impetuous, reckless, rash; quick, swift
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(n.)
Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.
Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.
(n.)
Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.
Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.
(n.)
Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution.
Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution.
(n.)
Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.
Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.
(n.)
Forward; early; first ripe.
Forward; early; first ripe.
(n.)
Demanding haste or immediate action.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutDemanding haste or immediate action.
hasty
\has"ty\ (?), a. [compar. hastier (?); superl. hastiest.] [akin to d. haastig, g., sw., & dan. hastig. see haste, n.]
1. involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.
2. demanding haste or immediate action. [r.] "hasty employment."
3. moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.
4. made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution.
5. proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper. take no unkindness of his hasty words.
6. forward; early; first ripe. [obs.] "as the hasty fruit before the summer." xxviii. 4.
hasty
adj
1. excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell" [syn: headlong]
2. done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- arthur geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king" [syn: overhasty, precipitate, precipitant]
similar words(1)
hasty pudding
Brys = n. quickness, haste; a hasty quick, speedy
Brysgar = a. quickening; hasty
Cymmrys = a. altogether hasty
Ebrwydd = a. quick, hasty; soon
Ffysg = n. impetuosity, a. hasty, impetuous
Gwynod = n. hasty pudding
Hyfrys = a. apt to be hasty
Mwch = a. hasty, quick, swift
Pres = n. what is quick, sharp, or smart; haste; brushwood; fuel; anything streweed; a crib; a place of resort; brass: a. quick, hasty; sharp, over-running, frequent; present
Rhull = a. rife; frank; rash; hasty
Uwd = n. hasty pudding; pap
Uwdaidd = a. like hasty pudding
Adjective
1. excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell"
(synonym) headlong
(similar) hurried
2. done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king"
(synonym) overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous
(similar) hurried
Hasty Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
Hasty Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Hasty may refer to:
- Hasty, Colorado, United States
- HMS Hasty (1894), a Charger class destroyer
- HMS Hasty (H24), an H-class destroyer
- Hasty (racehorse), an unconsidered competitor who finished fifth in the 1840 Grand National
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