haste

Definition of haste

Nouns

overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
"he soon regretted his haste"
Synonyms:
hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, precipitation
Types:
abruptness, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitousness, suddenness
the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
Type of:
fastness, speed, swiftness
a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
"in his haste to leave he forgot his book"
Synonyms:
hurry, rush, rushing
Types:
bolt, dash
the act of moving with great haste
scamper, scramble, scurry
rushing about hastily in an undignified way
Type of:
motion, move, movement
the act of changing location from one place to another
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
Synonyms:
hurry
Type of:
urgency
the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity

Vocabulary Lists for haste

Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island »(2273 words)
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Chapters 16-24 »(619 words)
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  • estranged
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Shakespeare's Macbeth »(507 words)
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sergio study »(1261 words)
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Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales - Beginning »(773 words)
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Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage - Chapters 1 -6 »(668 words)
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James Joyce's "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" »(561 words)
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