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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Sudden \Sud"den\, adv.
     Suddenly; unexpectedly. [R.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Herbs of every leaf that sudden flowered. --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Sudden \Sud"den\, n.
     An unexpected occurrence; a surprise.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     All of a sudden, On a sudden, Of a sudden, sooner than
        was expected; without the usual preparation; suddenly.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              How art thou lost! how on a sudden lost! --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He withdrew his opposition all of a sudden.
                                                    --Thackeray.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Sudden \Sud"den\, a. [OE. sodian, sodein, OF. sodain, sudain, F.
     soudain, L. subitaneus, fr. subitus sudden, that has come
     unexpectedly, p. p. of subire to come on, to steal upon; sub
     under, secretly + ire to go. See Issue, and cf.
     Subitaneous.]
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Sudden fear troubleth thee.           --Job xxii.
                                                    10.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Hastly prepared or employed; quick; rapid.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Never was such a sudden scholar made. --Shak.
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              The apples of Asphaltis, appearing goodly to the
              sudden eye.                           --Milton.
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     3. Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate. [Obs.] --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Unexpected; unusual; abrupt; unlooked-for.
          [1913 Webster] -- Sud"den*ly, adv. -- Sud"den*ness,
          n.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Sudden \Sud"den\, n.
     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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Sudden \Sud"den\, a. [OE. sodian, sodein, OF. sodain, sudain, F.
     soudain, L. subitaneus, fr. subitus sudden, that has come
     unexpectedly, p. p. of subire to come on, to steal upon; sub
     under, secretly + ire to go. See Issue, and cf.
     Subitaneous.]
     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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Sudden \Sud"den\, adv.
     Suddenly; unexpectedly. [R.]
  
           Herbs of every leaf that sudden flowered. --Milton.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  sudden
       adj : happening without warning or in a short space of time; "a
             sudden storm"; "a sudden decision"; "a sudden cure"
             [ant: gradual]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  sudden
     Αγγλικά a.
     αιφνίδιος, ξαφνικός, απροσδόκητος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  sudden
     Swedish n.
     1 (noun form of sv sudd  def s g=c)
     2 (noun form of sv sudd  def p g=n)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  sudden
     a.
     Happening quickly and with little or no warning.
     adv.
     (lb en poetic) suddenly.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) An unexpected occurrence; a surprise.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  sudden
     Swedish n.
     1 (noun form of sv sudd  def s g=c)
     2 (noun form of sv sudd  def p g=n)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  sudden
     Swedish n.
     1 (noun form of sv sudd  def s g=c)
     2 (noun form of sv sudd  def p g=n)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  sudden
     Englanti a.
     äkillinen, yhtäkkinen, äkki-

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  sudden
     n.
     (böjning sv subst sudd)

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  sudden
     n.
     (böjning sv subst sudd)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Sudden /sˈʌdən/
  مفاجئ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  sudden //ˈsʌdən// /[ˈsʌdn̩]/ 
  внезапен
  happening quickly and with little or no warning

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sudden /sˈʌdən/ 
  neočekávaný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sudden /sˈʌdən/
  náhlý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sudden /sˈʌdən/ 
  nenadálý

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  sudden /sˈʌdən/ 
  sydyn 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sudden /sˈʌdən/
  plötzlich, unvermittelt, jäh 
   see: very sudden
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sudden /sˈʌdən/
  schlagartig 

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  sudden /sˈʌdən/
  
  αιφνίδιος, ξαφνικός

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  sudden //ˈsʌdən// /[ˈsʌdn̩]/ 
  yhtäkkinen, äkillinen
  happening quickly and with little or no warning

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  sudden /sʌdn/
  soudain, subit

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  sudden /sˈʌdən/ 
  1. अचानक
        "All of a sudden, the front tyre burst."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  sudden /sˈʌdən/
  iznenada, iznenadan, najednom, nenadan, neočekivan

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  sudden /sˈʌdən/
  1. váratlan
  2. gyors
  3. hirtelen haragú
  4. hirtelen
  5. azonnali

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  sudden /sˈʌdən/
  subitaneo

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  sudden //ˈsʌdən// /[ˈsʌdn̩]/ 
  突然
  happening quickly and with little or no warning

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  sudden /sʌdn/
  repentinus

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  sudden /sʌdn/
  plotseling

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  sudden /ˈsʌdən/ 
   1.  nagły
   2.  all of a sudden (:all :of :a :sudden)
   - nagle, znienacka

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  sudden /sʌdn/
  brusco, repentino, súbito

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  sudden //ˈsʌdən// /[ˈsʌdn̩]/ 
  plötslig
  happening quickly and with little or no warning

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  sudden /sˈʌdən/
  1. apansız, birdenbire çıkan, ani. sudden death ani ölüm
  2. (spor) beraberlik durumunu çözmek için neticeyi bir puana bağlama
  3. neticeyi bir yazıtura atışıyla halletme. all of a sudden ansızın, birdenbire, aniden. suddenly  birdenbire, ansızın. suddenness  birdenbire vaki olma.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈsədən/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  60 Moby Thesaurus words for "sudden":
     aback, abrupt, abruptly, accelerated, breakneck, breathless, brisk,
     electrifying, expeditious, extraordinary, fast, fleet, forthwith,
     hasty, headlong, hurried, immediate, impatient, impetuous,
     improbable, impulsive, more than expected, nerve-shattering,
     out-of-the-way, overhasty, panting, past expectation, precipitant,
     precipitate, precipitous, quick, rapid, rash, reckless, rushing,
     shocking, short, speedy, startling, suddenly, surprising, swift,
     unannounced, unanticipated, unanticipatedly, unaware, undivined,
     unexpected, unexpectedly, unforeseeable, unforeseen, unguessed,
     unheralded, unhoped for, unlooked-for, unpredictable, unpredicted,
     unprepared for, unwonted, without warning
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 突然,忽然;
  a. 突然的,快速的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 突然,忽然
     a. 突然的,意外的,快速的,即刻的

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