Modifies a noun

• youth: I suspect he may have been shot by impetuous youths.

• nature: Catherine was in high spirits, for riding most gratified her impetuous nature.

• man: He was an impetuous man, quick in his decisions.

• behavior: There are no obvious examples of Hungarian Knights displaying the impetuous behavior of, for example their French counterparts.

• stream: There is no coming back, young ladies, on the impetuous stream of life.

• one: Sometimes he wrote under pseudonyms, Eusebius ( representing his lyrical, contemplative side ) and Florestan ( his fiery, impetuous one ).

Modifying Another Word

• so: His rush was so impetuous, that he fairly overturned several of his opponents by dashing against them.

• too: If things didn't ' come right ' instantly, I was too impetuous, too lazy maybe, to stick with them.

• very: They're very scattered, very impetuous, very spontaneous.

• somewhat: If you knew me as a bright and somewhat impetuous youth, and could meet me now, you would see the same entity.

• rather: Vampires: Nat Mackensie ( Charles Lister ) a rather impetuous mercenary is bitten on the arm in Afghanistan 1989 by a prisoner.

• little: Perhaps tends to be a little impetuous, but experience will cure this.