Hasty — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

excessively quick

done with very great haste and without due deliberation; - Shakespeare; - Arthur Geddes

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈeɪsti/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈeɪsti/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈeɪsti/

2 syllables Say it as /hˈeɪsti/.

Examples

made a hasty exit
a headlong rush to sell
hasty marriage seldom proveth well

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

precipitate precipitous headlong precipitant overhasty

Parts of Speech

adjective	excessively quick “made a hasty exit”
adjective	done with very great haste and without due deliberation; - Shakespeare; - Arthur Geddes “hasty marriage seldom proveth well”

Word Forms

haste	noun	overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
hastiness	noun	hasty impulsiveness
precipitateness	noun	the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
precipitance	noun	the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
precipitancy	noun	the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
precipitate	verb	bring about abruptly
precipitousness	noun	the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

hastig

übermäßig schnell

🇫🇷French

précipité

excessivement rapide

🇪🇸Spanish

apresurado

excesivamente rapido

🇮🇹Italian

frettoloso

eccessivamente rapido

🇳🇱Dutch

haastig

overdreven snel

🇵🇹Portuguese

apressado

excessivamente rápido

🇷🇺Russian

поспешный

слишком быстрый

India

🇮🇳Hindi

हेस्टी

अत्यधिक जल्दी

🇧🇩Bengali

তাড়াতাড়ি

অত্যধিক দ্রুত

🇮🇳Tamil

அவசரம்

மிக வேகமாக

🇮🇳Telugu

తొందరపాటు

అతి త్వరగా

🇮🇳Marathi

घाईघाईने

अति जलद

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઉતાવળિયો

અતિશય ઝડપી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅವಸರದ

ವಿಪರೀತ ತ್ವರಿತ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തിടുക്കത്തിൽ

അമിത വേഗത്തിൽ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਜਲਦਬਾਜ਼ੀ

ਬਹੁਤ ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ ਤੇਜ਼

🇵🇰Urdu

جلد بازی

ضرورت سے زیادہ تیز

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

仓促的

过快

🇯🇵Japanese

急いでいる

過度に速い

🇰🇷Korean

급한

지나치게 빠르다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

vội vàng

quá nhanh

🇹🇭Thai

รีบร้อน

เร็วเกินไป

🇮🇩Indonesian

gegabah

terlalu cepat

🇵🇭Filipino

nagmamadali

sobrang bilis

🇲🇾Malay

tergesa-gesa

terlalu cepat

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

متسرع

سريع بشكل مفرط

🇮🇷Persian

عجولانه

بیش از حد سریع

🇹🇷Turkish

aceleci

aşırı hızlı

🇮🇱Hebrew

חָפוּז

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