hurried
Quick and careless
Hurried describes something done quickly, often with a sense of urgency or insufficient time.
A hurried breakfast is eaten in haste.
A hurried glance is brief and cursory.
The word often implies carelessness or lack of thoroughness: Her hurried response contained several errors.
Someone who looks hurried appears rushed or pressed for time.
Excessively quick, ill-considered
- swiftMoving with speed
- quickMoving with speed
- briskQuick and invigorating
- speedyCharacterized by quickness
expeditious · accelerated · rapid · fast-paced · scurried · dashed · rushed · breathless
Hasty and incomplete
- perfunctoryDone with minimal effort
- slapdashHasty and careless
- superficialLacking depth or substance
- sloppyCareless and untidy
half-hearted · negligent · slipshod · haphazard · offhand · rushed · thrown-together · makeshift
Motivated by due dates
- pressedPushed or smoothed flat
- squeezedPressed firmly together
- franticWildly anxious or desperate
- hecticIntensely busy, almost overwhelming
harried · frenzied · overwhelmed · stressed · panicked · desperate · last-minute · crunch-time
Nervously upset and confused
- agitatedEmotionally disturbed, restless
- frazzledMentally and physically depleted
- rattledDisturbed and unsettled
- nervousUneasy and apprehensive
jittery · tense · on-edge · unsettled · worried · apprehensive · uneasy · restless
Restlessly eager or nervous
- restlessUnable to be still
- fidgetyNervously unable to settle
- eagerIntensely wanting something
- short-temperedProne to sudden anger
snappy · irritable · testy · exasperated · frustrated · itching · agitated · edgy
Requiring immediate attention
- immediateHappening without delay
- time-sensitiveRequiring prompt action
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- emergencySerious sudden danger
priority · crucial · dire · compelling · expedited · stat · ASAP · eleventh-hour
hasty
Excessively quick, ill-considered
speedy · expeditious · accelerated · rapid · fast-paced · scurried · dashed · rushed · breathless · whirlwind
cursory
Hasty and incomplete
- perfunctoryDone with minimal effort
- slapdashHasty and careless
- superficialLacking depth or substance
sloppy · half-hearted · negligent · slipshod · haphazard · offhand · rushed · thrown-together · makeshift · botched
deadline-driven
Motivated by due dates
hectic · harried · frenzied · overwhelmed · stressed · panicked · desperate · last-minute · crunch-time · swamped
flustered
Nervously upset and confused
- agitatedEmotionally disturbed, restless
- frazzledMentally and physically depleted
- rattledDisturbed and unsettled
nervous · jittery · tense · on-edge · unsettled · worried · apprehensive · uneasy · restless · panicky
antsy
Restlessly eager or nervous
short-tempered · snappy · irritable · testy · exasperated · frustrated · itching · agitated · edgy · pushing
pressing
Requiring immediate attention
- immediateHappening without delay
- time-sensitiveRequiring prompt action
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
emergency · priority · crucial · dire · compelling · expedited · stat · ASAP · eleventh-hour
- handwritingcursive, block letters, penmanship, print letters, legible
- urgencyurgent, urgently, emergency, ASAP, stat
- movement verbsgo, walk, run, move, walked
- upbeatcheerful, lighthearted, peppy, lively, animated
- disappearedvanished, disappeared, gone, vanish, faded
- motionmotion, movement, velocity, speed, momentum
hurrieddeliberate
Consciously chosen, not accidental
considered · careful · methodical · measured · calculated
- hurried upIncreased one's speed
- hurries upIncreases one's speed
- hurried along
- hurried up and waitedHastened then paused expectantly