'Haste' definitions:
Definition of 'haste'
(from WordNet)
noun
Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste" [syn: haste, hastiness, hurry, hurriedness, precipitation]
noun
The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book" [syn: haste, hurry, rush, rushing]
noun
A condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; "in a hurry to lock the door" [syn: hurry, haste]
Definition of 'Haste'
From: GCIDE
- Haste \Haste\ (h[=a]st), n. [OE. hast; akin to D. haast, G., Dan., Sw., & OFries. hast, cf. OF. haste, F. h[^a]te (of German origin); all perh. fr. the root of E. hate in a earlier sense of, to pursue. See Hate.]
- 1. Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals. [1913 Webster]
- The king's business required haste. --1 Sam. xxi. 8. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence. [1913 Webster]
- I said in my haste, All men are liars. --Ps. cxvi. 11. [1913 Webster]
- To make haste, to hasten.
- Syn: Speed; quickness; nimbleness; swiftness; expedition; dispatch; hurry; precipitance; vehemence; precipitation.
- Usage: Haste, Hurry, Speed, Dispatch. Haste denotes quickness of action and a strong desire for getting on; hurry includes a confusion and want of collected thought not implied in haste; speed denotes the actual progress which is made; dispatch, the promptitude and rapidity with which things are done. A man may properly be in haste, but never in a hurry. Speed usually secures dispatch. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Haste'
From: GCIDE
- Haste \Haste\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Hasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hasting.] [OE. hasten; akin to G. hasten, D. haasten, Dan. haste, Sw. hasta, OF. haster, F. h[^a]ter. See Haste, n.] To hasten; to hurry. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- I 'll haste the writer. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- They were troubled and hasted away. --Ps. xlviii. 5. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'haste'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air speed,
- alacrity,
- anxiety,
- barrel,
- beeline,
- breathless impatience,
- briskness,
- bucket,
- bustle,
- carelessness,
- celerity,
- chafing,
- dash,
- desperateness,
- devil-may-careness,
- dispatch,
- disquietude,
- drive,
- eagerness,
- excitement,
- expedition,
- expeditiousness,
- fastness,
- fleetness,
- flight,
- flit,
- flurry,
- forwardness,
- fretfulness,
- fretting,
- furiousness,
- ground speed,
- hasten,
- hastiness,
- heedlessness,
- highball,
- hotfoot,
- hotheadedness,
- hurriedness,
- hurry,
- hustle,
- impatience,
- impatientness,
- impetuosity,
- impetuousness,
- impulse,
- impulsiveness,
- instantaneousness,
- knots,
- lather,
- lightning speed,
- miles per hour,
- overeagerness,
- overenthusiasm,
- overhastiness,
- overzealousness,
- pace,
- precipitance,
- precipitancy,
- precipitateness,
- precipitation,
- precipitousness,
- precociousness,
- precocity,
- prematureness,
- prematurity,
- promptitude,
- promptness,
- quickness,
- rapidity,
- rashness,
- recklessness,
- restiveness,
- restlessness,
- rocket,
- round pace,
- rpm,
- run,
- rush,
- rustle,
- snappiness,
- speed,
- speediness,
- stew,
- suddenness,
- sweat,
- swift rate,
- swiftness,
- tense readiness,
- uneasiness,
- unpatientness,
- unquietness,
- untimeliness,
- urgency,
- velocity,
- wantonness,
- wildness