Antonyms for impetuousness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : im-pech-oo-uhs

Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpɛtʃ u əs

caution

Definition of impetuousness

Origin : late 14c., "hot-tempered, fierce," from Old French impetuos (13c.) and directly from Late Latin impetuosus "impetuous, violent," from Latin impetus "attack" (see impetus). Related: Impetuously; impetuousness.

As in foolhardiness : noun recklessness
As in obstinateness : noun unruliness
As in obstreperousness : noun unruliness
As in recalcitrance : noun unruliness
As in recalcitrancy : noun unruliness
As in refractoriness : noun unruliness
As in uncontrollability : noun unruliness
As in uncontrollableness : noun unruliness
As in ungovernableness : noun unruliness
As in unmanageability : noun unruliness
As in untowardness : noun unruliness

Example sentences :

"We forgive much to the impetuousness of youth," said he, very coldly.
Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini

I would have rushed on it with a boy's impetuousness, but he stopped me with a hand on the sleeve.
Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro

The glistening youth of Aaron, the impetuousness of Lilly fascinated him.
Extract from : « Aaron's Rod » by D. H. Lawrence

She was not being facetious, for in her impetuousness she had tried, and broken the umbrella.
Extract from : « Rich Relatives » by Compton Mackenzie

That is, the impetuousness of his thought makes one aware of how his instinct is struggling for the solution of his difficulties.
Extract from : « The Critical Game » by John Albert Macy

On the whole he was a thoroughly good and kind man, on whom his moods and impetuousness played shabby tricks.
Extract from : « The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume II (of 3) » by Alexander Wheelock Thayer

Metrodorus, that moist vapors heated by the sun are the cause of the impetuousness of violent winds.
Extract from : « Essays and Miscellanies » by Plutarch

I would fain learn if generosity is united to impetuousness, probity of spirit to his assumption of singularity and independence.
Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) » by Florence A. Thomas Marshall

I made a great effort, and threw off the impetuousness which desired to know everything at once.
Extract from : « A Maid of the Kentucky Hills » by Edwin Carlile Litsey

The impetuousness of Essex approached very near to madness, and a dangerous form of madness.
Extract from : « Great Ralegh » by Hugh De Selincourt

Synonyms for impetuousness

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