NOUN | attribute | haste, hastiness, hurry, hurriedness, precipitation | overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) |
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act | haste, hurry, rush, rushing | the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner | |
state | haste, hurry | a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry |
Sounds | hhey'st | |
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Rhymes | aftertaste ... waste: 25 rhymes with eyst... |
Meaning | overly eager speed (and possible carelessness). | |
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Example | "he soon regretted his haste" | |
Synonyms | hastiness, hurry, hurriedness, precipitation | |
Narrower | abruptness, precipitateness, precipitousness, precipitance, precipitancy, suddenness | The quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning |
Broader | speed, swiftness, fastness | A rate (usually rapid) at which something happens |
Spanish | apresuración, apresuramiento, prisa, sopetón | |
Catalan | pressa | |
Adjectives | hasty | excessively quick |
hasty | done with very great haste and without due deliberation |
Meaning | The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner. | |
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Example | "in his haste to leave he forgot his book" | |
Synonyms | hurry, rush, rushing | |
Narrower | dash, bolt | The act of moving with great haste |
scamper, scramble, scurry | rushing about hastily in an undignified way | |
Broader | motion, movement, move | The act of changing location from one place to another |
Spanish | apresuración, apresuramiento, ímpetu, precipitación, prisa, tropel, urgencia | |
Catalan | apressament, ímpetu, precipitació, pressa, urgència |
Meaning | A condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry. | |
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Synonym | hurry | |
Broader | urgency | The state of being urgent |
Spanish | apuro, prisa | |
Catalan | pressa |
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