abrupt

Meanings

Plural: abrupts

Adjective Satellite

• marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions
  • "abrupt prose"
• exceedingly sudden and unexpected
  • "came to an abrupt stop"
  • "an abrupt change in the weather"
• extremely steep
  • "an abrupt canyon"
• surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner
  • "an abrupt reply"

Adj

• Broken away (from restraint).
• Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
• Curt in manner.
• Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected; disjointed.
• Broken off.
• Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous.
• Suddenly terminating, as if cut off; truncate.

Verb

• To tear off or asunder.
• To interrupt suddenly.

Noun

• Something which is abrupt; an abyss.

Synonyms

blunt, brisk, broken, brusque, disconnected, impolite, precipitous, rough, rude, rugged, sharp, sudden, terse, uncivil, unexpected

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