hasty
adjective /ˈheɪsti/
/ˈheɪsti/
(comparative hastier, superlative hastiest)
Idioms - said, made or done very quickly, especially when this has bad results synonym hurried
- a hasty departure/meal/farewell
- We made a hasty departure.
- The army beat a hasty retreat.
- Let's not make any hasty decisions.
- She regretted her hasty words the moment she’d spoken.
- hasty in doing something (of a person) acting or deciding too quickly, without enough thought
- Perhaps I was too hasty in rejecting his offer.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French hasti, hastif, from haste(noun), haster (verb), of Germanic origin.
Idioms
beat a (hasty) retreat
- to go away or back quickly, especially to avoid something unpleasant
- I decided to beat a hasty retreat.