6 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hurried \Hur"ried\, a. 1. Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a hurried writer; a hurried life. [1913 Webster] 2. Done in a hurry; hence, imperfect; careless; as, a hurried job. "A hurried meeting." --Milton. -- {Hur"ried*ly}, adv. -- {Hur"ried*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hurry \Hur"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hurried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hurrying}.] [OE. horien; cf. OSw. hurra to whirl round, dial. Sw. hurr great haste, Dan. hurre to buzz, Icel. hurr hurly-burly, MHG. hurren to hurry, and E. hurr, whir to hurry; all prob. of imitative origin.] 1. To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on. [1913 Webster] Impetuous lust hurries him on. --South. [1913 Webster] They hurried him abroad a bark. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity. [1913 Webster] And wild amazement hurries up and down The little number of your doubtful friends. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To cause to be done quickly. Syn: To hasten; precipitate; expedite; quicken; accelerate; urge. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: hurried See {hurry} From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: hurried adj : moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"; "a hurried job" [ant: {unhurried}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: hurry n 1: a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; "in a hurry to lock the door" [syn: {haste}] 2: overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste" [syn: {haste}, {hastiness}, {hurriedness}, {precipitation}] 3: the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book" [syn: {haste}, {rush}, {rushing}] v 1: move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed" [syn: {travel rapidly}, {speed}, {zip}] 2: act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!" [syn: {rush}, {hasten}, {look sharp}, {festinate}] 3: urge to an unnatural speed; "Don't rush me, please!" [syn: {rush}] [ant: {delay}] [also: {hurried}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 62 Moby Thesaurus words for "hurried": abrupt, accident-prone, at the double, breakneck, brief, careless, crowded, cursory, desperate, devil-may-care, double-quick, double-time, expeditious, festinate, feverish, flying, frantic, frenetic, furious, hard-pressed, hard-pushed, hard-run, harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, hectic, hotheaded, immediate, impetuous, instant, last-minute, mad, offhand, on the double, on the spot, overeager, overenthusiastic, overzealous, passing, perfunctory, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, pressed, pressed for time, prompt, pushed, quick, reckless, rushed, rushing, short, slap-bang, slapdash, snap, speedy, sudden, superficial, swift, urgent, wanton, wild
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