IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid

Example:

he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident

Synonyms:

compulsion; irresistible impulse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting goals

Hypernyms ("irresistible impulse" is a kind of...):

irrational impulse (a strong spontaneous and irrational motivation)

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