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Hurried

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Main Entry: hurried
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: quick, rushed

Synonyms:

abrupt, breakneck, brief, cursory, fast, hasty, headlong, hectic, impetuous, perfunctory, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, rushing, short, slapdash, speedy, subitaneous, sudden, superficial, swift

Antonyms:

easily, leisurely, slow, unhurried, unrushed
Main Entry: hurry
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: act, move speedily

Synonyms:

accelerate, barrel, be quick, beeline, bestir, breeze, bullet, burst, bustle, dash, dig in, drive, expedite, fleet, flit, fly, get a move on, go like lightning, goad, haste, hasten, hurry up, hustle, jog, lose no time, make haste, make short work of, make time, make tracks, nip, push, quicken, race, rip, rocket, roll, run, rush, sally, scoot, scurry, shake a leg, smoke, speed, speed up, spur, step on gas, step on it, turn on steam, urge, whirl, whish, whisk, whiz, zip

Antonyms:

dally, dawdle, delay, procrastinate, rest, slow, stall, wait
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Main Entry: hurry
Part of Speech: noun, verb
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Adjectives:
boisterous, booming, breathless, brusque, cursory, festinate, feverish, furious, fussy, hard, headlong, hot, impelled, impelling, impetuous, impulsive, in a hurry, in all haste, in haste, in hot haste, partito in quarta, precipitate, precipitous, preproperous, pressed for time, pushing, rudderish, saccadic, scrambling, spoffish, umbeer, urgent
Main Entry: abrupt
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: happening suddenly and unexpectedly

Synonyms:

hasty, hurried, jerky, precipitate, precipitous, quick, rushing, sudden, surprising, unanticipated, unceremonious, unexpected, unforeseen

Antonyms:

at ease, deliberate, expansive, gradual, leisurely
Main Entry: accelerate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: increase speed, timing

Synonyms:

advance, drive, dust*, expedite, fire up, forward, further, gun*, hammer on, hasten, hurry, impel, lay a patch, lay rubber, make tracks, nail it, open up, peel rubber, precipitate, put on afterburners, put pedal to metal, quicken, railroad, rev, rev up, roll*, speed up, spur, step on gas, step up, stimulate, tool*

Antonyms:

decelerate, defer, hinder, impede, postpone, retard, slow down
Main Entry: breeze
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: work quickly through task

Synonyms:

cruise, flit, glide, hurry, move, pass, sail, sally, skim, slide, slip, sweep, trip, waltz, zip
Main Entry: bustle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: move around quickly, busily

Synonyms:

bestir, dash, dust, flit, flutter, fuss, hasten, hum, hurry, hustle, run, rush, scamper, scramble, scurry, scuttle, stir, tear, whirl, whisk
Main Entry: course
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: flow; run

Synonyms:

career, chase, dart, dash, follow, gallop, gush, hasten, hunt, hurry, hustle, pursue, race, rush, scamper, scoot, scurry, speed, spring, stream, surge, tumble
Main Entry: cursory
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: casual, hasty

Synonyms:

brief, careless, depthless, desultory, fast, half-assed, half-baked, haphazard, hit or miss, hurried, offhand, passing, perfunctory, quick, random, rapid, shallow, short, sketchy, slapdash, slight, sloppy, speedy, summary, superficial, swift, uncritical
Notes: cursory means 'superficial'; cursorial is 'pertaining or adapted to running'

Antonyms:

complete, meticulous, painstaking, perfect, thorough, unhurried
Main Entry: dart
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: race away; propel

Synonyms:

bound, career, cast, course, dash, flash, fling, flit, float, fly, gallop, hasten, heave, hurry, hurtle, launch, move quickly, pitch, plunge, run, rush, sail, scamper, scoot, scud, scurry, shoot, skim, speed, spring, sprint, spurt, start, tear, throw, thrust, whiz
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