Hurried

hurried
    adj 1: moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste; "a
           hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city";
           "a hurried job" [ant: {unhurried}]
    

Hurried \Hur"ried\, a.
   1. Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a
      hurried writer; a hurried life.
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   2. Done in a hurry; hence, imperfect; careless; as, a hurried
      job. "A hurried meeting." --Milton. -- {Hur"ried*ly}, adv.
      -- {Hur"ried*ness}, n.
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Hurry \Hur"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hurried}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Hurrying}.] [OE. horien; cf. OSw. hurra to whirl round,
   dial. Sw. hurr great haste, Dan. hurre to buzz, Icel. hurr
   hurly-burly, MHG. hurren to hurry, and E. hurr, whir to
   hurry; all prob. of imitative origin.]
   1. To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
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            Impetuous lust hurries him on.        --South.
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            They hurried him abroad a bark.       --Shak.
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   2. To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to
      confused or irregular activity.
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            And wild amazement hurries up and down
            The little number of your doubtful friends. --Shak.
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   3. To cause to be done quickly.

   Syn: To hasten; precipitate; expedite; quicken; accelerate;
        urge.
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62 Moby Thesaurus words for "hurried":
      abrupt, accident-prone, at the double, breakneck, brief, careless,
      crowded, cursory, desperate, devil-may-care, double-quick,
      double-time, expeditious, festinate, feverish, flying, frantic,
      frenetic, furious, hard-pressed, hard-pushed, hard-run,
      harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, hectic, hotheaded, immediate,
      impetuous, instant, last-minute, mad, offhand, on the double,
      on the spot, overeager, overenthusiastic, overzealous, passing,
      perfunctory, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, pressed,
      pressed for time, prompt, pushed, quick, reckless, rushed, rushing,
      short, slap-bang, slapdash, snap, speedy, sudden, superficial,
      swift, urgent, wanton, wild