Antonyms for haste

Grammar : Noun

Spell : heyst

Phonetic Transcription : heɪst

Definition of haste

Origin : early 13c., from Old French haste "haste, urgency, hastiness" (12c., Modern French hâte), from Frankish *haifst "violence," from West Germanic *haifstiz (cf. Gothic haifsts "strife," Old English hæste "violent, vehement, impetuous"). To make haste is recorded by 1530s.

noun extreme speed, hurry

Example sentences :

The major was in no haste to leave, but he spent most of his time with Mark, and was in nobody's way.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Then came Alfred Ried in haste, and apologizing for the long delay.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

She would have passed him with a word in her haste, but he turned and walked with her.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Our friend will overlook the matter if you do but say that you have acted in heat and haste.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

She spoke with a touch of haste, as if battling against some hindrance within.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

He seems often to have realized the faults of his own haste.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

And in the meantime a trireme was despatched in all haste to carry their petition to Sparta.
Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell

But after a night of cool reflection they began to repent of their haste.
Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell

It was the need of being by herself, the haste of communing alone with her great happiness.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

No wonder that he was in haste to speak, after holding his tongue for such a length of time!
Extract from : « A Bell's Biography » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Synonyms for haste

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