Sudden [adjective]
Definition of Sudden:
unexpected; happening quickly
Synonyms of Sudden:
● Unusual
● Rapid
● Unforeseen
● Precipitous
● Hasty
● Abrupt
● Immediate
● Quick
● Swift
● Accelerated
● Acute
● Expeditious
● Fast
● Flash
● Fleet
● Headlong
● Hurried
● Impetuous
● Impromptu
● Impulsive
● Out of the blue
● Precipitate
● Rash
● Rushing
● Spasmodic
● Precipitant
● Subito
Opposite/Antonyms of Sudden:
● Expected
● Slow
● Sluggish
● Lazy
● Delayed
● Gradual
● Leisurely
Sentence/Example of Sudden:
He seemed to make a strong effort to check some sudden impulse.
Mrs. Van Geist fixed her niece with a sudden look of suspicion.
Once it was that he had felt a sudden great longing for the life of a gay city.
I might have paid them at the time, but it was all so unexpected and so sudden,—it rattled me, quite.
He was not naturally bad, but he had fallen a victim to sudden temptation.
Mary Reynolds' eyes were wide with surprise and sudden hope.
Such a change of views was not the sudden impulse of an hour.
"I didn't think it would be so sudden," she said, a little wildly.
Your sudden departure needs no other explanation to the household than this telegram.
A sudden memory of words that Viviette had used the day before occurred to him.