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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.
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2. Done in a hurry; hence, imperfect; careless; as, a hurried
job. "A hurried meeting." --Milton. -- {Hur"ried*ly}, adv.
-- {Hur"ried*ness}, n.
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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.
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Impetuous lust hurries him on. --South.
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They hurried him abroad a bark. --Shak.
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2. To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to
confused or irregular activity.
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And wild amazement hurries up and down
The little number of your doubtful friends. --Shak.
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3. To cause to be done quickly.
Syn: To hasten; precipitate; expedite; quicken; accelerate;
urge.
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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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