impulsive


impulsive (http://definr.com/impulsive)

     adj 1: proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external
            stimulus; "an impulsive gesture of affection" [syn: unprompted]
     2: without forethought; "letting him borrow her car was an
        impulsive act that she immediately regretted"
     3: having the power of driving or impelling; "a driving
        personal ambition"; "the driving force was his innate
        enthusiasm"; "an impulsive force" [syn: driving]
     4: determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by
        necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal";
        "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the
        victim of whimsical persecutions" [syn: capricious, whimsical]
     5: characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or
        deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such
        impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous
        display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades";
        (`brainish' is archaic) [syn: hotheaded, impetuous, madcap,
         tearaway(a), brainish]