N. instantaneity,
instantaneousness,
immediacy, suddenness,
abruptness, moment, instant, second, minute,
twinkling,
trice,
flash, breath,
crack,
jiffy,
coup,
burst, flash of lightning, stroke of time, epoch, time, time of day, time of night, hour, minute, very minute &c, very time, very hour, present time, right time, true time, exact correct time
Adj. instantaneous,
momentary, sudden, immediate, instant,
abrupt, discontinuous,
precipitous,
precipitant,
precipitate,
subitaneous,
hasty, quick as thought, quick as lightning, quick as a flash, rapid as electricity,
speedy, quick, fast, fleet, swift, lively, blitz, rapid (velocity) 274
Adv. instantaneously, in no time, in less than no time,
presto,
subito, instanter, suddenly, at a stroke, like a shot, in a moment, in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a trice, in one's tracks, right away, toute a l'heure, at one jump, in the same breath, per saltum, uno saltu, at once, all at once,
plump,
slap, "at one fell swoop", at the same instant, immediately,
extempore, on the moment, on the spot, on the spur of the moment, no sooner said than done, just then, slap-dash
Phr. touch and go, no sooner said than done
Haste Roget’s Thesaurus §684 N. haste,
urgency,
despatch,
dispatch,
acceleration,
spurt,
spirt, forced march,
rush,
dash, speed, velocity,
precipitancy,
precipitation,
precipitousness,
impetuosity, brusquerie,
hurry, drive,
scramble,
bustle,
fuss,
fidget,
flurry,
flutter,
splutter V. haste,
hasten, make haste, make a dash, hurry on, dash on, whip on, push on, press on, press forward,
hurry,
skurry, scuttle along, barrel along, bundle on, dart to and fro,
bustle,
flutter,
scramble,
plunge, plunge headlong, dash off,
rush, express, bestir oneself, lose no time, lose not a moment, lose not an instant, make short work of, make the best of one's time, make the best of one's way, be precipitate, jump at, be in haste, be in a hurry, have no time, have not a moment to lose, have not a moment to spare, work against time,
quicken,
accelerate,
expedite, put on,
precipitate,
urge,
whip,
railroad Adj. hasty,
hurried,
brusque,
scrambling,
cursory,
precipitate,
headlong,
furious,
boisterous,
impetuous,
hotheaded,
feverish,
fussy,
pushing, in haste, in a hurry, in hot haste, in all haste, breathless, pressed for time, hard pressed,
urgent Adv. with haste, with all haste, with breathless speed, in haste,
apace,
amain, all at once, at short notice &c, immediately,
posthaste, by cable, by express, by telegraph, by forced marches,
hastily,
precipitately,
helter-skelter,
hurry-skurry, holus-bolus,
slapdash, slap-bang, full-tilt, full drive, heels over head, head and shoulders,
headlong, a corps perdu, by fits and starts, by spurts, hop skip and jump
Phr. sauve qui peut, devil take the hindmost, no time to be lost, no sooner said than done, a word and a blow, haste makes waste, maggiore fretta minore atto, ohne hast aber ohne rast, "stand not upon the order of your going but go at once", "swift, swift, you dragons of the night"
N. excitability,
impetuosity,
vehemence,
boisterousness,
turbulence,
impatience,
intolerance, nonendurance,
irritability,
itching,
wincing, disquiet,
disquietude,
restlessness, fidgets,
fidgetiness, agitation,
trepidation,
perturbation,
ruffle,
hurry,
fuss,
flurry,
fluster,
flutter,
pother,
stew,
ferment,
whirl, buck fever,
hurry-skurry,
thrill, state of excitement, fever of excitement, transport, passion, excitement,
flush, heat, fever, heat, fire, flame,
fume, blood boiling,
tumult,
effervescence,
ebullition, boiling over,
whiff,
gust, story,
tempest, scene, breaking out,
burst, fit,
paroxysm,
explosion, outbreak,
outburst,
agony, violence, fierceness,
rage,
fury, furor,
furore,
desperation, madness, distraction,
raving,
delirium,
phrensy,
frenzy,
hysterics,
intoxication, tearing passion, raging passion, anger,
fascination,
infatuation,
fanaticism,
quixotism,
quixotry, tete montee
V. be impatient, not be able to bear, bear ill,
wince,
chafe, champ a bit, be in a stew, be out of all patience,
fidget,
fuss, not have a wink of sleep, toss on one's pillow, lose one's temper, break out, burst out, fly out, go off, fly off, fly off at a tangent, fly off the handle, lose one's cool,
explode, flare up, flame up, fire up, burst into a flame, take fire, fire, burn,
boil, boil over,
foam,
fume,
rage,
rave,
rant,
tear, go wild, run wild, run mad, go into hysterics, run riot, run amuck, battre la campagne, faire le diable a quatre, play the deuce
Adj. excitable, easily excited, in an excitable state,
high-strung,
irritable, impatient,
intolerant,
feverish,
febrile,
hysterical,
delirious,
mad,
moody,
maggoty-headed, unquiet,
mercurial, electric,
galvanic,
hasty,
hurried, restless,
fidgety,
fussy,
chafing,
startlish,
mettlesome,
high-mettled,
skittish,
vehement,
demonstrative, violent, wild,
furious, fierce,
fiery, hot- headed,
madcap,
overzealous,
enthusiastic, impassioned,
fanatical,
rabid,
rampant,
clamorous,
uproarious,
turbulent,
tempestuous,
tumultuary,
boisterous, impulsive,
impetuous,
passionate,
uncontrolled,
uncontrollable,
ungovernable,
irrepressible,
stanchless,
inextinguishable, burning,
simmering, volcanic, ready to burst forth, volatile, excited, exciting
Int. pish,
pshaw, phr, noli me tangere, "filled with fury, rapt, inspir'd", maggiore fretta minore atto
N. irascibility,
irascibleness, temper, crossness,
susceptibility,
procacity,
petulance,
irritability,
tartness,
acerbity,
protervity,
pugnacity,
excitability, bad temper, fiery temper, crooked temper,
irritable, temper, genus irritabile, hot blood, ill humor, asperity &c,
churlishness,
huff, a word and a blow, sir fretful plagiary,
brabbler,
tartar,
shrew,
vixen,
virago,
termagant,
dragon,
scold, xantippe,
porcupine,
spitfire, fire eater,
fury V. be irascible, have a temper, have a devil in one, fire up
Adj. irascible, bad-tempered,
ill-tempered,
irritable,
susceptible, excitable,
thin-skinned,
fretful,
fidgety, on the fret,
hasty,
overhasty, quick, warm, hot,
testy,
touchy,
techy,
tetchy, like touchwood, like tinder,
huffy,
pettish,
petulant,
waspish,
snappish,
peppery,
fiery,
passionate,
choleric,
shrewish, "sudden and quick in quarrel",
querulous,
captious,
moodish,
quarrelsome,
contentious,
disputatious,
pugnacious,
cantankerous,
exceptious, restiff,
churlish, cross, cross as crabs, cross as two sticks, cross as a cat, cross as a dog, cross as the tongs,
fractious,
peevish, acaritre, in a bad temper,
sulky,
angry, resentful, resentive,
vindictive Int. pish, phr, a vieux comptes nouvelles disputes, quamvis tegatur proditur vultu furor, vino tortus et ira
