Hastiness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hastiness \Has"ti*ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being hasty; haste; precipitation;
     rashness; quickness of temper.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  hastiness
       n 1: overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon
            regretted his haste" [syn: {haste}, {hurry}, {hurriedness},
             {precipitation}]
       2: hasty impulsiveness

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  76 Moby Thesaurus words for "hastiness":
     abandon, abruptness, alacrity, careless abandon, carelessness,
     casualness, cursoriness, desperateness, devil-may-careness,
     disregardfulness, easiness, expeditiousness, fecklessness,
     feverishness, forgetfulness, forwardness, furiousness, haste,
     heedlessness, hotheadedness, hurriedness, impatience, impetuosity,
     impetuousness, improvidence, impulse, impulsiveness,
     inconsiderateness, inconsideration, indifference, insouciance,
     lack of foresight, lax stewardship, laziness, negligence, oblivion,
     offhandedness, overeagerness, overenthusiasm, overhastiness,
     overzealousness, perfunctoriness, poor husbandry, precipitance,
     precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitation, precipitousness,
     precociousness, precocity, prematureness, prematurity, promptness,
     quickness, rashness, recklessness, regardlessness, rush,
     shiftlessness, speed, sprezzatura, suddenness, swiftness,
     tactlessness, thoughtlessness, thriftlessness, unheedfulness,
     unmindfulness, unpreparedness, unreadiness, unsolicitousness,
     unsolicitude, unthinkingness, untimeliness, wantonness, wildness