haste
pronunciation
How to pronounce haste in British English:
UK [heɪst]
How to pronounce haste in American English:
US [heɪst]
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- Noun:
- overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
- a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
Word Origin
- haste
- haste: [13] Haste is a Germanic word, but English acquired it through Old French. The furthest back it can be traced is to a prehistoric West Germanic *khaistiz, which produced such now defunct offspring as Old English hǣst ‘violence’ and Old High German heisti ‘powerful’. Its survival is due to its acquisition by Old French as haste, which not only gave English the noun haste, but also contributed a related verb to German (hasten), Dutch (haasten), Swedish (hasta), and English (haste, largely superseded since the 16th century by hasten). The modern French noun is hâte.
- haste (n.)
- late 13c., "hurrying, haste; celerity, swiftness, speed;" c. 1300, "need for quick action, urgency;" from Old French haste "haste, urgency, hastiness" (12c., Modern French hâte), from Frankish *haifst "violence" or another Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *haifstiz (cognates: Gothic haifsts "strife," Old English hæste "violent, vehement, impetuous"). From late 14c. as "undue haste, rashness, unwise or unseemly quickness." To make haste "act quickly" is recorded by 1530s.
- haste (v.)
- late 13c., from Old French haster "hurry, make haste; urge, hurry along" (Modern French hâter), from haste "haste, urgency" (see haste). Now largely superseded by hasten (1560s). Related: Hasted; hasting.
Synonym
nervousness vehemence restlessness hurry worry perturbation rush fidgetiness dither agitation hustle impatience avidity inquietude uneasiness scurry bustle anxiety dash unrest trepidation
Antonym
Example
- 1. She kissed with abandon but without haste .
- 2. I 'm stuck in this moment , freeze the haste of my time
- 3. In my haste I grabbed the item , bolted to the counter and paid ...... totally neglecting the queue of people waiting to pay .
- 4. Her haste and fatigue had left her so breathless that she had to begin again .
- 5. Sato folded cardboard boxes that had been tossed aside by shoppers in their haste .