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hasty
[ hey-stee ]
adjective
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Antonyms:
- made or done with haste or speed:
a hasty visit.
- unduly quick; precipitate; rash:
a hasty decision.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms:
a hasty glance.
hasty words.
- easily irritated or angered; irascible:
a hasty temper.
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hasty
/ ˈɪɪ /
adjective
- rapid; swift; quick
- excessively or rashly quick
- short-tempered
- showing irritation or anger
hasty words
Derived Forms
- ˈپ, adverb
- ˈپԱ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ·· adverb
- ··Ա noun
- ܲ·· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
Bereaved families have held small hasty burials - without the usual mourning at home.
Now, Vincent Miller, the lawyer representing Gardner, says that hasty termination doesn’t square with the department’s arguments in response to Russell’s lawsuit.
Across India as cool weather beats a hasty retreat, anxieties are building up at farms and factories, with cropping patterns and business plans getting upended.
I walked through life like animals do, with an abundance of caution and a hasty turn in the other direction the moment I perceived a threat.
In the rush of our friends’ hasty departure Tuesday morning, breakfast was a blur of frenzied movement.
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More About Hasty
What doesٲmean?
Hasty most commonly means too fast and often careless.
Synonyms include rash, rushed, or hurried.
The noun haste most commonly refers to urgency, such as in completing a task. Haste can also be used as another word for speed or swiftness. But haste also commonly means urgency or speed that is careless or reckless. This is how the word is used in the expression haste makes waste, which means that rushing things leads to mistakes. This is usually how hasty is used.
Being too hasty when doing something is thought to lead to mistakes. A hasty decision is one that is thought to have been made too quickly, often leading to negative consequences. A hasty generalization involves jumping to broad conclusions by judging something too quickly.
Hasty can also mean brief or moving with or done with speed, as in a hasty visit.
The adverb hastily can simply mean rapidly but is usually used to mean carelessly, rashly, or too quickly.
Example: Don’t be too hasty when decorating the cake—take your time and do it properly.
Where doeshasty come from?
The first records of the word hasty come from the 1300s. The noun haste is related to the Old English æ, “violence,” the Old Norse heifst, “hatred,” the Gothic haifsts, “quarrel,” and the Old High German heisti, “powerful.”
Hasty is most often used in a negative way. Most of the time, it implies that something was simply done too quickly, leading to mistakes. The opposite of being hasty is taking your time.
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How ishasty used in real life?
Hasty is most commonly used in a negative way. It’s especially used in terms like hasty decision and advice to not be hasty.
Neymar made a hasty decision to go from Barcelona. Money is not everything and he will regret a great deal
— عقاب الشيباني (@Eqqab)
practice being calm and collected during stressful situations, the last thing you want is to make hasty decisions
— Apollo's Goddess 🌙🌺 (@_Mi_caela)
Don’t be hasty in tweeting unconfirmed bad news. It’s never worth the likes and retweets .
— M.anifest (@manifestive)
Try usinghasty!
Which of the following words is NOT a synonym of hasty?
A. rash
B. rushed
C. hurried
D. calm
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