Impetuosity
21Becket, Saint Thomas — or Thomas à Becket born с 1118, Cheapside, London, Eng. died Dec. 29, 1170, Canterbury, Kent; canonized 1173; feast day December 29 Archbishop of Canterbury (1162–70). The son of a Norman merchant, he served as chancellor of England (1155–62)… …
22abandon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. relinquish, resign, give up, forgo, surrender, discontinue, waive, abdicate; leave, quit, evacuate, withdraw (from); desert, forsake, maroon, discard, drop; let go, throw up, pull out of, have done …
23haste — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Swiftness Nouns haste, urgency; dispatch; acceleration, spurt, forced march, rush, dash; velocity; precipitancy, precipitation, precipitousness; impatience, impetuosity; expedition, earliness; hurry,… …
24vehemence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. violence, vigor, impetuosity, force; ardor, fervor, warmth, zeal. See exertion, feeling. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. frenzy, fervor, impetuosity; see intensity 1 , violence 2 . III (Roget s 3… …
25Haste — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Haste >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 haste haste urgency Sgm: N 1 despatch despatch dispatch Sgm: N 1 acceleration acceleration spurt spirt forced march rush dash Sgm …
26Rashness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Rashness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 rashness rashness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 temerity temerity want of caution imprudence indiscretion Sgm: N 1 overconfidence overconfidence presumption audacity GR …
27Desire — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Desire >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 desire desire wish fancy fantasy Sgm: N 1 want want need exigency GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 mind mind inclination leaning …
28random — (adj.) having no definite aim or purpose, 1650s, from at random (1560s), at great speed (thus, carelessly, haphazardly ), alteration of M.E. randon impetuosity, speed (c.1300), from O.Fr. randon rush, disorder, force, impetuosity, from randir to… …
29rush — I [[t]rʌʃ[/t]] v. i. 1) to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence 2) to dash forward, as for an attack 3) to appear, go, pass, etc., rapidly or suddenly 4) spo to carry the football on a running play 5) to perform, accomplish …
30impetuousness — noun rash impulsiveness • Syn: ↑impetuosity • Derivationally related forms: ↑impetuous (for: ↑impetuosity), ↑impetuous • Hypernyms: ↑impulsiveness …