Antonyms for hurry
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : hur-ee, huhr-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɜr i, ˈhʌr i |
Definition of hurry
Origin :- 1590, first recorded in Shakespeare, who used it often; perhaps a variant of harry (v.), or perhaps a West Midlands sense of Middle English hurren "to vibrate rapidly, buzz," from Proto-Germanic *hurza "to move with haste" (cf. Middle High German hurren "to whir, move fast," Old Swedish hurra "to whirl round"), which also perhaps is the root of hurl. Related: hurried; hurrying.
- noun speed in action, motion
- verb act, move speedily
- Let me fix your hair and we'll hurry to Vinton's as fast as ever we can.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- Now hurry into your dressing gown and let's begin our letters.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- So hurry up and get out of here, if you know what's good for you!
- Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
- God does not hurry such: have we enough of hope for them, or patience with them?
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Even now, Burke did not look up, and his pen continued to hurry over the paper.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- You hurry me so much that I have knocked my head against the window-shutter.
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- Oh, no; I like her very much, but she was in a hurry to leave town.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- This is the animal page of the Sunday Star and Cadge is in a hurry for it, to do the obbligato.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- You see, we left the shop in such a hurry we never thought about powder and ball.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- I don't think she will, but you needn't be in a hurry—there's plenty of time.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
Synonyms for hurry
- accelerate
- barrel
- be quick
- beeline
- bestir
- breeze
- bullet
- burst
- bustle
- celerity
- commotion
- dash
- dig in
- dispatch
- drive
- expedite
- expedition
- expeditiousness
- fleet
- flit
- flurry
- fly
- get a move on
- go like lightning
- goad
- haste
- hasten
- hurry up
- hustle
- jog
- lose no time
- make haste
- make short work of
- make time
- make tracks
- nip
- precipitance
- precipitateness
- precipitation
- promptitude
- push
- quicken
- quickness
- race
- rip
- rocket
- roll
- run
- rush
- rustle
- sally
- scoot
- scurry
- shake a leg
- smoke
- speed
- speed up
- speediness
- spur
- step on gas
- step on it
- swiftness
- turn on steam
- urge
- urgency
- whirl
- whish
- whisk
- whiz
- zip
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