Unwelcome involuntary thought, image, or unpleasant idea that may become an obsession.
1 More of a brief, morbid impulse , an appendix to a short history of humiliation.
2 To join in or collaborate or act with others is a metaphysically morbid impulse .
3 Her impassivity over his leaving their bed inspired in him the morbid impulse to oversell his desire to return to it.
4 The morbid impulse which forces ''zum fabulieren'' is bound up with the desire to play the role of the person depicted.
5 It was indeed a morbid impulse which had brought him thither, but now that he was here he could not leave.
6 No, Vinton, I never cared much for the world at any time, and now I have an almost morbid impulse to shrink from it altogether.
7 It would do your father no good, it would break your mother's heart, if you followed your morbid impulses .
8 His reason must be summoned to discern and resist his morbid impulses , and keep himself in the ways of life.
9 The sudden impulse passed from Angelica, as is the way with morbid impulses , the moment she ceased to be alone.
10 " Morbid impulses are one of the luxuries of youth."
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