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31impulse — im·pulse || ɪmpÊŒls n. instinctual urge, sudden desire, whim; wave of energy sent via a nerve fiber (Pathology); sudden application of force or the movement caused by it (Physics); sudden electrical current (Electronics) …
32urge — ÉœrdÊ’ /ÉœËdÊ’ n. strong instinctual desire, drive; impulse, itch; act of urging v. incite, provoke, goad; impel, encourage; plead; advise …
33impulse — n 1. impetus, propulsion, send off, goad, spur, force, stimulus, stimulation, incitement; incentive, motive, inducement, encouragement, boost. 2. inclination, tendency, proclivity, bent; itch, yen, urge, desire, mania, liking, appetite, want;… …
34urge — v 1. push, drive, propel, force, force along, boost, shove, catapult; speed, speed up, accelerate, whip, whip on, lash, flog; hasten, hurry, hustle, Inf. hustle up, quicken, expedite, precipitate. 2. impel, constrain, move, press, induce; incite …
35urge — v. & n. v.tr. 1 (often foll. by on) drive forcibly; impel; hasten (urged them on; urged the horses forward). 2 (often foll. by to + infin. or that + clause) encourage or entreat earnestly or persistently (urged them to go; urged them to action;… …
36blind impulse — Synonyms and related words: archetypal pattern, archetype, automatic response, automatic writing, automatism, brain wave, brainstorm, collective unconscious, compulsiveness, conditioning, drive, echolalia, echopraxia, fancy, flash, fleeting… …
37uncontrollable urge — urge that cannot be controlled, impulse that cannot be conquered, very strong desire …
38irresistible impulse test — n: a test used in some jurisdictions when considering an insanity defense that involves a determination of whether an impulse to commit a criminal act was irresistible due to mental disease or defect regardless of whether the defendant knew right …
39irrational impulse — noun a strong spontaneous and irrational motivation his first impulse was to denounce them the urge to find out got him into trouble • Hypernyms: ↑irrational motive • Hyponyms: ↑compulsion, ↑irresistible impulse …
40irresistible impulse — noun an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident • Syn: ↑compulsion • Derivationally related forms: ↑compulsive (for: ↑compulsion) …
