hasty

[ hey-stee ]

/ ˈheɪ sti /

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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; slight; superficial: a hasty glance.

impatient; impetuous; thoughtless; injudicious: hasty words.

easily irritated or angered; irascible: a hasty temper.

Origin of hasty

1300–50; Middle English < Middle French hasti, hastif; see haste, -ive

SYNONYMS FOR hasty

1 swift, rapid, fast, fleet, brisk.

3 foolhardy, reckless, headlong.

6 testy, touchy, fiery, excitable, irritable.

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ANTONYMS FOR hasty

1 slow.

3 deliberate.

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OTHER WORDS FROM hasty

hast·i·ly, adverb hast·i·ness, noun un·hast·i·ly, adverb un·hast·y, adjective

Words nearby hasty

haste makes waste, hasten, hastie, hastings, hastings, battle of, hasty, hasty pudding, hat, hat dance, hat in hand, hat in the ring

Example sentences from the Web for hastiness

She fancied she saw Cambyses holding out his hand as if to ask forgiveness for his hastiness and foolish jealousy.

An Egyptian Princess, Complete |Georg Ebers
He was often brusque and harsh, and more than once was properly reproved for his hastiness and want of consideration.

A Book about Doctors |John Cordy Jeaffreson
Much as her waywardness and hastiness were at fault, he was still more to blame in effecting the rupture between them.

Mary Wollstonecraft |Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Then a swift fear took her of disloyalty, of hastiness, of self-confidence trenching on cruelty.

The History of Sir Richard Calmady |Lucas Malet

O master, what a mess of brewis stands now upon the point of spoiling by your hastiness.

A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 10 (of 15) |Various

British Dictionary definitions for hastiness

hasty

/ (ˈheɪstɪ) /

adjective -tier or -tiest

rapid; swift; quick

excessively or rashly quick

short-tempered

showing irritation or anger hasty words

Derived forms of hasty

hastily, adverb hastiness, noun

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hasty

adjective, hast·i·er, hast·i·est.

Origin of hasty

SYNONYMS FOR hasty

ANTONYMS FOR hasty

OTHER WORDS FROM hasty

Words nearby hasty

Example sentences from the Web for hastiness

British Dictionary definitions for hastiness

adjective -tier or -tiest

Derived forms of hasty

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

hasty

adjective, hast·i·er, hast·i·est.

Origin of hasty

SYNONYMS FOR hasty

ANTONYMS FOR hasty

OTHER WORDS FROM hasty

Words nearby hasty

Words related to hastiness

Example sentences from the Web for hastiness

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adjective -tier or -tiest

Derived forms of hasty

British Dictionary definitions for hastiness