Definitions for sudden

sudden sud·den

Spelling: [suhd-n]
IPA: /ˈsʌd n/

Sudden is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 66 anagrams from letters in sudden (ddensu).

Definitions for sudden

noun

  1. Obsolete. an unexpected occasion or occurrence.

Idioms

  1. all of a sudden, without warning; unexpectedly; suddenly. Also, on a sudden.

adverb

  1. Literary. suddenly.

adjective

  1. happening, coming, made, or done quickly, without warning, or unexpectedly:
  2. occurring without transition from the previous form, state, etc.; abrupt:
  3. impetuous; rash.
  4. Archaic. quickly made or provided.
  5. Obsolete. unpremeditated.

Origin of sudden

1250-1300; Middle English sodain (adj. and adv.) Middle French Latin subitāneus going or coming stealthily, equivalent to subit(us) sudden, taking by surprise (see subi

Examples for sudden

In its presence--jolting, sudden, horrific—the monster is the monster of grief.

He seemed to make a strong effort to check some sudden impulse.

Once it was that he had felt a sudden great longing for the life of a gay city.

Because they stopped and I thought, “OK, that makes sense,” and then all of a sudden I saw another issue!

People will always scratch and save if a sudden burst of unrestrained pleasure can be purchased.

I might have paid them at the time, but it was all so unexpected and so sudden,—it rattled me, quite.

Investigators will focus on whether the sudden emergency was so extreme that no degree of pilot skill would have helped.

He was not naturally bad, but he had fallen a victim to sudden temptation.

Mrs. Van Geist fixed her niece with a sudden look of suspicion.

Liu had been married just two months before and his wife now stood in this Brooklyn hospital, a sudden widow because of a madman.

Word Value for sudden
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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