Thesaurus: abrupt
Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.
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Definitions
- a. Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.
- a. Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
- a. Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected.
- a. Suddenly terminating, as if cut off.
- n. An abrupt place.
- v. t. To tear off or asunder.
- adj. marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions
- adj. exceedingly sudden and unexpected
- adj. dangerously steep
- adj. surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner
- Suddenly terminating, as if cut off. Gray.