hastening
Making something faster
Hastening is the present participle of hasten, meaning to move or act quickly, or to cause something to happen sooner than it otherwise would.
Someone hastening to catch a train is hurrying; a policy hastening economic decline is accelerating it.
She was hastening toward the exit when I spotted her.
The word carries a sense of urgency that distinguishes it from simply going or moving.
Increasing in speed
- expeditingMaking progress faster
- rushingRapid forward movement
- hurryingMoving with urgent speed
- pressingRequiring immediate attention
precipitating · advancing · quickening · pushing · driving · forcing · speeding · fast-tracking
Rapid forward movement
- dashingSpiritedly stylish and bold
- sprintingMaximum-speed locomotion on foot
- racingSpeed competition sport
- scurryingHasty, light-footed motion
scampering · hurrying · bolting · darting · charging · fleeing · galloping · scrambling
Intensely wanting something
- anxiousTroubled by uncertainty
- impatientUnwilling to wait
- restlessUnable to be still
- antsyRestlessly eager or nervous
fidgety · expectant · breathless · agitated · yearning · itching · champing · keen
Becoming progressively worse
- worseningBecoming more severe
- acceleratingIncreasing in speed
- decliningDecreasing in strength
- crumblingBreaking down gradually
fading · withering · decaying · degenerating · eroding · collapsing · failing · weakening
accelerating
Increasing in speed
- expeditingMaking progress faster
- rushingRapid forward movement
- hurryingMoving with urgent speed
pressing · precipitating · advancing · quickening · pushing · driving · forcing · speeding · fast-tracking · propelling
rushing
Rapid forward movement
- dashingSpiritedly stylish and bold
- sprintingMaximum-speed locomotion on foot
- racingSpeed competition sport
scurrying · scampering · hurrying · bolting · darting · charging · fleeing · galloping · scrambling · hustling
eager
Intensely wanting something
antsy · fidgety · expectant · breathless · agitated · yearning · itching · champing · keen · avid
deteriorating
Becoming progressively worse
- worseningBecoming more severe
- acceleratingIncreasing in speed
- decliningDecreasing in strength
crumbling · fading · withering · decaying · degenerating · eroding · collapsing · failing · weakening · dwindling
- rushingrushing, hurrying, dashing, sprinting, racing
- time verbswait, pause, delay, hurry, rush
- accelerationaccelerate, acceleration, accelerating, speed up, speeding up
- helping actionshelping, aiding, assisting, supporting, enabling