HyperDic: irresistible_impulse

English > 1 sense of the expression irresistible impulse:
NOUNmotiveirresistible impulse, compulsionan urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
English > irresistible impulse: 1 sense > noun 1, motive
MeaningAn urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid.
Synonymcompulsion
Broaderirrational impulseA strong spontaneous and irrational motivation
Spanishcompulsión
Catalancompulsió

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