Haste
[heɪst] or [hest]
Definition
(noun.) the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; 'in his haste to leave he forgot his book'.
(noun.) overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); 'he soon regretted his haste'.
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Definition
(n.) Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals.
(n.) The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.
(n.) To hasten; to hurry.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Despatch, promptitude, quickness, expedition, celerity, speed.[2]. Hurry, precipitance, vehemence, precipitation.
v. n. Hasten, be quick, make haste.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Speed, celerity, expedition, hurry, despatch, excitement, heedlessness,swiftness
ANT:Slowness, tardiness, delay, coolness, reflection, moderation, steadiness
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Definition
n. speed quickness a hurry: rashness: vehemence.—vs.t. Haste Hasten (hās′n) to put to speed: to hurry on: to drive forward.—vs.i. to move with speed: to be in a hurry:—pr.p. hāst′ing hastening (hās′ning); pa.p. hāst′ed hastened (hās′nd).—n. Hast′ener.—adv. Hast′ily.—n. Hast′iness hurry: rashness: irritability.—adj. Hast′y speedy: quick: rash: eager: passionate.—n. Hast′y-pudd′ing flour milk or oatmeal and water porridge.—adj. Hast′y-wit′ted rash.—Make haste to hasten.
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Examples
- He had even yielded to her wish for a long engagement, since she had found the one disarming answer to his plea for haste. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Make haste, make haste. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Mr. Bulstrode replied without haste, but also without hesitation. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- This victory gained, Rokesmith made haste to profit by it, for he saw how woefully time had been lost. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In my haste I thrust the key into my pocket, and dropped my stick while I was chasing Teddy, who had run up the curtain. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Haste--begone--stay not to render thanks! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Mr. Sam Wynne coming up with great haste, to insist on the elder girls joining in the game as well as the younger ones, Caroline was again left alone. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Devoured in haste, I do not know its flavour. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Make haste, Lina! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Haste to the outer gardens, or you are lost. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Make haste, and come down this moment. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Turn them away,' said the woman, drowsily; 'make haste! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- A man riding in hot haste was now dimly descried at the top of a distant hill. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- And when you found it out you went in hot haste to her? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Oh, there's no other woman; I mean, the person that May was thinking of is--was never-- Then, why, after all, are you in such haste? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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