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incautiously: This is a trick question, so don't answer<br />

hastily.<br />

hasty adj. 1 quick, speedy, swift, rapid, fast, brisk, prompt,<br />

immediate, instantaneous: He made a hasty departure so as not<br />

to be late. 2 careless, rash, precipitate, impetuous,<br />

impulsive, reckless, thoughtless, unthinking, incautious,<br />

heedless, ill-considered, inconsiderate: His was a hasty<br />

decision. 3 quick, speedy, cursory, superficial, fleeting,<br />

passing, slapdash, perfunctory, momentary, brief: I had a hasty<br />

look at the contract, which seemed all right. 4 irritable,<br />

quick-tempered, irascible, testy, passionate, impatient,<br />

hot-tempered, petulant, waspish, volatile, contentious,<br />

choleric, splenetic, bearish, short-tempered, US and Canadian<br />

and Irish cranky: Grandfather needn't have been so hasty with<br />

the poor child.<br />

hatch v. 1 breed, brood, incubate, bring forth: <strong>The</strong> normal clutch <strong>of</strong><br />

three eggs is hatched in a fortnight. 2 devise, contrive,<br />

concoct, design, formulate, originate, invent, dream up, Colloq<br />

cook up: Two <strong>of</strong> them hatched a scheme to discredit me.<br />

hate v. 1 loathe, abhor, detest, have an aversion to, be averse to,<br />

abominate, dislike, execrate, despise, scorn: I hate the smell<br />

<strong>of</strong> petrol, it really turns my stomach. 2 be loath, be reluctant<br />

or unwilling or disinclined; resist, shrink or flinch from,<br />

dislike, shrink from: I hate to tell you what I really think.<br />

She hated revealing Bill's affair to his wife.<br />

--n. 3 hatred, abhorrence, loathing, odium, animosity, animus,<br />

antipathy, aversion, hostility, antagonism, malice, enmity,<br />

detestation: He didn't believe he could feel so much hate for<br />

one person.<br />

hateful adj. 1 loathsome, detestable, abhorrent, horrid, horrible,<br />

abominable, odious, execrable, despicable, scurvy, obnoxious,<br />

heinous, foul, contemptible, repugnant, repulsive, repellent,<br />

revolting, vile: No vice is universally so hateful as<br />

ingratitude. 2 malignant, malefic, malevolent, malicious, evil,<br />

mean, spiteful, contemptuous: She gave me a hateful glance.<br />

haughty adj. arrogant, proud, superior, self-important, smug,<br />

self-satisfied, complacent, pretentious, conceited, egotistical,

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