Suddenness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈʌdənnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈʌdənnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈʌdənnəs/

3 syllables Say it as /sˈʌdənnəs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

precipitance precipitancy precipitousness precipitateness abruptness

Word Forms

abrupt	adjective	exceedingly sudden and unexpected
precipitate	adjective	done with very great haste and without due deliberation; - Shakespeare; - Arthur Geddes
precipitous	adjective	done with very great haste and without due deliberation; - Shakespeare; - Arthur Geddes
precipitant	adjective	done with very great haste and without due deliberation; - Shakespeare; - Arthur Geddes
sudden	adjective	happening without warning or in a short space of time

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Plötzlichkeit

die Qualität, dass es in überstürzter Eile oder ohne Vorwarnung geschieht

🇫🇷French

soudaineté

la qualité de se produire avec précipitation ou sans avertissement

🇪🇸Spanish

brusquedad

la cualidad de suceder con precipitación precipitada o sin previo aviso

🇮🇹Italian

repentinità

la qualità di accadere con fretta precipitosa o senza preavviso

🇳🇱Dutch

plotselingheid

de kwaliteit van het gebeuren met halsoverkop of zonder waarschuwing

🇵🇹Portuguese

rapidez

a qualidade de acontecer com pressa precipitada ou sem aviso prévio

🇷🇺Russian

внезапность

качество происходящего с опрометчивой поспешностью или без предупреждения

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चंचलता

बिना किसी चेतावनी के या बिना किसी चेतावनी के घटित होने की गुणवत्ता

🇧🇩Bengali

আকস্মিকতা

মাথা দীর্ঘ তড়িঘড়ি বা সতর্কতা ছাড়াই ঘটছে গুণমান

🇮🇳Tamil

திடீர்

அவசர அவசரமாக அல்லது எச்சரிக்கை இல்லாமல் நடக்கும் தரம்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఆకస్మికత

అతి తొందరపాటుతో లేదా హెచ్చరిక లేకుండా జరిగే నాణ్యత

🇮🇳Marathi

अचानकपणा

घाईघाईने किंवा चेतावणीशिवाय घडण्याची गुणवत्ता

🇮🇳Gujarati

આકસ્મિકતા

લાંબી ઉતાવળ સાથે અથવા ચેતવણી વિના થવાની ગુણવત્તા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಠಾತ್

ತರಾತುರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅಥವಾ ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆಯಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಸಂಭವಿಸುವ ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പെട്ടെന്നുള്ള

തലയെടുപ്പോടെയോ മുന്നറിയിപ്പില്ലാതെയോ സംഭവിക്കുന്നതിൻ്റെ ഗുണനിലവാരം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਚਾਨਕ

ਸਿਰ ਦੀ ਜਲਦਬਾਜ਼ੀ ਨਾਲ ਜਾਂ ਬਿਨਾਂ ਚੇਤਾਵਨੀ ਦੇ ਵਾਪਰਨ ਦੀ ਗੁਣਵੱਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

اچانک

تیز رفتاری کے ساتھ یا بغیر انتباہ کے ہونے کا معیار

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

突然性

仓促或毫无预兆地发生的质量

🇯🇵Japanese

突然

急いで、または警告なしに起こることの性質

🇰🇷Korean

돌연

급하게 또는 경고 없이 일어나는 일의 질

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự đột ngột

chất lượng xảy ra một cách vội vàng hoặc không có cảnh báo

🇹🇭Thai

ความฉับพลัน

คุณภาพที่เกิดขึ้นด้วยความเร่งรีบหรือไม่มีการเตือนล่วงหน้า

🇮🇩Indonesian

tiba-tiba

kualitas yang terjadi dengan tergesa-gesa atau tanpa peringatan

🇵🇭Filipino

biglaan

ang kalidad ng nangyayari nang may pagmamadali o walang babala

🇲🇾Malay

mengejut

kualiti yang berlaku dengan tergesa-gesa atau tanpa amaran

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

فجائية

جودة حدوثه على عجل أو دون سابق إنذار

🇮🇷Persian

ناگهانی

کیفیت اتفاق با عجله یا بدون اخطار

🇹🇷Turkish

anilik

aceleyle veya uyarı vermeden gerçekleşme kalitesi

🇮🇱Hebrew

פִּתְאוֹמִיוּת

איכות ההתרחשות בחיפזון או בלי אזהרה

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The primary meaning of 'suddenness' is 'the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning'.

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Using 'suddenness' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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