Impetuous

Adjective

 * 1) Making arbitrary decisions, especially in an impulsive and forceful manner.
 * 2) * 1880, John Weeks Moore, Complete Encyclopaedia of Music, "Beethoven, Louis Van ":
 * But it was natural, that the impetuous, restless young artist should incline more to excess of strength than of delicacy in his playing.
 * 1) Characterized by sudden and violent force.
 * 2) * 1794, Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho, vol. II, chapter I:
 * He stands, and views in the faint rays Far, far below, the torrent's rising surge, And listens to the wild impetuous roar

Synonyms

 * impulsive
 * hasty
 * rash
 * hotheaded

Adverbs for Impetuous
foolishly; wildly; childishly; rashly; recklessly; thoughtlessly; inconsiderately; uncontrollably; violently; blithely; merrily; happily; precipitately; dangerously; generously; delightfully; enchantingly; engagingly; astonishingly; uncommonly; highly; roughly; boisterously; explosively; stormily; noisily; vivaciously;  restlessly; indiscreetly; wantonly; adventurously; dreadfully.

Thesaurus
abrupt, accident-prone, active, acute, adrift, afloat, aggressive, alternating, amorphous, animated, antsy, antsy-pantsy, anxious, ardent, breakneck, breathless, brisk, brittle, capricious, careless, chafing, changeable, changeful, corruptible, deciduous, desperate, desultory, deviable, devil-may-care, dizzy, dying, dynamic, eager, eccentric, edgy, electrifying, energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic, ephemeral, erratic, evanescent, excited, fading, fast and loose, fervid, fickle, fierce, fiery, fitful, fleeting, flickering, flighty, flitting, fluctuating, fly-by-night, flying, forceful, forcible, fragile, frail, freakish, fretful, fretting, fugacious, fugitive, full of pep, furious, giddy, go-go, harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, hearty, hopped-up, hotheaded, hurried, impassioned, impatient, impermanent, impulsive, in a lather, in a stew, in a sweat, incisive, inconsistent, inconstant, indecisive, infirm, insubstantial, intense, irregular, irresolute, irresponsible, keen, kinetic, lively, living, lusty, mad, mazy, mercurial, mettlesome, momentary, moody, mortal, mutable, nerve-shattering, nondurable, nonpermanent, offhand, on edge, overeager, overenthusiastic, overhasty, overzealous, panting, passing, passionate, peppy, perishable, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, quick, rambling, rash, reckless, restive, restless, robust, roving, rushing, scatterbrained, shapeless, shifting, shifty, shocking, short-lived, shuffling, simmering, slap-bang, slapdash, smacking, snappy, spanking, spasmodic, speedy, spineless, spirited, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, squirming, squirmy, startling, stormy, strenuous, strong, sudden, surprising, swift, take-charge, take-over, tempestuous, temporal, temporary, tornadic, transient, transitive, transitory, trenchant, unaccountable, unanticipated, uncertain, uncontrolled, undependable, undisciplined, undurable, uneasy, unenduring, unexpected, unfixed, unforeseen, unlooked-for, unpatient, unplanned, unpredictable, unpredicted, unpremeditated, unquiet, unreflective, unreliable, unrestrained, unsettled, unstable, unstable as water, unstaid, unsteadfast, unsteady, unthinking, vacillating, vagrant, variable, vehement, vibrant, vicissitudinary, vicissitudinous, vigorous, violent, vivacious, vivid, volatile, volcanic, wandering, wanton, wavering, wavery, wavy, wayward, whimsical, wild, wishy-washy, zestful, zesty, zippy

Etymology
From, from impetueus:, from  impetuosus:, from  impetus:.

Translations

 * Armenian: իմպուլսիվ
 * Basque: odolbero, oldartsu, oldar handiko
 * Catalan: impetuós
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Filipino: mapusok
 * Finnish:, kiihkeä, raju,


 * French: impulsif, irréfléchi
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: impulsivo
 * Norwegian: impulsstyrt
 * Polish: zapalczywy impulsywny, porywczy
 * Russian: поспешный
 * Spanish:, , irreflexivo


 * Armenian:, սրընթաց, պոռթկուն
 * Catalan: impetuós
 * Danish: opfarende, heftig, fremfusende
 * Filipino: mapusok
 * Finnish: raju,
 * French: impétueux, brutal, brusque, violent


 * German:
 * Hungarian: indulatos
 * Italian: irruente
 * Norwegian: oppfarende, fremfusende
 * Russian: порывистый,
 * Spanish:, brutal, brusco, violento


 * : impétueux, brusque
 * : tanpa pikir panjang, sembrono