Definition of Irresistible impulse

1. Noun. An urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid. "He felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident"

Exact synonyms: Compulsion
Generic synonyms: Irrational Impulse
Derivative terms: Compulsive

Medical Definition of Irresistible impulse

1. A compulsion to act such that one feels or claims it cannot be resisted. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Irresistible Impulse

irrepealable
irreplaceable
irreplaceableness
irreplaceably
irrepressibility
irrepressible
irrepressibly
irreproachable
irreproachably
irreproducibility
irreproducible
irresistibility
irresistible
irresistibleness
irresistible impulse (current term)
irresistible impulse (current term)
irresistibly
irresoluble
irresolute
irresolutely
irresoluteness
irresolution
irresolutions
irresolvable
irresolvable
irrespective
irrespirable
irresponsibility
irresponsibility
irresponsible

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