The quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning.

synoniemen: abruptness, precipitance, precipitateness, precipitousness, suddenness.

Roget 684: haste, urgency; despatch, dispatch; acceleration, spurt, spirt^†, forced march, rush, dash; speed, velocity etc. 274; precipitancy, precipitation, precipitousness etc. adj.; impetuosity; brusquerie^†; hurry, drive, scramble, bustle, fuss, fidget, flurry, flutter, splutter.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 863: rashness etc. adj.; temerity, want of caution, imprudence, indiscretion; overconfidence, presumption, audacity.    precipitancy, precipitation; impetuosity; levity; foolhardihood^†, foolhardiness; heedlessness, thoughtlessness etc. (inattention) 458; carelessness etc. (neglect) 460; desperation; Quixotism, knight-errantry; fire eating.    gaming, gambling; blind bargain, leap in the dark, leap of faith, fool's paradise; too many eggs in one basket.    desperado, rashling^†, madcap, daredevil, Hotspur, fire eater, bully, bravo, Hector, scapegrace, enfant perdu [Fr.]; Don Quixote, knight-errant, Icarus; adventurer; gambler, gamester; dynamitard^†; boomer [U.S.].    ... meer laten zien

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