GADARENE Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

gadarene

adjective

ˈga-də-ˌrēn

Definition of gadarene

as in hurried

acting or done with excessive or careless speed what began as the defection of a handful of employees soon became a gadarene exodus that threatened to leave the advertising agency understaffed

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That hurried buildup led to an enormous industrial overhang, and, in California’s San Francisco Bay and elsewhere, a sad legacy of polluted and abandoned waterfront.

— Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
But for some reason the powers that be have decreed artificial intelligence a civilizational imperative, requiring the hurried construction of swarms of data centers, on Earth and in space.

— Mark Gongloff, Mercury News, 24 June 2026

Definition of hurried

Adjective

The rushed and botched release of Apple Intelligence made clear that Apple's AI strategy wasn't fully fleshed out.

— Kevin Stankiewicz,Zev Fima, CNBC, 10 July 2026
That said, if conversations feel rushed, defensive or unusually loaded, don’t hesitate to take a step back and catch your breath.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026

Definition of rushed

Adjective

Using flying distance, an approximate 400-mile trip became a 3,550-mile journey.

— DP Opinion, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2026
The white-gold indices, also hand-engraved, and star trails, evoking the night sky, are joined by 18-karat-pink-gold hands, a visible flying-tourbillon cage, a dual-register split-seconds flyback chronograph, and a semi-Gregorian perpetual calendar.

— Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2026

Definition of flying

Adjective

Balloons, a Colombian soccer jersey, dozens of flowers and handwritten notes – some with expletives; others, crayon drawings from children – decorated the makeshift memorial at the intersection of Hill and Pool streets.

— Cindy Carcamo, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026
Authorities said the makeshift incendiary device was made with fireworks and a flammable liquid.

— Alexx Altman-Devilbiss, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2026

Definition of makeshift

Adjective

Throw this basic tee on for a morning run along the beach or use it as a rash guard while swimming.

— Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2026
His eventual dismissal in second-half stoppage time was an exercise in rash stupidity, crashing through Spain’s teenage center back Pau Cubarsi.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of rash

Adjective

Although 58 percent of Gen Z shoppers are just as likely to make impulsive purchases as Millennials (57 percent), Zoomers tend to overspend more annually than their slightly older counterparts, by $541 versus $373, respectively.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 14 July 2026
In both cases, the act was an impulsive, existential response with no single cause.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 11 July 2026

Definition of impulsive

Adjective

But even a cursory survey of the music, from Iraq to Morocco and across time and styles from the medieval Moors’ ceremonial compositions to Quranic chants to 21st century jazz electronic Syrian wedding music, shows that there are far more than 24.

— Steve Hochman, SPIN, 15 July 2026
The snowy first look released by Apple back in March honestly bares some cursory resemblance to the snowy, period, Eastern European setting that the AI prompt manages to generate — which again is just for a storyboard!

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 2 June 2026

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