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suddenness 音标拼音: [s'ʌdənnəs] n. 突然,意外 突然,意外 suddenness n 1: the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning [synonym: {abruptness}, {precipitateness}, {precipitousness}, {precipitance}, {precipitancy}, {suddenness}] 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. [1913 Webster] The apples of Asphaltis, appearing goodly to the sudden eye. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 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] 28 Moby Thesaurus words for "suddenness":
abruptness, alacrity, expeditiousness, feverishness, furiousness, haste, hastiness, hurriedness, impatience, impetuosity, impetuousness, impulsiveness, inexpectation, overhastiness, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitation, precipitatousness, precipitousness, promptness, quickness, rashness, recklessness, speed, swiftness, unanticipation, unexpectedness
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