noun
1 sudden strong wish
ADJECTIVE
▪ strong
▪ irresistible
▪ first , initial , original
▪
My first ~ was to run away.
▪ sudden
▪ human
▪ basic
▪ instinctual , natural
▪ repressed
▪ conflicting , contradictory , contrary
▪ aggressive , murderous , violent
▪ suicidal
▪ destructive
▪ creative
▪ sexual
VERB + IMPULSE
▪ feel , have
▪
She felt a sudden ~ to look to her left.
▪ be subject to
▪
We are all subject to aggressive ~s.
▪ be driven by
▪ check , control , deny , fight , resist , restrain , stifle , suppress
▪
He fought down an ~ to scream.
▪ give in to , obey , yield to
▪
She gave in to an ~ and took the money.
▪ act on , follow
▪
Acting on ~, he picked up the keys and slipped them into his pocket.
IMPULSE + NOUN
▪ buy , purchase
▪
The little black designer dress had been an ~ buy.
▪ item ( esp. AmE )
▪
Supermarkets sell candy as ~ items at the checkout counter.
▪ buying
▪ buyer
▪ control
PREPOSITION
▪ on (an) ~
▪
Some people will buy a pet on ~ without any idea of what is involved.
▪
On an ~, I went in and bought a box of chocolates.
▪ ~ towards/toward
▪
basic ~s towards/toward things such as food and drink
2 movement of energy
ADJECTIVE
▪ electrical , nerve , neural
VERB + IMPULSE
▪ generate
▪
A neuron generates an electrical ~.
▪ send , transmit
▪
Nerve ~s are transmitted to the brain.
▪ convert sth into , transform sth into
▪
Radio waves are converted into electrical ~s.
3 sth that causes sb/sth to do sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ democratic , political , religious
IMPULSE + VERB
▪ lead (sb/sth) to sth , prompt sb/sth (to do sth)
▪
the ~ that prompted economic change
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ behind
▪
the ~ behind a concept
▪ ~ for
▪
the ~ for social reform
▪ ~ towards/toward
▪
the political ~s towards/toward joining a trade union