impulse
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3.6
- noun
- /ˈɪmˌpʌls/
:
impulso
- Had I known how deeply I was to be involved, I would've obeyed my first impulse and walked away.
- resist the impulse
- act on an impulse
- impulse control
It tells me his impulses are totally no good.
- It tells me his impulses are totally no good.
- Try and curb that impulse, hard as it may be.
- No, you think about the lowest impulses in yourself all the time.
- And of course the first impulse is always judgement, right?
- But somehow you don't, You have an impulse to consume now.
- And, and ultimately our impulses blind us to the truth.
- And that was my impulse to be courageous.
- And I can still have some of those impulses to try and compensate for that.
- Well, it's powerless with respect to the impulse of anger.
- When you have an impulse, does that impulse control you or can you fight back?
- Your first impulse is to always judge people.
- That's not the impulse that gets you to be a writer.
- What makes you courageous is when that impulse is used for the common good.
- If it's just yes, yes, yes, yes, yes to each impulse, guess what happens?
- I do do crazy things, going mad, impulse buys, things like that.
- What is the strongest impulse in humanity?
Examples
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Try and curb that impulse, hard as it may be.
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And of course the first impulse is always judgement, right?
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When you have an impulse, does that impulse control you or can you fight back?
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I just came by on impulse.
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It's obvious to me she acted on impulse.
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They do not leave whatever religious impulse they had back home.
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Don't you ever do anything on impulse?
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It was a silly impulse.
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The impulse to dance existed long before our primate ancestors evolved into humans.
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He acted on a sudden impulse to book a trip to Paris without thinking it through.
Synonyms
223
3.2
A strong desire to do something
192
3.8
A strong wish to do something, often something you should not do
94
4.2
A sudden, unplanned want to do something for no clear reason
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6.7
A strong urge to do something that is hard to control
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8.5
A sudden desire to do something without a clear reason
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7.9
A sudden strong desire to do something you cannot control
A sudden strong wish to do something without a clear reason
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.9
An electrical signal that travels along a nerve to carry messages in the body
- Specialized
1
6.5
An electrical signal that travels along a nerve to send information
- Specialized
1
5.8
An electrical message that travels along a nerve to carry information
- Specialized
A strong chemical that pushes shells, rockets, or torpedoes forward
- Specialized
A small electric switch that changes when you press a button and stays that way until pressed again
How Strong
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Impulse comes from the Latin parts im- 'in' and puls- 'push', and is related to the word pulse meaning a quick beat. So an impulse is like a sudden 'push' of feeling that makes you act without thinking.