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(Entry 1 of 2)
acting or done with excessive or careless speed
- hurried shoppers who grab the wrong items
- ate a hurried meal
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hurried
verb
past tense of hurry
Synonyms & Antonyms of hurried (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to cause to move or proceed fast or faster
- the new nurses were hurried through the orientation program because they were so desperately needed on the ward
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2
to proceed or move quickly
- if we hurry, we'll make the four o'clock train
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- barreled
- (or barrelled),
- belted,
- blasted,
- blazed,
- blew,
- bolted,
- bombed
- [slang],
- bowled,
- breezed,
- bundled,
- bustled,
- buzzed,
- cannonballed,
- careened,
- careered,
- chased,
- coursed,
- cracked (on),
- dashed,
- drove,
- flew,
- hared,
- hastened,
- hied,
- highballed,
- hotfooted (it),
- humped,
- hurled,
- hurtled,
- hustled,
- jetted,
- jumped,
- motored,
- nipped,
- pelted,
- raced,
- rammed,
- ran
- (also chiefly dialectal run),
- ripped,
- rocketed,
- rushed,
- rustled,
- scooted,
- scurried,
- scuttled,
- shot,
- sped
- (or speeded),
- stepped,
- tore,
- traveled
- (or travelled),
- trotted,
- whirled,
- whisked,
- zipped,
- zoomed
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The first known use of hurried was in 1667
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