’ (see impulse). impulsive (sense 1) dates from the mid 18th century.
