Synonyms for impetuousness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : im-pech-oo-uhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpɛtʃ u əs |
Top 10 synonyms for impetuousness
- imprudence
- impulsiveness
- indocility
- intemperanc
- intractability
- intractableness
- lawlessness
- obstinacy
- obstinateness
- obstreperousness
- orneriness
- perverseness
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- recalcitrancy
- recklessness
- refractoriness
- temerariousness
- uncontrollability
- uncontrollableness
- ungovernableness
- unmanageability
- untowardness
- waywardness
- wildness
- willfulness
Définition 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
- "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
Antonyms for impetuousness
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