irrational impulse :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. an impelling force or strength; "the car's momentum carried it off the road"

n. a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number

n. the act of applying force suddenly; "the impulse knocked him over"

nerve impulse, nervous impulse, neural impulse, impulse

n. the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber; "they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus"

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irrational

adj. real but not expressible as the quotient of two integers; "irrational numbers"

irrational

adj. not consistent with or using reason; "irrational fears"; "irrational animals"

crazed, deranged, half-crazed

adj. driven insane

confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected

adj. lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts"

indefensible

adj. not able to be protected against attack

absurd

adj. inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman

mindless, reasonless, senseless

adj. not marked by the use of reason; "mindless violence"; "reasonless hostility"; "a senseless act"

mentally ill, unsound, unstable

adj. suffering from severe mental illness; "of unsound mind"

extraordinary, over-the-top, sinful

adj. far more than usual or expected; "an extraordinary desire for approval"; "it was an over-the-top experience"

gratuitous, needless, uncalled-for

adj. unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life"

unnecessary, unneeded

adj. not necessary

undue, unjustified, unwarranted

adj. lacking justification or authorization; "desire for undue private profit"; "unwarranted limitations of personal freedom"

baseless, groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted, wild

adj. without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"

asinine, fatuous, inane, mindless, vacuous

adj. devoid of intelligence

harebrained, insane, mad

adj. very foolish; "harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks behind the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains"

hysterical

adj. marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion; "hysterical laughter"; "a mob of hysterical vigilantes"

meaningless, nonmeaningful

adj. having no meaning or direction or purpose; "a meaningless endeavor"; "a meaningless life"; "a verbose but meaningless explanation"

brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged

adj. affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"

insane

adj. afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"

rational

adj. capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers; "rational numbers"

rational

adj. consistent with or based on or using reason; "rational behavior"; "a process of rational inference"; "rational thought"

logical

adj. capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning; "a logical mind"

sane

adj. mentally healthy; free from mental disorder; "appears to be completely sane"

reasonable, sensible

adj. showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person"

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