Thesaurus: sudden

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1. a. Happening without previous notice or with very brief notice; coming unexpectedly, or without the common preparation; immediate; instant; speedy.
2. a. Hastly prepared or employed; quick; rapid.
3. a. Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.
4. adv. Suddenly; unexpectedly.
5. n. An unexpected occurrence; a surprise.
6. adj. happening without warning or in a short space of time
7. 1. Happening without previous notice or with very brief notice; coming unexpectedly, or without the common preparation; immediate; instant; speedy. "O sudden wo!" Chaucer. "For fear of sudden death." Shak. Sudden fear troubleth thee. Job xxii. 10. 2. Hastly prepared or employed; quick; rapid. Never was such a sudden scholar made. Shak. The apples of Asphaltis, appearing goodly to the sudden eye. Milton. 3. Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate. [Obs.] Shak. Syn. -- Unexpected; unusual; abrupt; unlooked-for. -- Sud"den*ly, adv. -- Sud"den*ness, n. Suddenly; unexpectedly. [R.] Herbs of every leaf that sudden flowered. Milton. An unexpected occurrence; a surprise. All of a sudden, On a sudden, Of a sudden, sooner than was expected; without the usual preparation; suddenly. How art thou lost! how on a sudden lost! Milton. He withdrew his opposition all of a sudden. Thackeray.
8. Suddenly; unexpectedly. [R.]Herbs of every leaf that sudden flowered. Milton.
9. r:32/j:68 a. happening without warning or in a short space of time