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hurriedness
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | haste |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, briskness, bustle, carelessness, celerity, dash, dispatch, drive, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, flurry, foolhardiness, hastiness, heedlessness, hurly-burly, hustle, hustling, impatience, impetuosity, incautiousness, nimbleness, pace |
| Main Entry: | precipitancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | haste |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, briskness, bustle, carelessness, celerity, dash, dispatch, drive, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, flurry, foolhardiness, hastiness, heedlessness, hurly-burly, hurriedness, hustle, hustling, impatience, impetuosity, incautiousness, nimbleness, pace, precipitance, precipitateness, precipitation, prematureness, press, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, rashness, recklessness, rush, scamper, scramble, scurry, scuttle, swiftness, urgency, velocity |
| Main Entry: | precipitateness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | haste |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, briskness, bustle, carelessness, celerity, dash, dispatch, drive, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, flurry, foolhardiness, hastiness, heedlessness, hurly-burly, hurriedness, hustle, hustling, impatience, impetuosity, incautiousness, nimbleness, pace, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitation, prematureness, press, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, rashness, recklessness, rush, scamper, scramble, scurry, scuttle, swiftness, urgency, velocity |
| Main Entry: | rapidness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | haste |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, briskness, bustle, carelessness, celerity, dash, dispatch, drive, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, flurry, foolhardiness, hastiness, heedlessness, hurly-burly, hurriedness, hurry, hustle, hustling, impatience, impetuosity, incautiousness, nimbleness, pace, precipitancy, precipitateness, prematureness, press, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, rashness, recklessness, rush, scamper, scramble, scurry, scuttle, speed, speediness, swiftness, urgency, velocity |
| Main Entry: | speediness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | haste |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, briskness, bustle, carelessness, celerity, dash, dispatch, drive, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, flurry, foolhardiness, hastiness, heedlessness, hurly-burly, hurriedness, hurry, hustle, hustling, impatience, impetuosity, incautiousness, nimbleness, pace, precipitancy, precipitateness, prematureness, press, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, rashness, recklessness, rush, scamper, scramble, scurry, scuttle, speed, swiftness, urgency, velocity |
| Main Entry: | vociferation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme loudness |
| Synonyms: | blare, brouhaha*, bustle, buzz*, clamor, clinker, complaint, convulsion, din, discord, exclamation, ferment, hassle, hoo-ha, hubba-hubba, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo*, hurly-burly, lament, noise, outcry, pandemonium, protesting, racket, remonstrance, row, ruckus*, rumpus, shout, shouting, to-do, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uproar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Concept: | Haste. |
| Category: | 1. Simple voluntary action |
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-nouns
haste, urgency; despatch, dispatch; acceleration, spurt, spirt, forced march, rush, dash; velocity; precipitancy, precipitation, precipitiousness; impetuosity; brusquerie; hurry, drive, scramble, bustle, fuss, fidget, flurry, flutter, splutter.
-verbs
haste, hasten; make haste, make a dash; hurry on, dash on, whip on, push on, press on, press forward; hurry, skurry, scuttle along, bundle on, dart to and fro, bustle, flutter, scramble; plunge, plunge headlong; dash off; rush (violence); express., bestir oneself (be active); lose no time, lose not a moment, lose not an instant; make short work of; make the best of one's time, make the best of one's way., be precipitate; jump at, be in haste, be in a hurry; have no time, have not a moment to lose, have not a moment to spare; work against time., quicken; accelerate, expedite, put on, precipitate, urge, whip; railroad.
-adjectives
hasty, hurried, brusque; scrambling, cursory, precipitate, headlong, furious, boisterous, impetuous, hotheaded; feverish, fussy; pushing., in haste, in a hurry; in hot haste, in all haste; breathless, pressed for time, hard pressed, urgent.
-adverbs
with haste, with all haste, with breathless speed; in haste; apace (swiftly); amain; all at once (instantaneously); at short notice, immediately (early) [more]; posthaste; by cable, by express, by telegraph, by forced marches., hastily, precipitately; helter-skelter, hurry-skurry, holus-bolus; slapdash, slap-bang; full-tilt, full drive; heels over head, head and shoulders, headlong, a corps perdu., by fits and starts, by spurts; hop skip and jump.
-phrases
sauve qui peut, devil take the hindmost, no time to be lost; no sooner said than done (early); a word and a blow; maggire fretta minore atto; ohne Hast aber ohne Rast [German] [Goethe's motto]; "stand not upon the order of your going but go at once" [Macbeth]; "swift, swift, you
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| Antonyms: | leisure |
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