hasty

hast·y  (hst)

adj. hast·i·er, hast·i·est

1. Characterized by speed; rapid. See Synonyms at fast¹.

2. Done or made too quickly to be accurate or wise; rash: a hasty decision. See Synonyms at impetuous.

3. Easily angered; irritable.

---

hasti·ly adv.

hasti·ness n.

---

hasty [ˈheɪstɪ]

adj -tier, -tiest

1. rapid; swift; quick

2. excessively or rashly quick

3. short-tempered

4. showing irritation or anger hasty words

hastily  adv

hastiness  n

---

hasty

• hasting, hasty - An early-ripening fruit or vegetable is a hasting and such a food that ripens early is termed "hasty."
• hasty pudding - An ancient dish of flour boiled in water to thick consistency, with milk or beer added afterwards.
• festinate, festination - If something is hasty or hurried, it is festinate, and to festinate is to walk fast, make haste; festination is "haste, speed."
• precipitous, precipitate - Precipitous, "hasty, sudden and dramatic," is used in relation to physical or natural objects; precipitate, "done with great haste," relates to human actions or processes.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	hasty - excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell" headlong hurried - moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"; "a hurried job"
	2.	hasty - done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king" overhasty, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous hurried - moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"; "a hurried job"

---

hasty

adjective

1. speedy, fast, quick, prompt, rapid, fleet, hurried, urgent, swift, brisk, expeditious they need to make a hasty escape.
speedy slow, leisurely

2. brief, short, quick, passing, rushed, fleeting, superficial, cursory, perfunctory, transitory After the hasty meal, they took up their positions.
brief long, protracted

3. rash, premature, reckless, precipitate, impulsive, headlong, foolhardy, thoughtless, impetuous, indiscreet, imprudent, heedless, incautious, unduly quick Let's not be hasty.
rash detailed, careful, cautious, thorough, thoughtful

Translations

hasty [ˈheɪstɪ] ADJ (hastier (compar) (hastiest (superl)))

1. (= hurried) → apresurado, precipitado

2. (= rash) → precipitado
don't be so hasty → no te precipites

hasty [ˈheɪsti] adj [departure, return] → précipité(e); [decision] → hâtif/ive; [conclusion] → hâtif/ive
don't be hasty → ne prend pas de décision hâtive
to beat a hasty retreat → prendre ses jambes à son cou

hasty

adj (+er)

(= hurried) meal, movement, goodbye → hastig; kiss, glance, examination → flüchtig; departure → plötzlich; to beat a hasty retreat, to make a hasty escape → sich schnellstens aus dem Staub machen (inf); we ate a hasty breakfast → wir frühstückten hastig or in aller Eile; I bade a hasty goodbye (dated) → ich verabschiedete mich hastig or in aller Eile

(= rash, too quick) marriage, decision, reaction → überstürzt, übereilt; action → voreilig; judgement → vorschnell; don’t be hasty! → nicht so schnell or hastig!; I had been too hasty → ich hatte voreilig gehandelt; to take a hasty decision → eine Entscheidung überstürzen

hasty [ˈheɪstɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (hurried) → frettoloso/a; (rash) → affrettato/a, precipitoso/a