adj
Meaning 1
Very busy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I was so rushed today, I didn't have time to eat lunch.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rushed
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɹʌʃt/
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rhymes with -ʌʃt
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CMU ARPABET: R AH1 SH T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Done in haste; done quickly or hastily.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- My rushed attempt at an essay received a predictably poor grade.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Abounding or covered with rushes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
simple past and past participle of rush
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
done under pressure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a rush job
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rush(a)
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُسْتَعْجِل (mustaʕjil) — very busy
- Arabic: مُسْتَعْجِل (mustaʕjil) — very busy
- Arabic: مُصَرْفَد (muṣarfad) — very busy
- Chinese Mandarin: 慌忙 (huāngmáng) — very busy
- Chinese Mandarin: 忙碌 (mánglù) — very busy
- Finnish: kiireinen — very busy
- Italian: frettoloso — very busy
- Italian: indaffarato — very busy
- Latin: concitātus — very busy
- Norman: prêssi — very busy
- Russian: бросился (brosilsja) — very busy
- Chinese Mandarin: 匆忙的 (cōngmáng de) — done in haste
- Finnish: hätäisesti tehty — done in haste
- Finnish: kiireessä tehty — done in haste
- Italian: precipitoso — done in haste
- Italian: in fretta e furia — done in haste
- Spanish: apurado — done in haste
- Spanish: acelerado — done in haste
- Chinese Mandarin: 長滿燈心草的 /长满灯心草的 (zhǎng mǎn dēngxīncǎo de) — abounding or covered in rushes
- Finnish: vihvilöiden peittämä — abounding or covered in rushes
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