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sudden
English
Etymology
From Middle English sodeyn, sodain, from Anglo-Norman sodein, from Old French sodain, subdain (“immediate, sudden”), from Vulgar Latin *subit?nus (“sudden”), from Latin subit?neus (“sudden”), from subitus (“sudden", literally, "that which has come stealthily”), originally the past participle of sub?re (“to come or go stealthily”), from sub (“under”) + ?re (“go”). Doublet of subitaneous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?d?n/, [?s?dn?]
- Rhymes: -?d?n
- Hyphenation: sud?den
Adjective
sudden (comparative more sudden, superlative most sudden)
- Happening quickly and with little or no warning.
- (obsolete) Hastily prepared or employed; quick; rapid.
- (obsolete) Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.
Synonyms
- (happening quickly): abrupt, precipitous, subitaneous; see also Thesaurus:sudden
- (hasty, rash): hotheaded, impetuous, impulsive; see also Thesaurus:reckless
Antonyms
- (happening quickly): gradual; see also Thesaurus:gradual
- (all): unsudden
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
sudden (comparative more sudden, superlative most sudden)
- (poetic) Suddenly.
Noun
sudden (plural suddens)
- (obsolete) An unexpected occurrence; a surprise.
Derived terms
- all of a sudden
- all of the sudden
- of a sudden
- on a sudden
- upon a sudden
Translations
Further reading
- sudden in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- sudden in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- sudden at OneLook Dictionary Search
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broken
English
Etymology
From Middle English broken, from Old English brocen, ?ebrocen, from Proto-Germanic *brukanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *brekan? (“to break”). Cognate with Dutch gebroken (“broken”), German Low German broken (“broken”), German gebrochen (“broken”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: br?k'?n, IPA(key): /?b???k?n/
- Rhymes: -??k?n
Verb
broken
- past participle of break
Adjective
broken (comparative more broken, superlative most broken)
- Fragmented, in separate pieces.
- (of a bone or body part) Fractured; having the bone in pieces.
- (of skin) Split or ruptured.
- (of a line) Dashed, made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.
- (of sleep) Interrupted; not continuous.
- 1906, Jack London, White Fang:
- Then the circle would lie down again, and here and there a wolf would resume its broken nap.
- 1906, Jack London, White Fang:
- (meteorology, of the sky) Five-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds; incompletely covered by clouds.
- (of a melody) having periods of silence scattered throughout; not regularly continuous.
- (of a bone or body part) Fractured; having the bone in pieces.
- (of a promise, etc) Breached; violated; not kept.
- Non-functional; not functioning properly.
- (of an electronic connection) Disconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic.
- (software, informal) Badly designed or implemented.
- (of language) Grammatically non-standard, especially as a result of being produced by a non-native speaker.
- (colloquial, US, of a situation) Not having gone in the way intended; saddening.
- (of a person) Completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed.
- Having no money; bankrupt, broke.
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
- (of land) Uneven.
- (sports and gaming, of a tactic or option) Overpowered; overly powerful; too powerful.
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "broken" is often applied: glass, vase, cup, mirror, window, bone, wing, leg, arm, hand, foot, heart, egg, tool, sword, column, road, bridge, stick, device, machine, camera, TV, car, computer, promise, vow, law, trust, dream, relationship, friendship, love, family, marriage, bond, tie, silence, ground, land, circle, image, language, spirit, soul.
Synonyms
- (fragmented—bone, objects et al): burst, split; see also Thesaurus:broken
- (fragmented—line, sleep et al): intermittent, spasmodic; see also Thesaurus:discontinuous
- (not kept): violated
- (non-functional): borked, malfunctioning; see also Thesaurus:out of order
- (completely defeated): rekt
- (having no money): destitute, skint; see also Thesaurus:impoverished
- (uneven land):
- (overpowered): OP, unbalanced
Hyponyms
- heartbroken
- housebroken
- jailbroken
Derived terms
- brokenhearted, broken-hearted
- Broken Hill
- brokenly
- brokenness
- unbroken
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- broken at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Borken, bonker, borken
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