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impetuous 音标拼音: [ɪmp'ɛtʃwəs] a. 冲动的,猛烈的,轻率的,急躁的 冲动的,猛烈的,轻率的,急躁的 impetuous adj 1: 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) [ synonym: { hotheaded}, { impulsive}, { impetuous}, { madcap}, { tearaway( a)}, { brainish}] 2: marked by violent force; " impetuous heaving waves" Impetuous \ Im* pet" u* ous\, a. [ F. impetueux, L. impetuosus. See { Impetus}.] 1. Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an impetuous torrent. [ 1913 Webster] Went pouring forward with impetuous speed. -- Byron. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man of impetuous temper. [ 1913 Webster] The people, on their holidays, Impetuous, insolent, unquenchable. -- Milton. Syn: Forcible; rapid; hasty; precipitate; furious; boisterous; violent; raging; fierce; passionate. -- { Im* pet" u* ous* ly}, adv. -- { Im* pet" u* ous* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 225 Moby Thesaurus words for " impetuous": 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
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