Thesaurus / impetuous
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
It was a kind of incredible performance, half on earth and half in the air: it rushed with such impetuous momentum.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOOD
"You have been placed under arrest by order of the Ministry," replied Bézard, speaking in his quick, impetuous way.
THE DOCTOR OF PIMLICOWILLIAM LE QUEUX
Oh, those Camford conversations—how impetuous, how interesting, how thoroughly hearty and unconventional they were!
JULIAN HOMEDEAN FREDERIC W. FARRAR
A rush of impetuous words followed by the collapse of his father's form upon the pillow showed that the examination was over.
THE CIRCULAR STUDYANNA KATHARINE GREEN
It was an exciting moment as that great bulk came on, its tons of sodden wood backed by the impetuous forces of the torrent.
GOLD-SEEKING ON THE DALTON TRAILARTHUR R. THOMPSON
To me it is simply a medium, an unstable, oscillating medium of impetuous spiritual energies.
THE CREATORSMAY SINCLAIR
The cerebral neurasthenic makes rash, impetuous changes in his mode of life.
ESSAYS IN PASTORAL MEDICINEAUSTIN MALLEY
He has made hundreds of speeches on all subjects, that showed a gift of natural eloquence as well as a keen and impetuous nature.
WAYS OF WAR AND PEACEDELIA AUSTRIAN
"No passion, Colombaik," put in the benign Joan, again interrupting the impetuous young man.
Lamont feared lest the impetuous lover should again burst into his passion song.
MENOTAHERNEST G. HENHAM
WORDS RELATED TO IMPETUOUS
- adventurous
- audacious
- bold
- brash
- daring
- determined
- devil-may-care
- fiery
- foolhardy
- frenzied
- furious
- harebrained
- harum-scarum
- hasty
- headlong
- headstrong
- heedless
- hotheaded
- ill-advised
- ill-considered
- immature
- impetuous
- improvident
- imprudent
- impulsive
- incautious
- indiscreet
- injudicious
- insuppressible
- irrational
- jumping to conclusions
- madcap
- overhasty
- passionate
- precipitant
- precipitate
- premature
- reckless
- slapdash
- temerarious
- thoughtless
- unguarded
- unthinking
- unwary
- venturesome
- venturous
- wild
- abrupt
- accidental
- amazing
- astonishing
- chance
- electrifying
- eye-opening
- fortuitous
- from left field
- impetuous
- impulsive
- instantaneous
- not bargained for
- not in the cards
- out of the blue
- payback
- prodigious
- staggering
- startling
- stunning
- sudden
- swift
- unanticipated
- unforeseen
- unheralded
- unlooked-for
- unpredictable
- unpredicted
- wonderful
- abrupt
- agog
- antsy
- anxious
- appetent
- ardent
- athirst
- avid
- breathless
- brusque
- chafing
- choleric
- curt
- demanding
- dying to
- eager
- edgy
- feverish
- fretful
- hasty
- having short fuse
- headlong
- hot under collar
- hot-tempered
- impetuous
- indignant
- intolerant
- irascible
- irritable
- itchy
- keen
- on pins and needles
- quick-tempered
- restless
- ripe
- snappy
- straining
- sudden
- testy
- thirsty
- unindulgent
- vehement
- violent
- assertive
- bawdy
- disorderly
- drunken
- forward
- fractious
- headstrong
- heedless
- impervious
- impetuous
- imprudent
- impulsive
- incorrigible
- inexorable
- insubordinate
- intemperate
- intractable
- lawless
- mean
- mutinous
- obstreperous
- opinionated
- ornery
- out of control
- out of line
- perverse
- quarrelsome
- rash
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- reckless
- refractory
- restive
- riotous
- rowdy
- turbulent
- uncontrollable
- ungovernable
- unmanageable
- unyielding
- violent
- wayward
- wild
- willful
- angry
- ardent
- concentrated
- delirious
- desperate
- eager
- earnest
- emphatic
- enthusiastic
- exquisite
- fervent
- fervid
- fierce
- fiery
- forceful
- forcible
- frantic
- furious
- hearty
- heated
- hopped up
- hot
- hyper
- impassioned
- impetuous
- inflamed
- intense
- lively
- on the make
- potent
- powerful
- pronounced
- rabid
- strong
- terrible
- vicious
- violent
- wild
- zealous
- agitated
- aroused
- berserk
- bloodthirsty
- brutal
- coercive
- crazy
- cruel
- demoniac
- desperate
- distraught
- disturbed
- enraged
- fierce
- fiery
- forceful
- forcible
- frantic
- fuming
- furious
- great
- headstrong
- homicidal
- hotheaded
- hysterical
- impassioned
- impetuous
- inflamed
- intemperate
- mad
- maniacal
- mighty
- murderous
- passionate
- potent
- powerful
- raging
- riotous
- rough
- savage
- strong
- uncontrollable
- ungovernable
- unrestrained
- urgent
- vehement
- vicious
- wild
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