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hurrynoun excited and often showy or disorderly speedafter all her hurry to get her report done on time, Elizabeth learned that it wasn't due till the following week haste, hastiness, hustle, precipitation, precipitousness, rush bustle, flurry, flutter, scurry, scuttle, stir, whirlbeeline, dash, scramble, stampedehotheadedness, impetuosity, impetuousness, impulsiveness, impulsivity, rashnessexpedition, expeditiousness, fastness, fleetness, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speed, speediness, swiftness, velocitycelerity, dispatch, promptitude, promptness deliberateness, deliberation dilatoriness, lateness, pokiness, procrastination, slownesslanguor, leisureliness, lethargy, sluggishness, torpordormancy, inaction, inactivity, inertia, inertness, quiescence a high rate of movement or performancea person who does everything in a hurry celerity, fastness, fleetness, haste, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speed, speediness, swiftness, velocity clip, gait, pace, rate, tempodrive, hustleacceleration, hastiness, precipitation, precipitousness, rushalacrity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, promptitude, promptnesswarp speed slowness, sluggishness languidness, languor, leisureliness, lethargy, torpidity, torporreluctancedeliberateness, deliberationdilatoriness, lateness, pokiness, procrastination a state of noisy, confused activityin all the hurry of the modern world, people tend to forget what's really important ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter(chiefly dialect), coil, commotion, corroboree(Australian), disturbance, do(chiefly dialect), foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha(also hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry-scurry(or hurry-skurry), kerfuffle(chiefly British), moil, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, splore(Scottish), squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw, zoo cacophony, clamor, din, howl, hue and cry, noise, outcry, racket, roardisorder, unrest, upheavaleruption, flare-up, flurry, flutter, outbreak, outburstbrawl, fracas, fray, hassle, melee(also mêlée), scuffledither, fever, fret, lather, tizzy calm, hush, peace, quiet, quietude, rest, stillness, tranquillity(or tranquility)order, orderliness hurryverbto cause to move or proceed fast or fasterthe new nurses were hurried through the orientation program because they were so desperately needed on the ward accelerate, bundle, fast-track, hasten, quicken, rush, speed (up), whisk drive, goad, prod, propel, push, race, spur, stir, urgeaid, dispatch, ease, encourage, expedite, facilitate brake, decelerate, retard, slow (down) delay, encumber, fetter, hamper, hinder, hobble, hold back, hold up, impede, interfere (with), manacle, rein (in), restrain, shackle, tie up, trammelarrest, check, stall, stay, still, stop to proceed or move quicklyif we hurry, we'll make the four o'clock train barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bomb(slang), bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, crack (on), dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, nip, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, speed, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom beetle, dart, flit, scamper, scud, scufflestampede, streak, whiz(or whizz)gallop, jog, sprintaccelerate, quicken, step outcatch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtakearrow, beeline beat it, get a move on, make tracks, shake a leg, step on it crawl, creep, poke dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, hang (around or out), lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarryamble, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, strolldecelerate, slow (down or up) n.haste, hurry, speed, expedition, dispatch mean quickness in movement or action.haste applies to personal action and implies urgency and precipitancy and often rashness.marry in haste hurry often has a strong suggestion of agitated bustle or confusion.in the hurry of departure she forgot her toothbrush speed suggests swift efficiency in movement or action.exercises to increase your reading speed expedition and dispatch both imply speed and efficiency in handling affairs but expedition stresses ease or efficiency of performance and dispatch stresses promptness in concluding matters.the case came to trial with expedition paid bills with dispatch in 1592 |