hastened

VERB

speed something; hurry

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accelerate expedite precipitate quicken step up urge

STRONG

advance bolt bound burn bustle clip dash dispatch express flee fly gallop goad hie hustle leap pace plunge press push race run rush scamper scoot scurry scuttle skip sprint spurt tear trot

WEAK

cover ground get cracking get the lead out haste make haste make tracks move quickly not lose a minute shake a leg step on it take wing waste no time whip around

Antonyms

STRONGEST

check decelerate halt hinder retard slow

STRONG

aid dawdle discourage dissuade face help meet pull stand stay stop wait walk

WEAK

go slow lag linger loiter procrastinate rest tarry

Example Sentences

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Appeared in the October 24, 2025, print edition as 'Key Plant Restart Hastened'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

They tried to put it on a postage stamp saying, “Atomic Bomb Hastened War’s End.”

From Slate • May 11, 2016

Hastened because she wanted to be back with Tripp as soon as might be.

From Judith of Blue Lake Ranch by Gregory, Jackson

Then the house the bridegroom entered, Hastened on beneath the roof-tree, And he spoke the words which follow: "Grant, O Jumala, thy blessing Underneath this noble roof-tree, Underneath this roof so splendid."

From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell)

He could not rest in the daytime, He could not sleep in the night, Hastened back to the old road, With the trysting-place in sight.

From The Haunted Hour An Anthology by Widdemer, Margaret