hasty

noun

An unincorporated community in Newton County, Arkansas, United States.

A census-designated place in Bent County, Colorado, United States.

A surname.

adjective

Acting or done in haste; hurried or too quick; speedy due to having little time.

Characterized by undue quickness of action, and thus lacking careful thought or consideration; rash, precipitate.

Eager or impatient to act or get something done.

Made in haste.

Irritable, irascible; quickly or easily excited to anger.

Ripening or coming to maturity early.

(of rain) Heavy, violent.

(archaic) Speedy, quick, rapid (without necessarily lacking time).

Roots

hastehast- · Old French · swiftness -ig-y · Old English · characterized by

Synonyms for hasty

overhastyadj festinatev headlongadv hurriedadj precipitousadj precipitantn precipitatev rushedadj impetuousadj quickadj rapidadj expeditiousadj incautiousadj speedyadj impulsiveadj unpremeditatedadj slapdashadj rashn thoughtlessadj

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The word hasty breaks down into 2 roots of Old French and Old English origin: hast, from Old French haste (“swiftness”); and -y, from Old English -ig (“characterized by”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.