Impetuosity
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

ELAN
Distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"

5 letters

HASTE
The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book"

ARDOR
A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he felt a kind of religious zeal"

FORCE
An act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"

GUSTO
Vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment

RIGOR
The quality of being valid and rigorous

SPEED
A central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression

VENOM
Feeling a need to see others suffer

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ARDOUR
A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he felt a kind of religious zeal"

METTLE
The courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"

RIGOUR
Excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"

SPIRIT
An inclination or tendency of a certain kind; "he had a change of heart"

WARMTH
A quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love

7 letters

IMPETUS
The act of applying force suddenly; "the impulse knocked him over"

8 letters

ACTIVITY
Any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"

ALACRITY
Liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity"; "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him"

ATROCITY
An act of atrocious cruelty

PERTNESS
Quality of being lively and confident; "there was a pertness about her that attracted him"

SAVAGERY
The trait of extreme cruelty

SEVERITY
Excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"

TEMERITY
Fearless daring

VIVACITY
Characterized by high spirits and animation

RASHNESS
The trait of giving little thought to danger

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HASTINESS
Hasty impulsiveness

VEHEMENCE
The property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence"

INTENSITY
High level or degree; the property of being intense

QUICKNESS
Skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer"

ROUGHNESS
Harsh or severe speech or behavior; "men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity"; "the roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet"

SHARPNESS
Harshness of manner

SWIFTNESS
A rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed"

TERRORISM
The calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear

VANDALISM
Willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others

VIRULENCE
Extreme hostility; "the virulence of the malicious old man"

ANIMALITY
The physical (or animal) side of a person as opposed to the spirit or intellect

ANIMATION
The making of animated cartoons

BARBARITY
A brutal barbarous savage act

HARSHNESS
Excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"

EXTREMITY
That part of a limb that is farthest from the torso

BRUTALITY
The trait of extreme cruelty

BLOODLUST
A desire for bloodshed

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INHUMANITY
The quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others

INCLEMENCY
Excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"

LIVELINESS
Animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"

PROMPTNESS
The characteristic of doing things without delay

SUDDENNESS
The quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning

ENTHUSIASM
A feeling of excitement

IMPATIENCE
A restless desire for change and excitement

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DESPERATION
Desperate recklessness; "it was a policy of desperation"

JOIEDEVIVRE
A keen enjoyment of living

12 letters

CARELESSNESS
Failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

INDISCRETION
A petty misdeed

MINDLESSNESS
The trait of acting rashly and without prudence

PITILESSNESS
Mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity

RECKLESSNESS
The trait of giving little thought to danger

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IMPETUOUSNESS
Rash impulsiveness

HOTHEADEDNESS

IMPULSIVENESS
The trait of acting suddenly on impulse without reflection

PRECIPITATION
An unexpected acceleration or hastening; "he is responsible for the precipitation of his own demise"

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