hurried

4 definitions found

hurried - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hurried \Hur"ried\, a.
     1. Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a
        hurried writer; a hurried life.
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     2. Done in a hurry; hence, imperfect; careless; as, a hurried
        job. "A hurried meeting." --Milton. -- Hur"ried*ly, adv.
        -- Hur"ried*ness, n.
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  Hurry \Hur"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurried; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Hurrying.] [OE. horien; cf. OSw. hurra to whirl round,
     dial. Sw. hurr great haste, Dan. hurre to buzz, Icel. hurr
     hurly-burly, MHG. hurren to hurry, and E. hurr, whir to
     hurry; all prob. of imitative origin.]
     1. To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
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              Impetuous lust hurries him on.        --South.
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              They hurried him abroad a bark.       --Shak.
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     2. To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to
        confused or irregular activity.
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              And wild amazement hurries up and down
              The little number of your doubtful friends. --Shak.
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     3. To cause to be done quickly.
  
     Syn: To hasten; precipitate; expedite; quicken; accelerate;
          urge.
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hurried - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hurried
      adj 1: moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste; "a
             hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city";
             "a hurried job" [ant: unhurried]

hurried - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "hurried":
     abrupt, accident-prone, at the double, breakneck, brief, careless,
     crowded, cursory, desperate, devil-may-care, double-quick,
     double-time, expeditious, festinate, feverish, flying, frantic,
     frenetic, furious, hard-pressed, hard-pushed, hard-run,
     harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, hectic, hotheaded, immediate,
     impetuous, instant, last-minute, mad, offhand, on the double,
     on the spot, overeager, overenthusiastic, overzealous, passing,
     perfunctory, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, pressed,
     pressed for time, prompt, pushed, quick, reckless, rushed, rushing,
     short, slap-bang, slapdash, snap, speedy, sudden, superficial,
     swift, urgent, wanton, wild