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单词 overhasty
释义

overhasty

adjective

over·​hasty ˌō-vər-ˈhā-stē How to pronounce overhasty (audio)
: excessively hasty
an overhasty marriage
… I feel many of us might have been overhasty in our judgments. Kevin McKenna

Synonyms

  • cursory
  • drive-by
  • flying
  • gadarene
  • hasty
  • headlong
  • helter-skelter
  • hurried
  • pell-mell
  • precipitate
  • precipitous
  • rash
  • rushed
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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

overhasty

adjective

as in hurried
acting or done with excessive or careless speed an overhasty reading of the recipe resulted in the omission of a critical ingredient

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • hurried
  • hasty
  • impulsive
  • rushed
  • rash
  • headlong
  • reckless
  • sudden
  • precipitous
  • precipitate
  • rapid
  • cursory
  • swift
  • spontaneous
  • abrupt
  • flying
  • quick
  • makeshift
  • impetuous
  • rush
  • gadarene
  • helter-skelter
  • pell-mell
  • impatient
  • impromptu
  • drive-by
  • breathtaking
  • breakneck
  • madcap
  • unadvised
  • slapdash
  • speedy
  • heady
  • headstrong
  • hotheaded
  • offhand
  • horseback
  • offhanded
  • snap
  • off-the-cuff
  • spur-of-the-moment

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • deliberate
  • unhurried
  • circumspect
  • prolonged
  • forethoughtful
  • calculated
  • unrushed
  • foresighted
  • tentative
  • hesitant
  • slow
  • calculating
  • measured
  • hesitating
  • faltering
  • extended
  • drawn-out
  • laggard
  • leisurely
  • long-term
  • dallying
  • pokey
  • shilly-shallying
  • poky
  • dawdling
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