English Explanatory Dictionary

hasty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Acting or done in haste; hurried or too quick; speedy due to having little time.
  2. Made in haste.
  3. Ripening or coming to maturity early.
  4. Eager or impatient to act or get something done.
  5. Characterized by undue quickness of action, and thus lacking careful thought or consideration; rash, precipitate.
  6. Speedy, quick, rapid (without necessarily lacking time).
  7. Irritable, irascible; quickly or easily excited to anger.
  8. Heavy, violent.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Newton County, Arkansas, United States.
  3. A census-designated place in Bent County, Colorado, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈheɪsti/ en-us-hasty.ogg

Word forms

hasty hastier hastiest Hastys Hastey Hastie

Etymology

From Middle English hasty, of obscure origin. Likely a new formation in Middle English equivalent to haste + -y, found as in other Germanic languages (Old Frisian hâstich, Middle Dutch haestich (> Dutch haastig (“hasty”)), Middle Low German hastich (“hasty”), German hastig, Danish hastig, Swedish hastig (“hasty”)); otherwise possibly representing an assimilation to the foregoing of Middle English hastive, hastif (> English hastive), from Old French hastif (Modern French hâtif), from Frankish *haifst (“violence”), ultimately of the same Germanic origin.

Synonyms

brash

Related words

haste hasteful hasten hurried

Derived words

beat a hasty retreat hastily hastiness hasty breaching hasty generalization hasty pudding hasty-witted overhasty unhasty

Translations

Afrikaans: haastig Arabic: مُتَسَرِّع Arabic: متسربع Azerbaijani: tələsik Bulgarian: бърз Bulgarian: прибързан Bulgarian: припрян Catalan: precipitat Chinese Mandarin: 匆忙 Chinese Mandarin: 急忙 Chinese Mandarin: 匆匆 Chinese Mandarin: 匆 Czech: unáhlený Danish: forhastet Dutch: haastig Esperanto: hasta Finnish: kiireinen Finnish: hätäinen Finnish: hätiköity French: hâtif German: hastig German: eilig Hebrew: פזיז Hindi: आतुर Hindi: अधीर Hindi: त्वरित Hungarian: hirtelen Ingrian: kiire Irish: araiciseach Irish: mear Irish: tobann Italian: affrettato Italian: frettoloso Italian: precipitoso Japanese: 軽率 Latin: festīnus Latin: properus Macedonian: и́збрзан Macedonian: при́брзан Malay: terburu-buru Malay: tergesa-gesa Māori: pōāritarita Māori: naho Norman: prompt Polish: pośpieszny Portuguese: apressado Portuguese: precipitado Russian: спе́шный Russian: поспе́шный Scottish Gaelic: cabhagach Serbo-Croatian: брзоплет Sindhi: اُٻَهِرو Slovak: unáhlený Slovak: prenáhlený Spanish: apresurado Spanish: de prisa Spanish: arrebatado Spanish: atropellado Spanish: presuroso Spanish: precipitado Sranan Tongo: esi-esi Swedish: förhastad Swedish: hastig Tày: bả Tày: cản Tày: bả biếng Turkish: aceleci Unami: shaelìntàm Welsh: brysiog Yiddish: אײַליק
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