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haste

noun

1 haste

Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness):
— He soon regretted his haste.

synonyms: hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, precipitation.

Roget 132: earliness etc. adj.; morning etc. 125.    punctuality; promptitude etc. (activity) 682; haste etc. (velocity) ... show more

Roget 684: haste, urgency; despatch, dispatch; acceleration, spurt, spirt, forced march, rush, dash; speed, velocity etc. 274; ... show more

Roget 682: activity; briskness, liveliness etc. adj.; animation, life, vivacity, spirit, dash, energy; snap, vim.    nimbleness, ... show more

Dutch: haast, spoed
Polish: nagłość, raptowność, pośpiech

2 haste

The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner:
— In his haste to leave he forgot his book.

synonyms: hurry, rush, rushing.

Roget 274: velocity, speed, celerity; swiftness etc. adj.; rapidity, eagle speed; expedition etc. (activity) 682; pernicity; acceleration; ... show more

Dutch: gehaast, gejakker, haast, spoed

3 haste

A condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry.

synonym: hurry.


verb

Roget 684: haste, hasten; make haste, make a dash etc. n.; hurry on, dash on, whip on, push on, press on, press forward; hurry, skurry, ... show more

Moby thesaurus: air speed, alacrity, anxiety, barrel, beeline, breathless impatience, briskness, bucket, bustle, carelessness, celerity, chafing, dash, desperateness, devil-may-careness, dispatch, disquietude, drive, eagerness, excitement ... show more.

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