hurried

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hurried

  • /ˈhʌɹid/ UK
  • /ˈhʌɹid/ US
  • /ˈhɝ.id/
  • /ˈhʊɹid/ Northern England
  • /ˈhʌɾed/ Scotland
  • /ˈhʌɾid/ Wales

Rhymes with -ʌɹid

adjective more hurried · most hurried · hurryed

  1. Done in a hurry; rushed. hurried decision

verb hurryed

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of hurry

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hasty, pell-mell, precipitate, quick, rushed, overhasty, precipitant, headlong, helter-skelter, fast, flying, rush, precipitated, rash, accelerated, precipitous

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"hurried." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hurried. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"hurried." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hurried.

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@misc{hurried_2026,
  title = {hurried},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hurried},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}