impetuousness

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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Noun

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impetuousness - rash impulsiveness impetuosity impulsiveness - the trait of acting suddenly on impulse without reflection