impetuous

im·pet·u·ous  (m-pch-s)

adj.

1. Characterized by sudden and forceful energy or emotion; impulsive and passionate.

2. Having or marked by violent force: impetuous, heaving waves.

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[Middle English, violent, from Old French impetueux, from Late Latin impetusus, from Latin impetus, impetus; see impetus.]

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im·petu·ous·ly adv.

im·petu·ous·ness n.

Synonyms: impetuous, heedless, hasty, headlong, precipitate, sudden
These adjectives describe abruptness or lack of deliberation. Impetuous suggests forceful impulsiveness or impatience: "[a race driver who was] flamboyant, impetuous, disdainful of death" Jim Murray.
Heedless implies carelessness or lack of responsibility or proper regard for consequences: "Hobbling down stairs with heedless haste, I set my foot full in a pail of water" Richard Steele.
Hasty and headlong both stress hurried, often reckless action: "Hasty marriage seldom proveth well" Shakespeare. "In his headlong flight down the circular staircase, ... [he] had pitched forward violently, struck his head against the door to the east veranda, and probably broken his neck" Mary Roberts Rinehart.
Precipitate suggests impulsiveness and lack of due reflection: a precipitate decision.
Sudden applies to what becomes apparent abruptly or unexpectedly: is given to sudden paroxysms of anger.

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impetuous

Adjective

1. acting without consideration

2. done rashly or hastily [Late Latin impetuosus violent]

impetuosity n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	impetuous - characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic) brainish, madcap, tearaway, hotheaded, impulsive archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression incautious - lacking in caution; "an incautious remark"; "incautious talk"
	2.	impetuous - marked by violent force; "impetuous heaving waves" forceful - characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical); "a forceful speaker"; "a forceful personality"; "forceful measures"; "a forceful plan for peace"

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impetuous

adjective rash, hasty, impulsive, violent, furious, fierce, eager, passionate, spontaneous, precipitate, ardent, impassioned, headlong, unplanned, unbridled, vehement, unrestrained, spur-of-the-moment, unthinking, unpremeditated, unreflecting << OPPOSITE cautious

Translations

impetuous [ɪmˈpɛtjuəs] adj → impetuoso

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impetuous [ɪmˈpɛtjuəs] adj → impétueux/euse, fougueux/euse

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impetuous [ɪmˈpɛtjuəs] adj → ungestüm, stürmisch;

(act) → impulsiv

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impetuous [ɪmˈpɛtjuəs] adj → impetuoso/a, precipitoso/a