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(adj)
Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
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Able to, or likely to, explode.
Not expected, anticipated or foreseen.
Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
Not expected.
Moving with excessive speed or haste; overly hasty.
Hastened; hurried.
Acting or done in haste; hurried or too quick; speedy due to having little time.
(informal) Rapid and without delay.
Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
Very swift or quick.
Steep, like a precipice
Involving physical conflict.
Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.
(n)
A sudden strong rise or flow.
A sudden, heavy impact.
The act by which something is broken.
(informal, attributive) Done, made, performed, etc., quickly and unexpectedly, or without deliberation.
(adv)
Rapidly, abruptly.
(British, Australia and New Zealand, slang) Expensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.
Having a strong or far-reaching effect; extreme, severe.
Causing surprise.
More than is normal, necessary or specified.
(informal) Exceptionally beautiful or attractive.
Something unexpected.
Violent, destructive and cruel.
(dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable.
Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
Rudely abrupt; curt, unfriendly.
Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel, often in an unintelligent manner.
Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.
Bestial; lacking human sensibility
Not smooth; uneven.
Held continuously at a certain level.
Intense; sensitive; sharp.
Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless, without intelligence or reason.
(of behavior, usage, or milieu) Informal; relaxed.
Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
Amazing or worthy of special notice.
of or relating to a barbarian; uncivilized, uncultured or uncouth
Self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause.
In an unexpected manner.
Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
At an inopportune time.
Having experience and skill in a subject.
Of or relating to the drama.
unintentional; not intended
Incapable of being foreseen or anticipated.
The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.
Not intended; unplanned
Done as an indication or a pledge.
Not announced beforehand.
Not anticipated.
A pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc.
Not declared
Favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter.
Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
(especially in medicine) Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease.
(pathology) A recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours, especially of a disease or medical or psychological condition.
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis
(v)
(intransitive) To feel pain.
(transitive) To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.
(transitive) To make use of, to apply, especially of something non-material; to bring to bear.
(intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
A very short period of time; a moment.
Occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time.
Fast; quick; rapid.
Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation; in haste, hastily.
A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.
Quick; acting without delay.
(nonstandard) Alternative form of sudden. [Occurring quickly with little or no warning or expectation; instantly.]
(nonstandard) Alternative form of suddenly. [Happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner.]
Impossible to explain; not easily accounted for.
Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.
Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence.
Likely to startle; surprising; shocking.
A feeling or movement that jars or jolts.
Impossible to avoid or prevent.
Lasting for only a moment.
A light, brief snowfall; a shower of snow.
Proceeding or advancing by small, slow, regular steps or degrees
Of or pertaining to a cataclysm; causing great destruction or upheaval; catastrophic.
An instance of being startled; surprise.
Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
An agitated disturbance or a hubbub.
A forceful blow.
Not predicted.
Inspiring shock; startling.
Out of character; behavior that is unusual for a given person or thing.
(uncountable) Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.
Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.
Disruptive change, from one state to another.
Disastrous; ruinous.
In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously.
Important; weighty; not insignificant.
Never before seen, done, or experienced; without precedent.
Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual.
(countable) An illuminating realization or discovery, often resulting in a personal feeling of elation, awe, or wonder.
The act or process of vanishing; disappearance.