impudently
— Adverb
– English
～ in an impudent or impertinent manner; "a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently"
impugn
— Verb
– English
～ attack as false or wrong
impugnable
— Adjective
– English
～ subject to being discredited
impuissance
— Noun
– English
～ powerlessness revealed by an inability to act; "in spite of their weakness the group remains active"
impuissant
— Adjective
– English
～ lacking physical strength or vigor
impulse-buy
— Verb
– English
～ buy on impulse without proper reflection
impulse
— Noun
– English
～ (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star"
impulse
— Noun
– English
～ an instinctive motive; "profound religious impulses"
impulse
— Noun
– English
～ the act of applying force suddenly; "the impulse knocked him over"
impulse
— Noun
– English
～ an impelling force or strength; "the car's momentum carried it off the road"
impulse
— Noun
– English
～ a sudden desire; "he bought it on an impulse"
impulse explosive
— Noun
– English
～ an explosive that is used to propel projectiles from guns or to propel rockets and missiles or to launch torpedos and depth charges
impulse
— Noun
– English
～ the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber; "they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus"
impulsion
— Noun
– English
～ the act of applying force suddenly; "the impulse knocked him over"
impulsion
— Noun
– English
～ a force that moves something along
impulsive
— Adjective
– English
～ without forethought; "letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted"
impulsive
— Adjective
– English
～ having the power of driving or impelling; "a driving personal ambition"; "the driving force was his innate enthusiasm"; "an impulsive force"
impulsive
— Adjective
– English
～ determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions"
impulsive
— Adjective
– English
～ proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus; "an impulsive gesture of affection"
impulsive
— Adjective
– English
～ 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)