'Hasty' definitions:
Definition of 'hasty'
From: WordNet
adjective
Excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell" [syn: hasty, headlong]
adjective
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: hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous]
Definition of 'Hasty'
From: GCIDE
- Hasty \Has"ty\ (h[=a]s"t[y^]), a. [Compar. Hastier (-t[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Hastiest.] [Akin to D. haastig, G., Sw., & Dan. hastig. See Haste, n.]
- 1. Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty retreat; a hasty sketch. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Demanding haste or immediate action. [R.] --Chaucer. "Hasty employment." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager. [1913 Webster]
- Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him. --Prov. xxix. 20. [1913 Webster]
- The hasty multitude Admiring entered. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Be not hasty to go out of his sight. --Eccl. viii. 3. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper. [1913 Webster]
- Take no unkindness of his hasty words. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Forward; early; first ripe. [Obs.] "As the hasty fruit before the summer." --Is. xxviii. 4. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hasty'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a bit previous,
- abrupt,
- accident-prone,
- ad-lib,
- advanced,
- agile,
- antsy,
- antsy-pantsy,
- anxious,
- bearish,
- brash,
- breakneck,
- breathless,
- brief,
- brisk,
- careless,
- caught napping,
- caught off balance,
- caught short,
- chafing,
- choleric,
- combustible,
- contentious,
- cranky,
- cursory,
- dashing,
- desperate,
- devil-may-care,
- double-quick,
- eager,
- eagle-winged,
- edgy,
- electrifying,
- excited,
- expeditious,
- explosive,
- express,
- extemporaneous,
- extemporized,
- far ahead,
- fast,
- festinate,
- feverish,
- fiery,
- fleet,
- fleeting,
- flying,
- forward,
- fretful,
- fretting,
- furious,
- galloping,
- hair-trigger,
- half-baked,
- half-cocked,
- haphazard,
- harum-scarum,
- headlong,
- heedless,
- hopped-up,
- hot,
- hot-tempered,
- hotheaded,
- hurried,
- hustling,
- ill-advised,
- ill-considered,
- immediate,
- impatient,
- impetuous,
- impromptu,
- improvised,
- impulsive,
- in a lather,
- in a stew,
- in a sweat,
- incautious,
- inconsiderate,
- instant,
- instantaneous,
- irascible,
- irritable,
- last-minute,
- light of heel,
- light-footed,
- lively,
- mad,
- madcap,
- makeshift,
- mercurial,
- momentary,
- nerve-shattering,
- nimble,
- nimble-footed,
- not firm,
- on edge,
- on the spot,
- overeager,
- overenthusiastic,
- overhasty,
- oversoon,
- overzealous,
- passing,
- passionate,
- peppery,
- perfunctory,
- petulant,
- precipitant,
- precipitate,
- precipitous,
- precocious,
- premature,
- previous,
- prompt,
- quick,
- quick as lightning,
- quick as thought,
- quick-tempered,
- rapid,
- rash,
- reckless,
- restive,
- restless,
- rough-and-ready,
- running,
- rushed,
- rushing,
- shocking,
- short-tempered,
- slap-bang,
- slapdash,
- snap,
- snappy,
- spanking,
- speedy,
- splenetic,
- spunky,
- squirming,
- squirmy,
- startling,
- sudden,
- superficial,
- surprised,
- surprising,
- swift,
- taken aback,
- taken by surprise,
- taken unawares,
- testy,
- thoughtless,
- too early,
- too soon,
- tripped up,
- unanticipated,
- unarranged,
- unbegun,
- unconcocted,
- uncontrived,
- uncrystallized,
- undeliberated,
- undevised,
- uneasy,
- unexpected,
- unforeseen,
- unhatched,
- unjelled,
- unlooked-for,
- unmade,
- unmanufactured,
- unmatured,
- unmeditated,
- unorganized,
- unpatient,
- unplanned,
- unpredicted,
- unpremeditated,
- unprepared,
- unprimed,
- unquiet,
- unready,
- unripe,
- unstudied,
- unthinking,
- untimely,
- urgent,
- volatile,
- volcanic,
- wanton,
- waspish,
- wild,
- winged