hast

Examples

• All

• With a sudden hast, the actor dashed across the stage to make his entrance.

• In his hast, he finished the project before the deadline.

• As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

  Blog text (2)

• What thou hast done was out of love for thy people.

  Solomon and Sheba (1959)

• The merchandise which thou hast brought from Rome is all too dear for me.

  Antony and Cleopatra (1972)

• In one hour hast thou mighty judgment come.

  Fiction book (1997)

• How wisely hast thou made them all!

  Academic text (1995)

• And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

  Blog text (31)

• Because thou hast rejected the Word of the Lord, He hath also rejected thee from being king.

  Blog text (30)

• For thou hast killed the sweetest innocent that e'er did lift up eye.

  Antlers (2021)

Synonyms

P

pace

vshast

409 2.0

How fast someone or something moves

is the archaic, narrower term for hurried movement rather than general rate

H

hasting

vshast

• Archaic

76 9.9

A quick movement to get somewhere faster

is an archaic noun for general great speed rather than the act

H

haste

vshast

65 3.4

Very quick action that often causes mistakes

is an archaic term for the same urgency but sounding old fashioned

R

rapid pace

vshast

6 2.9

A speed of progress much faster than usual

is a single archaic word for speedy movement rather than comparative rate

S

swiftness

vshast

5 2.9

Great speed in moving or acting

is the archaic word that highlights hurry and old usage

S

speediness

vshast

2.8

How fast something happens or is done

is the archaic form focusing on hurry rather than neutral quickness

Antonyms

D

deliberation

78 4.9

Careful and calm thought or discussion before deciding

S

slowness

5 1.1

A state when something moves or happens less quickly than usual

How Fast

velocity

• Specialized

154 4.5

hast

• Archaic

8 9.9

speed

∞ 1.0

slowness

5 1.1

Surface Forms

Etymology