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hurries

NOUN

speed in action, motion

Synonyms

STRONGEST

haste

STRONG

bustle celerity commotion dash dispatch drive expedition expeditiousness flurry precipitance precipitateness precipitation promptitude push quickness rush rustle scurry speediness swiftness urgency

Antonyms

STRONG

calm calmness quiet slowing slowness

WEAK

delay procrastination rest stall wait

VERB

act, move speedily

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dash hasten hustle jog rush scoot scurry whirl whisk zip

STRONG

accelerate barrel beeline bestir breeze bullet burst bustle drive expedite fleet flit fly goad haste nip push quicken race rip rocket roll run sally smoke speed spur urge whish whiz

WEAK

be quick dig in get a move on go like lightning hurry up lose no time make haste make short work of make time make tracks shake a leg speed up step on gas step on it turn on steam

Antonyms

STRONGEST

procrastinate slow

STRONG

cease check decelerate delay discourage dissuade halt hinder repress retard stop walk

WEAK

dally dawdle rest stall wait

Example Sentences

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In Freetown's magnificent harbor, gaily painted paddle boats carrying names like God Never Hurries staged a regatta.

From Time Magazine Archive

Closer, and faster on her track Hurries the hydra-headed pack, Lost Pussy!

From Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by Cole, E. W. (Edward William)

Now, a piece of her old self, impoverished, Hard to greet, she traverses the house-roofs, Hurries with unhandsome thrift of silver, Goes dispiritedly, glad to finish.

From Browning's Shorter Poems by Baker, Franklin T. (Franklin Thomas)

Then its answering bleat Hurries on his glad feet, And his arms gather up his lost sheep.

From Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two by Various

Louder, faster The little band-master Whips up the fluting, Hurries up the tooting.

From The Congo and Other Poems by Lindsay, Vachel