sudden en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˈsʌd.ən/
- [ˈsʌd.n̩]
Etymology
From Middle English sodeyn, sodain, from Anglo-Norman sodein, from Old French sodain, subdain (“immediate, sudden”), from Vulgar Latin *subitānus (“sudden”), from Latin subitāneus (“sudden”), from subitus (“sudden", literally, "that which has come stealthily”), originally the past participle of subīre (“to come or go stealthily”), from sub (“under”) + īre (“go”). Doublet of subitaneous. Displaced native Old English fǣrlīċ.
Meanings
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Occurring quickly with little or no warning or expectation; instantly.
From lightninges and tempeſtes, from plage, peſtilence, and famine, from battayle and murther, and from ſodayn death. / Good lord deliver us.
1552, The Boke of Common Prayer [etc.], The Letanie:I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:The sudden drop in temperature left everyone cold and confused.
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(obsolete) Hastily prepared or employed; quick; rapid.
And if along with these should come The man I held as half-divine; Should strike a sudden hand in mine, And ask a thousand things of home; […] I should not feel it to be strange.
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XIV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 22:Thus these pious flourishes and colours, examined thoroughly, are like the apples of Asphaltis, appearing goodly to the sudden eye; but look well upon them, or at least but touch them, and they turn into cinders.
1649, John Milton, Eikonoklastes:Never was such a sudden scholar made.
c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, act 1, scene 1:
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(obsolete) Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.
I have no joy of this contract to-night: / It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden;
c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, act 2, scene 2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| suddenest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| suddener | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
unsudden (antonym(s) of “all”) · gradual (antonym(s) of) · eventual
Deriveds
suddenism · suddenwoven · sudden victory · suddenness · supersudden · sudden death · sudden oak death · sudden fiction · a quick drop and a sudden stop · sudden arrhythmic death syndrome · sudden sniffing death syndrome · all the sudden · suddenly · sudden infant death syndrome · all on a sudden · Yunnan sudden death syndrome · suddenty · a short drop and a sudden stop · sudden unexpected death syndrome · sudden stratospheric warming · sudden death syndrome · sudden unexplained death syndrome · all of a sudden · sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome
Hypernyms
Relateds
summary · immediately · unceremonious · speedy
Synonyms
precipitant · subitaneous · precipitous · hotheaded (hasty, rash) · precipitate · sudden · suddent · impulsive · impetuous · spontaneous · abrupt (happening quickly)
Translations (99)
uk несподі́ваний (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · oc subte (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · mk нагол (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · nl plotselinge (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · mi ohotata (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · te హఠాత్తుగా (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · cs náhlý (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · ko 급격한 (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · liv aššõ (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · lv pēkšņs (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · is skyndilegur (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · th กะทันหัน (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · gl súbito (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · tl mabilis (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · vi đột ngột (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · pt súbito (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · da brat (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · nl plotseling (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · nn brått (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · lv spējš (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · fr soudain (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · ang fǣrlīċ (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · la subitus (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · uk на́глий (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · sv abrupt (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · ru неожи́данный (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · nb brått (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · mi matawhawhati (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · tl kaginsa-ginsa (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · sh nȅnādan (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · ca sobtat (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · eo subita (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · la repens (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · ceb kalit (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · bg внезапен (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · tl kaagad (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · de jäh (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · ru внеза́пный (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · la repentinus (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · de plötzlich (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · vi thình lình (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · ro brusc (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · az qəfil (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · pt repentino (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · mi whawhati tata (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · cmn 突然 (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · es brusco (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · pl nagły (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · fi yhtäkkinen (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · grc αἰφνίδιος (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · sm fa'afuase'i (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · fi äkillinen (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · ml പെട്ടെന്ന് (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · ltg ūms (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · gd grad (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · ro subit (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · nn plutseleg (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · km ភ្លាម (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · gl repentino (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · tl bigla (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · es súbito (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · ro neprevăzut (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · to fakatuʻupakē (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · ga tobann (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · ar مُبَاغِت (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · te అకస్మాత్తుగా (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · el ξαφνικός (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · hu hirtelen (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · he פתאומי (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · mk ненадеен (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · ja 突然の (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · sk náhly (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · nb plutselig (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · sv plötslig (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · cmn 急劇 /急剧 (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · ar مُفَاجِئ (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · it improvviso (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · hy անակնկալ (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · ht sibit (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · es repentino (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · da pludselig (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · et äkiline (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · tl kagyat (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · mn ᢉᠡᠨᠡᠳᠲᠡ (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · ltg pieškys (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · uk рапто́вий (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · ro neașteptat (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · lv straujš (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · gd obann (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · mn гэнэт (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · tl biglaan (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · sw ghafla (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · es subitáneo (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · sh nágao (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · tr ani (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · be рапто́ўны (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · sh ȉznenādan (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · fr subit (happening quickly and with little or no warning) · hy հանկարծակի (happening quickly and with little or no warning)