different between roaring vs impetuous

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???????/
• Rhymes: -?????
• Hyphenation: roar?ing

Adjective

roaring

1. Intensive; extreme.
2. Very successful; lively.

   Synonyms: thriving, prosperous, bustling; see also Thesaurus:prosperous

   The ice-cream sellers did a roaring trade in the midday heat.

   • 1903, Robert Barr, The O'Ruddy Chapter 17

     But finally we came to a river with hundreds of boats upon it, and there was a magnificent bridge, and on the other bank was a roaring city, and through the fog the rain came down thick as the tears of the angels. "That 's London," said I.

Verb

roaring

1. present participle of roar

Noun

roaring (plural roarings)

1. A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast; a roar.
2. An affection of the windpipe of a horse, causing a loud, peculiar noise in breathing under exertion.
3. (Britain Yorkshire, North Midlands, informal) to cry

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English

Etymology

From Middle English impetuous, from Old French impetueux, from Late Latin impetu?sus (“violent”), from Latin impetus (“attack, violence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /im?p?t?u?s/

Adjective

impetuous (comparative more impetuous, superlative most impetuous)

1. Making arbitrary decisions, especially in an impulsive and forceful manner.
   • 1880, John Weeks Moore, Complete Encyclopaedia of Music, "Beethoven, Louis Van":

     But it was natural, that the impetuous, restless young artist should incline more to excess of strength than of delicacy in his playing.

2. Characterized by sudden violence or vehemence.
   • 1794, Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho, vol. II, chapter I:

     He stands, and views in the faint rays
     Far, far below, the torrent's rising surge,
     And listens to the wild impetuous roar

   • 1917 rev. 1925, Ezra Pound, "Canto I"

     Unsheathed the narrow sword,

     I sat to keep off the impetuous impotent dead ...

Synonyms

• impulsive
• hasty
• rash
• hotheaded

Derived terms

• impetuously
• impetuousness

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