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English to English adjective
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Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus | | Example: an impulsive gesture of affection
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without forethought | | Example: letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted
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having the power of driving or impelling | | Example: a driving personal ambition
the driving force was his innate enthusiasm
an impulsive force
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determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason | | Example: a capricious refusal
authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious
the victim of whimsical persecutions
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characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation | | Example: a hotheaded decision
liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers
an impetuous display of spending and gambling
madcap escapades
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That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent. | | source: webster1913
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