| abruptness | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness | an abrupt discourteous manner. |
| ~ rudeness, discourtesy | a manner that is rude and insulting. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. abruptness, precipitousness, steepness | the property possessed by a slope that is very steep. |
| ~ gradient, slope | the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal.; "a five-degree gradient" |
| n. (attribute) | 3. abruptness, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitousness, suddenness | the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning. |
| ~ haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, precipitation | overly eager speed (and possible carelessness).; "he soon regretted his haste" |
| acute | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. acute, acute accent, ague | a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation. |
| ~ accent mark, accent | a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation. |
| adj. | 2. acute | having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course.; "acute appendicitis"; "the acute phase of the illness"; "acute patients" |
| ~ medical specialty, medicine | the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques. |
| ~ subacute | less than acute; relating to a disease present in a person with no symptoms of it. |
| adj. | 3. acute, intense | extremely sharp or intense.; "acute pain"; "felt acute annoyance"; "intense itching and burning" |
| ~ sharp | keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point.; "a sharp pain"; "sharp winds" |
| adj. | 4. acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp | having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions.; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations" |
| ~ perceptive | having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment.; "a perceptive eye"; "a perceptive observation" |
| adj. | 5. acute | of an angle; less than 90 degrees. |
| adj. | 6. acuate, acute, needlelike, sharp | ending in a sharp point. |
| ~ pointed | having a point. |
| adj. | 7. acute | of critical importance and consequence.; "an acute (or critical) lack of research funds" |
| ~ critical | being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency.; "a critical shortage of food"; "a critical illness"; "an illness at the critical stage" |
| fleeting | | |
| adj. | 1. fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, momentary | lasting for a markedly brief time.; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse" |
| ~ short | primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration.; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months" |
| sudden | | |
| adj. | 1. sudden | happening without warning or in a short space of time.; "a sudden storm"; "a sudden decision"; "a sudden cure" |
| ~ fast | acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly.; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car" |
| ~ abrupt | exceedingly sudden and unexpected.; "came to an abrupt stop"; "an abrupt change in the weather" |
| ~ choppy, jerky | marked by abrupt transitions.; "choppy prose" |
| ~ emergent | occurring unexpectedly and requiring urgent action.; "emergent repair of an aorta" |
| ~ explosive | sudden and loud.; "an explosive laugh" |
| ~ fulminant | sudden and severe.; "fulminant pain"; "fulminant fever" |
| ~ sharp | very sudden and in great amount or degree.; "a sharp drop in the stock market" |
| abruptly | | |
| adv. | 1. abruptly, dead, short, suddenly | quickly and without warning.; "he stopped suddenly" |
| suddenly | | |
| adv. | 1. all of a sudden, of a sudden, suddenly | happening unexpectedly.; "suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her side" |
| adv. | 2. on the spur of the moment, suddenly | on impulse; without premeditation.; "he decided to go to Chicago on the spur of the moment"; "he made up his mind suddenly" |
| jiffy | | |
| n. (time) | 1. blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, new york minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink | a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat).; "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash" |
| ~ mo, minute, moment, second, bit | an indefinitely short time.; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit" |
| dali | | |
| n. (person) | 1. dali, salvador dali | surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989). |
| ~ painter | an artist who paints. |
| quick | | |
| n. (body) | 1. quick | any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail). |
| ~ region, area | a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve.; "in the abdominal region" |
| adj. | 2. quick, speedy | accomplished rapidly and without delay.; "was quick to make friends"; "his quick reaction prevented an accident"; "hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem"; "a speedy recovery"; "he has a right to a speedy trial" |
| ~ fast | acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly.; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car" |
| adj. | 3. fast, flying, quick | hurried and brief.; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit" |
| ~ hurried | moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste.; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"; "a hurried job" |
| adj. | 4. agile, nimble, quick, spry | moving quickly and lightly.; "sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it" |
| ~ active | characterized by energetic activity.; "an active toddler"; "active as a gazelle"; "an active man is a man of action" |
| adj. | 5. quick, ready | apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity.; "a quick mind"; "a ready wit" |
| ~ intelligent | having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree.; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question" |
| adj. | 6. immediate, prompt, quick, straightaway | performed with little or no delay.; "an immediate reply to my letter"; "a prompt reply"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial" |
| ~ fast | acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly.; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car" |
| adj. | 7. quick, warm | easily aroused or excited.; "a quick temper"; "a warm temper" |
| ~ excitable | easily excited. |
| adv. | 8. promptly, quick, quickly | with little or no delay.; "the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!" |
| faster | | |
| adv. | 1. faster, quicker | more quickly. |
| hurry | | |
| n. (state) | 1. haste, hurry | a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry.; "in a hurry to lock the door" |
| ~ urgency | the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, precipitation | overly eager speed (and possible carelessness).; "he soon regretted his haste" |
| ~ fastness, swiftness, speed | a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens.; "the project advanced with gratifying speed" |
| ~ precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, suddenness, precipitousness, abruptness | the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning. |
| n. (act) | 3. haste, hurry, rush, rushing | the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner.; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book" |
| ~ movement, move, motion | the act of changing location from one place to another.; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" |
| ~ bolt, dash | the act of moving with great haste.; "he made a dash for the door" |
| ~ scamper, scurry, scramble | rushing about hastily in an undignified way. |
| v. (motion) | 4. hurry, speed, travel rapidly, zip | move very fast.; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ dart, fleet, flit, flutter | move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart.; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches" |
| ~ run | move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time.; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store" |
| ~ whizz along, zoom, zoom along, whizz | move along very quickly. |
| v. (change) | 5. festinate, hasten, hurry, look sharp, rush | act or move at high speed.; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| v. (change) | 6. hurry, rush | urge to an unnatural speed.; "Don't rush me, please!" |
| ~ festinate, hasten, look sharp, hurry, rush | act or move at high speed.; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!" |
| ~ urge, exhort, press, urge on | force or impel in an indicated direction.; "I urged him to finish his studies" |
| rush | | |
| n. (event) | 1. rush, spate, surge, upsurge | a sudden forceful flow. |
| ~ flow, flowing | the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases). |
| ~ debris storm, debris surge | the sudden spread of dust and debris from a collapsing building.; "the destruction of the building produced an enormous debris surge" |
| ~ onrush | a forceful forward rush or flow.; "from the bow she stared at the mesmerising onrush of the sea where it split and foamed"; "the explosion interrupted the wild onrush of her thoughts" |
| n. (plant) | 2. rush | grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems. |
| ~ family juncaceae, juncaceae, rush family | tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes. |
| ~ common rush, juncus effusus, soft rush, bullrush, bulrush | tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America. |
| ~ jointed rush, juncus articulatus | rush of Australia. |
| ~ juncus bufonius, toad rush | low-growing annual rush of damp low-lying ground; nearly cosmopolitan. |
| ~ hard rush, juncus inflexus | tall rush of temperate regions. |
| ~ juncus leseurii, salt rush | rush of the Pacific coast of North America. |
| ~ juncus tenuis, slender rush | tufted wiry rush of wide distribution. |
| ~ bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant | a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath. |
| n. (person) | 3. benjamin rush, rush | physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813). |
| ~ american revolutionary leader | a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States. |
| ~ doc, doctor, physician, dr., md, medico | a licensed medical practitioner.; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor" |
| n. (feeling) | 4. bang, boot, charge, flush, kick, rush, thrill | the swift release of a store of affective force.; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks" |
| ~ excitement, exhilaration | the feeling of lively and cheerful joy.; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed" |
| n. (event) | 5. rush | a sudden burst of activity.; "come back after the rush" |
| ~ flare-up, outburst, burst | a sudden intense happening.; "an outburst of heavy rain"; "a burst of lightning" |
| n. (act) | 6. rush, rushing | (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line.; "the linebackers were ready to stop a rush" |
| ~ american football, american football game | a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays. |
| ~ running, running game, running play, run | (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team.; "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running" |
| v. (motion) | 7. belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it | move fast.; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ barge, push forward, thrust ahead | push one's way.; "she barged into the meeting room" |
| ~ shoot down, buck, tear, charge, shoot | move quickly and violently.; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office" |
| ~ dash, scoot, scud, dart, flash, shoot | run or move very quickly or hastily.; "She dashed into the yard" |
| v. (competition) | 8. rush | attack suddenly. |
| ~ assail, assault, set on, attack | attack someone physically or emotionally.; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly" |
| ~ charge, bear down | to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle.; "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork" |
| v. (motion) | 9. rush | run with the ball, in football. |
| ~ run | move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time.; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store" |
| v. (motion) | 10. race, rush | cause to move fast or to rush or race.; "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (creation) | 11. hasten, induce, rush, stimulate | cause to occur rapidly.; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions" |
| ~ effect, effectuate, set up | produce.; "The scientists set up a shock wave" |
| adj. | 12. first-come-first-serve, rush | not accepting reservations. |
| ~ unreserved | not reserved. |
| adj. | 13. rush, rushed | done under pressure.; "a rush job" |
| ~ hurried | moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste.; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"; "a hurried job" |
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