Usually means: Acting quickly without careful thought.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word impetuous:

General (30 matching dictionaries)
  1. impetuous: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. impetuous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. impetuous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. impetuous: Collins English Dictionary
  5. impetuous: Vocabulary.com
  6. Impetuous, impetuous: Wordnik
  7. impetuous: Wiktionary
  8. impetuous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. impetuous: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. impetuous: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Impetuous, impetuous: Dictionary.com
  12. impetuous: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. impetuous: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Impetuous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. impetuous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. impetuous: Rhymezone
  17. impetuous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. impetuous: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. impetuous: Free Dictionary
  20. impetuous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. impetuous: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  22. impetuous: Dictionary/thesaurus
  23. impetuous: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. impetuous: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. impetuous: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. impetuous: A Word A Day

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. impetuous: Urban Dictionary

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adjective:  Making arbitrary decisions, especially in an impulsive and forceful manner.
adjective:  Characterized by sudden violence or vehemence.

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