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
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~ the act of applying force suddenly; "the impulse knocked him over"
impulsion
— Noun
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~ a force that moves something along
impulsive
— Adjective
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~ without forethought; "letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted"
impulsive
— Adjective
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~ having the power of driving or impelling; "a driving personal ambition"; "the driving force was his innate enthusiasm"; "an impulsive force"
impulsive
— Adjective
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~ 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
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~ proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus; "an impulsive gesture of affection"
impulsive
— Adjective
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~ 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)
impulsively
— Adverb
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~ in an impulsive or impetuous way; without taking cautions; "he often acts impulsively and later regrets it"
impulsiveness
— Noun
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~ the trait of acting suddenly on impulse without reflection
impunity
— Noun
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~ exemption from punishment or loss
impure
— Adjective
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~ having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws; "unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3
impure
— Adjective
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~ combined with extraneous elements
impure
— Adjective
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~ (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene; "impure thoughts"
impureness
— Noun
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~ the condition of being impure
impurity
— Noun
– English
~ the condition of being impure
impurity
— Noun
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~ worthless or dangerous material that should be removed; "there were impurities in the water"
imputable
— Adjective
– English
~ capable of being assigned or credited to; "punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading"; "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain"; "the oversight was not imputable to him"
imputation
— Noun
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~ a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense); "he denied the imputation"
imputation
— Noun
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~ the attribution to a source or cause; "the imputation that my success was due to nepotism meant that I was not taken seriously"