a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956, a region of northern Africa to the south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea, proper Country in Northeast Africa. Official name_ Republic of the Sudan, A climatic zone characterized by savannas and mosaic forests running in a belt just south of the Sahel in West and East Africa, historical Mali (when it was under French colonial rule as Soudan)

Happening without warning; unforeseen, Characterized by sharp change in elevation; precipitous, Happening without previous notice or with very brief notice; coming unexpectedly, or without the common preparation; immediate; instant; speedy, adverb_ rare Suddenly; unexpectedly, poetic Suddenly, noun_ An unexpected occurrence; a surprise, sooner than was expected; without the usual preparation; suddenly, obsolete An unexpected occurrence; a surprise

Happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner, on impulse; without premeditation, happening unexpectedly

Law To initiate or pursue legal proceedings against (another party), To make an appeal or entreaty, To woo; to pay addresses as a lover, transitive verb_ To follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo, To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially, (Law) to petition for and take out, or to apply for and obtain, verb_ institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against, noun_ French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)

To have a specified shortcoming or weakness, To appear at a disadvantage, To undergo or be subjected to (a negative experience or development), transitive verb_ To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under, To undergo; to be affected by; to sustain; to experience, To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate, verb_ be set at a disadvantage, put up with something or somebody unpleasant, undergo or suffer

Simple past tense and past participle of suffer

The condition of one who suffers; the bearing of pain or distress, The bearing of pain, inconvenience, or loss; also, pain endured; distress, loss, or injury incurred, The bearing of pain, inconvenience, or loss; pain endured; distress, loss, or injury incurred, adjective_ Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress, etc., very unhappy; full of misery, Experiencing pain. syn, verb_ Present participle of suffer

Being as much as is needed; adequate; enough, Capable of meeting obligations; responsible, of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant, noun_ That which is sufficient; enough; a sufficiency

To a sufficient degree; to a degree that answers the purpose, or gives content; enough, manner In a sufficient manner; enough, degree To a sufficient extent

A sweet crystalline or powdered substance, white when pure, consisting of sucrose obtained mainly from sugar cane and sugar beets and used in many foods, drinks, and medicines to improve their taste, A unit, such as a lump or cube, in which sugar is dispensed or taken, Figuratively, sweet, honeyed, or soothing words; flattery employed to disguise something distasteful, intransitive verb_ To make less distasteful or more appealing, To form granules; granulate, To coat, cover, or sweeten with sugar, transitive verb_ To impregnate, season, cover, or sprinkle with sugar; to mix sugar with, To cover with soft words; to disguise by flattery; to compliment; to sweeten