impulsive

US: /ˌɪmˈpəɫsɪv/
UK: /ɪmpˈʌlsɪv/


English Vietnamese dictionary


impulsive /im'pʌlsiv/
  • tính từ
    • đẩy tới, đẩy mạnh
    • bốc đồng
      • an impulsive act: một hành động bốc đồng
      • an impulsive person: người hay bốc đồng
    • thôi thúc, thúc đẩy
    • (kỹ thuật) xung

Advanced English dictionary


+ adjective
(of people or their behaviour) acting suddenly without thinking carefully about what might happen because of what you are doing: an impulsive act / decision / gesture / reaction + He has an impulsive nature.
impulsively adverb: Impulsively he reached out and took her hand.
impulsiveness noun [U]

Thesaurus dictionary


n.
impetuous, emotional, unpredictable, unpremeditated, unplanned, spur-of-the-moment, extemporaneous, unconsidered, offhand, instinctive, involuntary, spontaneous, quick, sudden, precipitate, immediate, snap, rash, headlong, rash, reckless, devil-may-care, foolhardy, madcap, wild:
You may say that it was impulsive of me to give her all that money, but I love her.

Concise English dictionary


ɪm'pʌlsɪv
adj.
+proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus
+without forethought
+having the power of driving or impelling
+determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
+characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation