Sudden

Definition: Sudden

Sudden

Adjective

1. Happening without warning or in a short space of time; "a sudden storm"; "a sudden decision"; "a sudden cure".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "sudden" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Etymology: Sudden \Sud"den\, adjective. [Old English sodian, sodein, Old French sodain, sudain, French soudain, Latin subitaneus, from subitus sudden, that has come unexpectedly, past participle of subire to come on, to steal upon; sub under, secretly + ire to go. See Issue, and compare to Subitaneous.]. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Death

Euthanasia; break up of the system; natural death, natural decay; sudden death, violent death; untimely end, watery grave; debt of nature; suffocation, asphyxia; fatal disease. (disease); death blow. (killing).

Earliness

Sudden; (instantaneous); unexpected; near, near at hand; immediate.

Impulse

Noun: impulse, sudden thought; impromptu, improvisation; inspiration, flash, spurt.

Inexpectation

Unexpected, unanticipated, unpredicted, unlooked for, unforeseen, unhoped for; dropped from the clouds; beyond expectation, contrary to expectation, against expectation, against all expectation; out of one's reckoning; unheard of; (exceptional); startling, surprising; sudden; (instantaneous).

Surprise, sudden burst, thunderclap, blow, shock, start; bolt out of the blue; wonder; eye opener.

Instantaneity

Adjective: 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.

Irascibility

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 ".

Revolution

Noun: revolution, bouleversement, subversion, break up; destruction; sudden change, radical change, sweeping organic change; change of state, phase change; quantum leap, quantum jump; clean sweep, coup d'etat, counter revolution.

Transientness

Brief, quick, brisk, extemporaneous, summary; pressed for time; (haste); sudden, momentary; (instantaneous).

Crosswords: Sudden

But you should know that sudden serious brain injury causes the victim to bite down hard (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont)

Deny my will, and the arc of your destiny will reach a sudden conclusion (Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver II; writing credit: Amy Hennig)

Okay, don't make any sudden moves (Finding Nemo; writing credit: Andrew Stanton)

She fell in with that Guinness Book of Records crowd; all of a sudden she didn't have time for me. Ohhh, I wore a fifteen-pound beard of bees for that woman, but it wasn't enough (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

And of a sudden he knew that when one woman gives herself to you, you possess all women (Rembrandt; writing credit: Carl Zuckmayer; June Head)

All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown (I SHOT THE SHERIFF; performing artist: Eric Clapton)

Like all of a sudden (Music; performing artist: Erick Sermon)

This sudden darkness fills the air (Invincible; performing artist: Pat Benatar)

When all of a sudden right up from the ground, there (Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies; performing artist: Weird Al Yankovic)

Sudden Fear (1952)

And Sudden Death (1936)

All of a Sudden Peggy (1920)

Sudden Jim (1917)

The Sudden Gentleman (1917)

Sudden Desire (performing artist: The Service)

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References

• The 2002 Official Parent's Sourcebook on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (reference)

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Books

• A Sudden Wild Magic (reference)

• Sudden Fiction (reference)

• Sudden Prey (reference)

• Sudden Turn (Rollercoaster Tycoon, 1) (reference)

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Periodicals

• Sudden Infant Death Research Foundation Newsletter (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Sudden Fear (reference)

• Sudden Impact (reference)

• Sudden Death (reference)

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Music

• Sudden Waves (reference)

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High Tech

• HIP INTERACTIVE Sudden Strike 2 (Windows) (reference)

• Sudden Strike (reference)

• Sudden Strike Gold Edition (reference)

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This is a histological slide of the human lymphotropic virus (HHV-6), a type of herpesvirus that was discovered in October, 1986. The bright immunofluorescent stain indicates a positive reaction and the HHV-6 infected lymphocytes are now producing viral antigens. The increased intensity of the immunofluorescent stain indicates a higher concentration of viral antigens. Maximal intensity indicates that the infected cell is at its peak for viral production. The cell will die within 24 hours and cause a sudden release of the virus. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Pulmonary disease common symptoms are fever, cough, and chest pain; for central nervous system disease symptoms are usually headache, lethargy, confusion, seizures, and sudden onset of neurologic deficit. Credit: CDC.

A Sudden Call, : or one of the Corporation, Summoned from his favorite Amusement. / Pub. by S.W. Fores, No. 50, Piccadilly. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

When A Baby Dies The Community Cries : Sudden Infant Death Syndrome cannot be prevented or predicted!. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

His revenge : time: any morning at 4:15 Mr. Diggs, having been kept up late for the last twenty years and rebuked for his lack of interest, develops a sudden enthusiasm : Mrs. Diggs and the girls now do the waiting. Credit: Library of Congress.

With a sudden cry of joy stretched out his hand ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Sudden activity induced by Maine. Credit: Library of Congress.

Watching the sudden eruption of a geyser in famous Yellowstone Park. Credit: Library of Congress.

Dusting planes (agricultural sprayers) fly mainly at dawn and dusk when the wind dies down. Their extreme proximity to the ground can turn any sudden gust of wind into an accident. They hedge-hop over obstacles, must remain low to the very edge of the fie. Credit: Library of Congress.

"A sudden rise in the world". Credit: Library of Congress.

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And therefore, whatever form the common-wealth is under, the ruling power ought to govern by declared and received laws, and not by extemporary dictates and undetermined resolutions: for then mankind will be in a far worse condition than in the state of nature, if they shall have armed one, or a few men with the joint power of a multitude, to force them to obey at pleasure the exorbitant and unlimited decrees of their sudden thoughts, or unrestrained, and till that moment unknown wills, without having any measures set down which may guide and justify their actions: for all the power the government has, being only for the good of the society, as it ought not to be arbitrary and at pleasure, so it ought to be exercised by established and promulgated laws; that both the people may know their duty, and be safe and secure within the limits of the law; and the rulers too kept within their bounds, and not be tempted, by the power they have in their hands, to employ it to such purposes, and by such measures, as they would not have known, and own not willingly. (Second Treatise of Government)

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A sudden seizure of a different nature from any thing foreboded by her general state, had carried her off after a short struggle

The Mouse gave a sudden leap out of the water, and seemed to quiver all over with fright

Yeah, well, maybe I don't feel so keen on doing it all of a sudden. What do you think I am, completely without any moral whatsits, what are they called, those moral things

A sudden turn of fortune awaited him there

Under the sudden glow of a lantern he could recognise the smiling face of a priest

And then, all of a sudden, the family began to function

We therefore trusted ourselves to the mercy of the waves, and in about half an hour the boat was overset by a sudden flurry from the north

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Health

Onset of the disorder is sudden. (references)

The onset of the disorder may be sudden. (references)

Sudden severe headache with no known cause. (references)

Business

This trend has been reflected by the sudden increase of sales for these systems. (references)

Despite the sudden flurry of activity in consumer e-Commerce, security remains a concern among local consumers. (references)

To many people, the prospect of a sudden increase in the number of privately owned cars in China is unthinkable. (references)

Economic History

Uzbekistan

Sudden legislative and regulatory changes are common; many decrees have secret provisions. (references)

Zambia

The sudden appreciation hurt exporters, particularly those in the non-traditional export (NTE) sector. (references)

Russia

No other economy has experienced so large and sudden a change in direction in modern history, save for Russia itself. (references)

Political Economy

OMAN

There are complaints of sudden changes in the enforcement of regulations. (references)

PANAMA

Importers of agricultural goods continue to face sudden and arbitrary changes in procedures and practices. (references)

Bahrain

Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa is the Amir of Bahrain, having assumed this mantle in March 1999 after the sudden death of his father, Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa. (references)

Trade

Qatar

However, some restrictions exist in case of sudden transfer of relatively huge amounts, as well as in cases where money laundering calls for official intervention. (references)

Colombia

The measure was taken to avoid an exchange rate imbalance that could have resulted from an influx of US dollars from the $2 billion purchase by Spanish company ENDESA in September of that year of a subsidiary of the Bogota Energy Co. While some authorized analysts say that this was a first step towards the dollarization of the Colombian economy, most concur that it was a necessary step to avoid a sudden imbalance in the exchange rate. (references)

Worker Rights

Indonesia

Therefore, sudden strikes usually result from longstanding grievances, attempts by employers to prevent the formation of union branches, or denial of legally mandated benefits or rights. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "sudden": All of a sudden ♦ notice of sudden change ♦ of a sudden ♦ on a sudden ♦ sudden and unforeseen damage ♦ sudden attack ♦ Sudden cardiac death ♦ sudden change ♦ sudden death ♦ sudden death clause ♦ sudden death game ♦ sudden death match ♦ sudden death overtime ♦ sudden drawdown ♦ sudden failure ♦ Sudden Infant Death ♦ sudden infant death syndrome ♦ Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) ♦ sudden initiative ♦ sudden ionospheric disturbance ♦ sudden movement ♦ sudden or radical change inversion ♦ sudden release of gas ♦ sudden rise ♦ sudden rupture ♦ sudden scare ♦ sudden stoppage ♦ sudden transition ♦ sudden turn ♦ Sudden Valley ♦ sudden warming ♦ upon a sudden ♦ very sudden ♦ with a sudden break is his voice. Additional references.

Beginning with "sudden": sudden-death, sudden-like.

Ending with "sudden": non-sudden.

Afrikaans

skielik (abruptly, all of a sudden, suddenly). (various references)

Albanian

i vrullshëm (blusterous, blustery, convulsive, darting, dashing, drastic, explosive, impetuous, rash, rattling, spasmodic, sweeping, tearaway, tearing, thrifty, vehement, vigorous), i papritur (abrupt, accidental, precipitate, surprising, unasked, uncontemplated, undreamed of, undreamt of, unexpected, unforeseen, unhoped, unlooked for, unrehearsed), i befasishëm. (various references)

Arabic 

‏فجائي (unexpected), ‏مفاجئ (abrupt, at sea, flash, like a bolt from the blue, precipitate, snappy, surprised, surprising, swift, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked for, unpredicted), ‏غير متوقع (abrogation, fortuitous, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked for). (various references)

Bulgarian 

внезапен (abrupt, jerky, precipitate, puffy, snap, steep, surprise, swift, unexpected), неочакван (accidental, emergent, snap, strange, surprise, surprising, swift, unanticipated, uncontemplated, undreamed of, undreamt of, unexpected, unforeseen, unhoped-for, unlooked for, unrehearsed, unsought, unsuspected), ненадеен (abrupt, surprise, surprising, unhoped-for, unlooked for, untrustworthy), прибързан (brash, hasty, headlong, ill-advised, impetuous, light hearted, overbold, precipitate, precipitatious, premature, previous, rash, slapdash, unthinking, untimely, unwary). (various references)

Chinese 

突然 (abrupt, unexpected). (various references)

Czech

ukvapený (hasty, impetuous, precipitate, precipitous, premature, rash, unadvised), neoèekávaný (casual, surprise, unexpected, unhoped-for, unlooked for), nenadálý (unexpected, unhoped-for, unlooked for), náhlý (abrupt, acute, precipitous, rude, surprise). (various references)

Danish

pludselig (abrupt). (various references)

Dutch

plotseling (abrupt, abruptly, all of a sudden, suddenly). (various references)

Esperanto

subita (abrupt). (various references)

Faeroese

knappliga (abruptly, all of a sudden, suddenly), brádliga (abruptly, all of a sudden, suddenly). (various references)

Farsi 

فوری (Immediate, Posthaste, Spontaneous, Spot, Urgent), ناگهانی (Abrupt, Precipitate, Snap), ناگهان (Aback, Abrupt, Bolt, Slapdash, Unaware, Unawares), غیرمنتظره (Unexpected, Unlookedfor, Untimely), سریع (Precipitate, Prompt, Quick, Rapid, Speedy, Swift), بی مقدمه (Short), بی خبر (Unaware, Unawares, Unconscious, Unwitting), بطورغافلگیر. (various references)

Finnish

äkillinen (abrupt, acute, hasty, precipitate). (various references)

French

subit, soudain (all of a sudden, suddenly), brusque (surprised). (various references)

German

plötzlich (abrupt, abruptly, all of a sudden, precipitate, rapid, short, snap, suddenly, unexpectedly), jäh (abrupt, abruptly, all of a sudden, headlong, precipitous, precipitously, sharp, sheer, steeply, suddenly). (various references)

Greek 

ξαφνικόσ, ξαφνικός, εξαφνικόσ, αιφνίδιοσ (abrupt), αιφνίδιος (sharp). (various references)

Hebrew 

פתאומי (abrupt, rude), פתאום (abruptly, all at once, all of a sudden, sharp, short, suddenly), חטוף (abducted, hasty, kidnapped, quick, snatched, swift), נמהר (abrupt, hasty, impetuous, precipitant, rash, unadvised, unthinking). (various references)

Hungarian

váratlan (abrupt, balk, chance, fortuitous, snap, to blitzkrieg, to strike oil, unanticipated, uncontemplated, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked for), hirtelen haragú (hot-tempered, irascible, quick tempered, quick to anger, quick-tempered). (various references)

Icelandic

snöggur (abrupt). (various references)

Indonesian

sekonyong-konyong (suddenly), pembalikan (inversion, reversal), mendadak (abrupt), dadak. (various references)

Irish

tobann. (various references)

Italian

subitaneo (abrupt). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

唐突 (abrupt). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

そつじ (abrupt), きゅうげき (classical drama, precipitous, radical), きゅう (ball, being absent, being finished, ex-, gather, gift, globe, nine, rest, retire, sleep, sphere, steep, taking a day off, urgent, wage), ふい (abrupt, unexpected, unforeseen), にわか (abrupt, improvised, offhand, unexpected), とうとつ (abrupt), とっぱつてき (unexpected). (various references)

Korean 

급격한 (Convulsive). (various references)

Manx

jeean (ardent, businesslike, diligent, eager, earnest, fervent, intense, intensive, keen, vehement, zealous), doaltattym (abrupt, unawares, unexpected). (various references)

Papiamen

abrupta (abrupt). (various references)

Pig Latin

uddensay.(various references)

Portuguese

repentino (abrupt, fulminant, hit-and-run, swift, swift-handed), súbito (abrupt, unforeseen). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

repentina. (various references)

Romanian

subit (abrupt, all of a sudden, on a sudden, sharp, suddenly, unexpected, unexpectedly, upon a sudden), violent (acute, bad, boisterous, desperate, fiercely, furious, heady, heavy, high, high-spirited, impetuous, raging, rampageous, rampant, rankly, robust, rough, rowdy, rude, rugged, severe, sharp, splitting, strong, towering, truculent, ungovernable, vehement, violent, virulent, wanton), repede (anon, apace, brisk, briskly, early, fast, fleet, fleetingly, hasty, hurried, in the same breath, quick, quickly, rapid, rapidly, rash, smartly, soon, speedy, swift, swiftly, winged), neaşteptat (abrupt, snap, undreamed of, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked for, wayward), nãprasnic (amazing, awful, impetuous, suddenly, terrible, tremendous, unexpected, violent), lucru nãprasnic, instantaneu (immediate, instantaneous, prompt, snap, snapshot, suddenly), inopinat (snap, unforeseen), grabnic (early, flying, hurried, unexpected, urgent, urgently), brusc (abrupt, abruptly, all at once, bang, bounce, brusque, plop, plump, rash, roughly, rude, sharp, sharply, short, shortly, snap, suddenly, unawares, unexpected, unexpectedly), aprins (ablaze, aflame, aglow, alight, ardent, blazing, bright, brilliant, burning, eager, fervent, fiery, glowing, hasty, heated, hot, hot-blooded, hothead, kindled, live, living, lurid, mercurial, passionate, peppery, perfervid, sharp, vehement, violent, vivid). (various references)

Russian 

внезапный (abrupt, heady, unexpected). (various references)

Scottish

obann (unexpected), grad (hasty, irascible), clis (active, quick). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

nenadan (unexpected, unhoped), naprasno, naprasan, naglo (rashly, suddenly), nagao (hasty, hotspur, impetuous, impulsive, precipitant, precipitate, precipitatious, rude, rush, temerarious), iznenadan (surprising). (various references)

Spanish

súbito (vivid), brusco (abrasive, abrupt, abruptly, bluff, blunt answer, brusque, butcher's broom, curt, gruff, offhand, sharp, snappish, terse). (various references)

Swahili

ghafula (abruptly, all of a sudden, suddenly). (various references)

Swedish

plötslig (abrupt, crash, overnight, snap). (various references)

Tagalog

kaagád (abrupt), biglâ (abrupt). (various references)

Thai

ทันทีทันใด (directly, immediate, quick, straight, straight away). (various references)

Turkish

umulmadık (improbable, unexpected, unforeseen, unhoped, unhoped-for, unimagined, unlooked for, unsuspected, unthought of), beklenmedik (abrupt, adventitious, heaven-sent, improbable, snap, surprise, unannounced, unexpected, unforeseen, unhoped, unhoped-for, unimagined, unlooked for), ansızın olan, ani (abrupt, ejaculatory, flash, instantaneous, memory, rapid, recollection, snap), aní (abrupt). (various references)

Turkmen 

zaply (swift), tarpa-taяyn, tarpa (unexpected), duяdansyz (reflexive). (various references)

Ukrainian

спішний, раптовий (abrupt, precipitate). (various references)

Vietnamese 

thình lình (bounce, slap-bang, unexpected), đột ngột. (various references)

Welsh

sydyn (abrupt), disymwth (abrupt, instantaneous), disyfyd (instantaneous), diswta (abrupt). (various references)

repens, repente, repentina, repentino, repentinus, subitaneis, subitaneus, subito, subitus. (various references)

subdain. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "sudden": suddenly, suddenness, suddennesses, suddens. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Sudden" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sden, Sedden, sludde, sodded, soddem, soden, sodin, sudda, sudded, suddel, sude, sudeo, sudve, sueden, suoden, Uddan. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: dudes, dunes, nudes.

-2 letters: dens, dude, duds, dues, dune, duns, ends, nude, send, sned, sudd, sued, unde, used.

-3 letters: den, dud, due, dun, eds, end, ens, nus, sen, sue, sun, uns, use.

-4 letters: de, ed, en, es, ne, nu, un, us.

+1 letter: defunds, denudes, dudeens, duendes, sounded, suddens.

+2 letters: daunders, denuders, dudgeons, durndest, hundreds, mueddins, redounds, stounded, suddenly, sundered, swounded, unsaddle, unseeded, unshaded.

+3 letters: astounded, denudates, deskbound, disburden, disunited, dunelands, duodenums, durnedest, husbanded, muddiness, resounded, ruddiness, subtended, suspended, transuded, unadvised, underbids, underbuds, underdoes, underdogs, undergods, underside, undersold, underused, undesired, undressed, unriddles, unsaddled, unsaddles, unsounded, unstudied, unsubdued.