Usually means: Abrupt, unexpected occurrence or change.
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  1. sudden: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sudden: Merriam-Webster
  3. sudden, sudden: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sudden: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sudden: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sudden: Vocabulary.com
  7. Sudden, sudden: Wordnik
  8. sudden: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. sudden: Wiktionary
  10. sudden: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. sudden: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. sudden: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. sudden: Dictionary.com
  14. sudden: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. sudden: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Sudden (TV series), Sudden: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Sudden: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. sudden: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. sudden: Rhymezone
  20. sudden: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. sudden: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. sudden: FreeDictionary.org
  23. sudden: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. sudden: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  25. sudden: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. sudden: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

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  1. sudden: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sudden: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sudden)

▸ adjective:  Occurring quickly with little or no warning or expectation; instantly.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Hastily prepared or employed; quick; rapid.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.
▸ adverb:  (poetic) Suddenly.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) An unexpected occurrence; a surprise.

Similar:
abrupt, explosive, sharp, unexpected, unforeseen, suddent, suddently, inexplicable, strange, drastic, more...

Opposite:
gradual, slow, progressive, deliberate, incremental

Types:
cardiac, respiratory, neurological, psychological, more...

Phrases:
sudden death, Sudden Attack, sudden deaths, sudden terror, sudden deafness, more...

Adjectives:
false, avaricious, old, beautiful, secret, clinical, dark, bright

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Similar:
abrupt, explosive, sharp, unexpected, unforeseen, suddent, suddently, inexplicable, strange, drastic, more...

Opposite:
gradual, slow, progressive, deliberate, incremental

Types:
cardiac, respiratory, neurological, psychological, more...

Phrases:
sudden death, Sudden Attack, sudden deaths, sudden terror, sudden deafness, sudden commencement, sudden infant death syndrome, all of a sudden, of a sudden, on a sudden, sudden adult death syndrome, more...

Adjectives:
false, avaricious, old, beautiful, secret, clinical, dark, bright

Colors:
    crimson,     scarlet,     electric blue,     neon green,     vivid red, more...



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