haste

haste
hasteful, adj.hastefully, adv.hasteless, adj.hastelessness, n.
/hayst/, n., v., hasted, hasting.
n.
1. swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
2. urgent need of quick action; a hurry or rush: to be in haste to get ahead in the world.
3. unnecessarily quick action; thoughtless, rash, or undue speed: Haste makes waste.
4. make haste, to act or go with speed; hurry: She made haste to tell the president the good news.
v.i., v.t.
5. Archaic. to hasten.
[1250-1300; ME < OF < Gmc; akin to OFris haste, OE haest violence, ON heifst hatred, Goth haifsts quarrel]
Syn. 1. See speed. 2. flurry, bustle, ado, urgency. 3. precipitancy, precipitation.
Ant. 1. sloth.

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