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impulsiveness
noun as in incautiousness
Strong matches
- assurance
- boldness
- brashness
- brass
- carelessness
- daring
- effrontery
- foolhardiness
- forwardness
- gall
- hardihood
- hastiness
- heedlessness
- impertinence
- impetuosity
- imprudence
- impudence
- indiscretion
- intrepidity
- intrusiveness
- overconfidence
- pluck
- precipitancy
- precipitateness
- precipitation
- presumption
- rashness
- recklessness
- rudeness
- thoughtlessness
- venturesomeness
Weak match
noun as in obstinateness
Weak matches
- assertiveness
- disorderliness
- fractiousness
- heedlessness
- impetuousness
- imprudence
- indocility
- intemperanc
- intractability
- intractableness
- lawlessness
- obstinacy
- obstreperousness
- orneriness
- perverseness
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- recalcitrancy
- recklessness
- refractoriness
- uncontrollability
- uncontrollableness
- ungovernableness
- unmanageability
- untowardness
- waywardness
- wildness
- willfulness
noun as in obstreperousness
Strong matches
noun as in recalcitrance
Strong matches
noun as in recalcitrancy
Strong matches
noun as in refractoriness
Strong matches
noun as in temerariousness
Weak matches
- assurance
- boldness
- brashness
- brass
- carelessness
- daring
- effrontery
- foolhardiness
- forwardness
- gall
- hardihood
- hastiness
- heedlessness
- impertinence
- impetuosity
- imprudence
- impudence
- incautiousness
- indiscretion
- intrepidity
- intrusiveness
- overconfidence
- pluck
- precipitancy
- precipitateness
- precipitation
- presumption
- rashness
- recklessness
- rudeness
- thoughtlessness
- venturesomeness
noun as in temerity
Strong matches
- assurance
- boldness
- brass
- carelessness
- daring
- effrontery
- foolhardiness
- forwardness
- gall
- hardihood
- hastiness
- heedlessness
- impertinence
- impetuosity
- imprudence
- impudence
- indiscretion
- intrepidity
- intrusiveness
- overconfidence
- pluck
- precipitancy
- precipitateness
- precipitation
- presumption
- rashness
- recklessness
- rudeness
- thoughtlessness
- venturesomeness
noun as in uncontrollability
Weak matches
- assertiveness
- disorderliness
- fractiousness
- heedlessness
- impetuousness
- imprudence
- indocility
- intemperanc
- intractability
- intractableness
- lawlessness
- obstinacy
- obstinateness
- obstreperousness
- orneriness
- perverseness
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- recalcitrancy
- recklessness
- refractoriness
- uncontrollableness
- ungovernableness
- unmanageability
- untowardness
- waywardness
- wildness
- willfulness
noun as in uncontrollableness
Weak matches
- assertiveness
- disorderliness
- fractiousness
- heedlessness
- impetuousness
- imprudence
- indocility
- intemperanc
- intractability
- intractableness
- lawlessness
- obstinacy
- obstinateness
- obstreperousness
- orneriness
- perverseness
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- recalcitrancy
- recklessness
- refractoriness
- uncontrollability
- ungovernableness
- unmanageability
- untowardness
- waywardness
- wildness
- willfulness
noun as in ungovernableness
Weak matches
- assertiveness
- disorderliness
- fractiousness
- heedlessness
- impetuousness
- imprudence
- indocility
- intemperanc
- intractability
- intractableness
- lawlessness
- obstinacy
- obstinateness
- obstreperousness
- orneriness
- perverseness
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- recalcitrancy
- recklessness
- refractoriness
- uncontrollability
- uncontrollableness
- unmanageability
- untowardness
- waywardness
- wildness
- willfulness
noun as in unmanageability
Weak matches
- assertiveness
- disorderliness
- fractiousness
- heedlessness
- impetuousness
- imprudence
- indocility
- intemperanc
- intractability
- intractableness
- lawlessness
- obstinacy
- obstinateness
- obstreperousness
- orneriness
- perverseness
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- recalcitrancy
- recklessness
- refractoriness
- uncontrollability
- uncontrollableness
- ungovernableness
- untowardness
- waywardness
- wildness
- willfulness
noun as in unruliness
noun as in untowardness
Weak matches
- assertiveness
- disorderliness
- fractiousness
- heedlessness
- impetuousness
- imprudence
- indocility
- intemperanc
- intractability
- intractableness
- lawlessness
- obstinacy
- obstinateness
- obstreperousness
- orneriness
- perverseness
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- recalcitrancy
- recklessness
- refractoriness
- uncontrollability
- uncontrollableness
- ungovernableness
- unmanageability
- waywardness
- wildness
- willfulness
Example Sentences
After being ghosted by Claude, Eden discovers she is pregnant and for reasons that are never quite clear beyond her demonstrable wacky impulsiveness, decides to have the baby with the firm belief that Dawn will help her every step of the way.
They were moments that embodied the rebellion and impulsiveness that fuels the best popular music — be it hip-hop, rock, dance.
Written by Nick Shafir, “I.S.S” is more a chamber piece than an action movie, with a story that distills global issues into a miniature microcosm, drawing on deeply human emotions to motivate the characters: love, fear, impulsiveness, bravery.
“It is a philosophy and methodology that provides us with the courage, the strategy, the discipline to control our impulsiveness, our need for vindictiveness and vengeance, a philosophy to resist injustice with a love-centered way,” she said.
Symptoms include restlessness, difficulty concentrating, and impulsiveness, which may evolve with age.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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