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[ hey-stee ] / ˈheɪ sti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hasty ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, hast·i·er, hast·i·est.moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried. made or done with haste or speed: a hasty visit. unduly quick; precipitate; rash: a hasty decision. brief; fleeting; passing; slight: a hasty glance. impatient; impetuous; thoughtless; injudicious: hasty words. easily irritated or angered; irascible: a hasty temper. Origin of hastyFirst recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Middle French hasti, hastif; see haste, -ive SYNONYMS FOR hasty1 swift, rapid, fast, fleet, brisk. 3 foolhardy, reckless, headlong. 6 testy, touchy, fiery, excitable, irritable. SEE SYNONYMS FOR hasty ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR hastySEE ANTONYMS FOR hasty ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM hastyhast·i·ly, adverbhast·i·ness, nounun·hast·y, adjectiveWords nearby hastyhasten, Hastie, hastily, Hastings, Hastings, Battle of, hasty, hasty pudding, hat, Hatasu, hatband, hatbox Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hastyBenjamin Franklin warned against making any hasty conclusions on such “a point of great importance.” Why We Can’t Quit Calling Presidents ‘Kings’|Kevin Bleyer|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST But the thrill was already gone when Fox rushed out a hasty follow-up later that year, The Next Joe Millionaire. You Really Don't Want to Watch Fox’s ‘I Wanna Marry “Harry”’|Jason Lynch|May 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST This course of action is what the Constitution envisions and also slows down the hasty rush to war. Why Obama Should Be Applauded for Consulting Congress on Syria|Aaron Magid|September 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST Haddad flew back immediately to find his city rising up, and is now beating a hasty retreat on the bus-fare increase. The Problem With Cities|Janine di Giovanni|June 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
On a wall in hasty letters: “The rich kids have better gas masks, we are jealous.” Smiling Under a Cloud of Tear Gas: Elif Shafak on Istanbul’s Streets|Elif Shafak|June 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST His stores of oatmeal were brought out, kine were slaughtered; and a rude and hasty meal was set before the numerous guests. The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay He is moody, and absent-minded, and—and hasty, and he settles to nothing. A Change of Air|Anthony Hope He reflected in silence for a moment, and Denise made, in her turn, a hasty movement of impatience. The Isle of Unrest|Henry Seton Merriman Arthur explained his hasty return by alleging he had forgot his purse at the convent. Anne of Geierstein|Walter Scott No one was about; and, with a light and hasty step, he proceeded to the hall below, and onward to the porch.
British Dictionary definitions for hasty
adjective -tier or -tiestrapid; swift; quick excessively or rashly quick short-tempered showing irritation or angerhasty words Derived forms of hastyhastily, adverbhastiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to hastyrapid, careless, hurried, impulsive, urgent, sudden, abrupt, quick, ill-advised, expeditious, swift, reckless, agile, brash, breakneck, brief, brisk, cursory, eager, fast |