hasty

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: hast=y
• COUNT in NET: 3 in 3 verses (in OT : 3 in 3 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

hasty, a. [Akin to D. haastig, G., Sw., & Dan. hastig. See Haste, n.].

•  Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty retreat; a hasty sketch.  [1913 Webster]
•  Demanding haste or immediate action.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.  [1913 Webster]

  "Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him."  [1913 Webster]

  "The hasty multitude
  Admiring entered."  [1913 Webster]

  "Be not hasty to go out of his sight."  [1913 Webster]
•  Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution.  [1913 Webster]
•  Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.  [1913 Webster]

  "Take no unkindness of his hasty words."  [1913 Webster]
•  Forward; early; first ripe.  Is. xxviii. 4.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hasty, adj. (hastier, hastiest)
1 hurried; acting too quickly or hurriedly.
2 said, made, or done too quickly or too soon; rash, unconsidered.
3 quick-tempered.

Derivative

hastily adv. hastiness n.

Etymology

ME f. OF hasti, hastif (as HASTE, -IVE)

THESAURUS

hasty

a bit previous, abrupt, accident-prone, ad-lib, advanced, agile, antsy, antsy-pantsy, anxious, bearish, brash, breakneck, breathless, brief, brisk, careless, caught napping, caught off balance, caught short, chafing, choleric, combustible, contentious, cranky, cursory, dashing, desperate, devil-may-care, double-quick, eager, eagle-winged, edgy, electrifying, excited, expeditious, explosive, express, extemporaneous, extemporized, far ahead, fast, festinate, feverish, fiery, fleet, fleeting, flying, forward, fretful, fretting, furious, galloping, hair-trigger, half-baked, half-cocked, haphazard, harum-scarum, headlong, heedless, hopped-up, hot, hot-tempered, hotheaded, hurried, hustling, ill-advised, ill-considered, immediate, impatient, impetuous, impromptu, improvised, impulsive, in a lather, in a stew, in a sweat, incautious, inconsiderate, instant, instantaneous, irascible, irritable, last-minute, light of heel, light-footed, lively, mad, madcap, makeshift, mercurial, momentary, nerve-shattering, nimble, nimble-footed, not firm, on edge, on the spot, overeager, overenthusiastic, overhasty, oversoon, overzealous, passing, passionate, peppery, perfunctory, petulant, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, precocious, premature, previous, prompt, quick, quick as lightning, quick as thought, quick-tempered, rapid, rash, reckless, restive, restless, rough-and-ready, running, rushed, rushing, shocking, short-tempered, slap-bang, slapdash, snap, snappy, spanking, speedy, splenetic, spunky, squirming, squirmy, startling, sudden, superficial, surprised, surprising, swift, taken aback, taken by surprise, taken unawares, testy, thoughtless, too early, too soon, tripped up, unanticipated, unarranged, unbegun, unconcocted, uncontrived, uncrystallized, undeliberated, undevised, uneasy, unexpected, unforeseen, unhatched, unjelled, unlooked-for, unmade, unmanufactured, unmatured, unmeditated, unorganized, unpatient, unplanned, unpredicted, unpremeditated, unprepared, unprimed, unquiet, unready, unripe, unstudied, unthinking, untimely, urgent, volatile, volcanic, wanton, waspish, wild, winged

ROGET THESAURUS

hasty

Haste

N haste, urgency, despatch, dispatch, acceleration, spurt, spirt, forced march, rush, dash, speed, velocity, precipitancy, precipitation, precipitousness, impetuosity, brusquerie, hurry, drive, scramble, bustle, fuss, fidget, flurry, flutter, splutter, hasty, hurried, brusque, scrambling, cursory, precipitate, headlong, furious, boisterous, impetuous, hotheaded, feverish, fussy, pushing, in haste, in a hurry, in hot haste, in all haste, breathless, pressed for time, hard pressed, urgent, with haste, with all haste, with breathless speed, in haste, apace, amain, all at once, at short notice, immediately, posthaste, by cable, by express, by telegraph, by forced marches, hastily, precipitately, helter-skelter, hurry-skurry, holus-bolus, slapdash, slap-bang, full-tilt, full drive, heels over head, head and shoulders, headlong, a corps perdu, by fits and starts, by spurts, hop skip and jump, sauve qui peut, every man for himself, devil take the hindmost, no time to be lost, no sooner said than done, a word and a blow, haste makes waste, maggiore fretta minore atto, ohne Hast aber ohne Rast stand not upon the order, swift, swift, you dragons of the night.

Instantaneity

N instantaneity, instantaneousness, immediacy, suddenness, abruptness, moment, instant, second, minute, twinkling, trice, flash, breath, crack, jiffy, coup, burst, flash of lightning, stroke of time, epoch, time, time of day, time of night, hour, minute, very minute, very time, very hour, present time, right time, true time, exact correct time, instantaneous, momentary, sudden, immediate, instant, abrupt, discontinuous, precipitous, precipitant, precipitate, subitaneous, hasty, quick as thought, quick as lightning, quick as a flash, rapid as electricity, speedy, quick, fast, fleet, swift, lively, blitz, rapid (velocity), instantaneously, in no time, in less than no time, presto, subito, instanter, suddenly, at a stroke, like a shot, in a moment, in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a trice, in one's tracks, right away, toute a l'heure, at one jump, in the same breath, per saltum, uno saltu, at once, all at once, plump, slap, at one fell swoop, at the same instant, immediately, extempore, on the moment, on the spot, on the spur of the moment, no sooner said than done, just then, slap-dash, touch and go, no sooner said than done.

Excitability

N excitability, impetuosity, vehemence, boisterousness, turbulence, impatience, intolerance, nonendurance, irritability, itching, wincing, disquiet, disquietude, restlessness, fidgets, fidgetiness, agitation, trepidation, perturbation, ruffle, hurry, fuss, flurry, fluster, flutter, pother, stew, ferment, whirl, buck fever, hurry-skurry, thrill, state of excitement, fever of excitement, transport, passion, excitement, flush, heat, fever, heat, fire, flame, fume, blood boiling, tumult, effervescence, ebullition, boiling over, whiff, gust, story, tempest, scene, breaking out, burst, fit, paroxysm, explosion, outbreak, outburst, agony, violence, fierceness, rage, fury, furor, furore, desperation, madness, distraction, raving, delirium, phrensy, frenzy, hysterics, intoxication, tearing passion, raging passion, anger, fascination, infatuation, fanaticism, Quixotism, Quixotry, tete montee, excitable, easily excited, in an excitable state, high-strung, irritable, impatient, intolerant, feverish, febrile, hysterical, delirious, mad, moody, maggoty- headed, unquiet, mercurial, electric, galvanic, hasty, hurried, restless, fidgety, fussy, chafing, startlish, mettlesome, high-mettled, skittish, vehement, demonstrative, violent, wild, furious, fierce, fiery, hot-headed, madcap, overzealous, enthusiastic, impassioned, fanatical, rabid, rampant, clamorous, uproarious, turbulent, tempestuous, tumultuary, boisterous, impulsive, impetuous, passionate, uncontrolled, uncontrollable, ungovernable, irrepressible, stanchless, inextinguishable, burning, simmering, volcanic, ready to burst forth, volatile, excited, exciting, Int, pish!, pshaw!, noli me tangere, filled with fury, rapt, inspir'd, maggiore fretta minore atto.

Irascibility

N irascibility, irascibleness, temper, crossness, susceptibility, procacity, petulance, irritability, tartness, acerbity, protervity, pugnacity, excitability, bad temper, fiery temper, crooked temper, irritable, temper, genus irritabile, hot blood, ill humor, asperity, churlishness, huff, a word and a blow, Sir Fretful Plagiary, brabbler, Tartar, shrew, vixen, virago, termagant, dragon, scold, Xantippe, porcupine, spitfire, fire eater, fury, irascible, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, irritable, susceptible, excitable, thin-skinned, fretful, fidgety, on the fret, hasty, overhasty, quick, warm, hot, testy, touchy, techy, tetchy, like touchwood, like tinder, huffy, pettish, petulant, waspish, snappish, peppery, fiery, passionate, choleric, shrewish, sudden and quick in quarrel, querulous, captious, moodish, quarrelsome, contentious, disputatious, pugnacious, cantankerous, exceptious, restiff, churlish, cross, cross as crabs, cross as two sticks, cross as a cat, cross as a dog, cross as the tongs, fractious, peevish, acari=atre, in a bad temper, sulky, angry, resentful, resentive, vindictive, Int, pish!, a vieux comptes nouvelles disputes, quamvis tegatur proditur vultu furor, vino tortus et ira.