abrupt

1. a. Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places. Source: opted

2. a. Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. Source: opted

3. a. Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected. Source: opted

4. a. Suddenly terminating, as if cut off. Source: opted

5. n. An abrupt place. Source: opted

6. v. t. To tear off or asunder. Source: opted

7. adj. marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions Source: wordnet

8. adj. exceedingly sudden and unexpected Source: wordnet

9. adj. dangerously steep Source: wordnet

10. adj. surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner Source: wordnet

11. 1. Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places. "Tumbling through ricks abrupt," Thomson. 2. Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. "The cause of your abrupt departure." Shak. 3. Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected. The abrupt style, which hath many breaches. B. Jonson. 4. (Bot.) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off. Gray. Syn. -- Sudden; unexpected; hasty; rough; curt; unceremonious; rugged; blunt; disconnected; broken. An abrupt place. [Poetic] "Over the vast abrupt." Milton. To tear off or asunder. [Obs.] "Till death abrupts them." Sir T. Browne. Source: webster

12. Suddenly terminating, as if cut off. Gray. Source: adambom

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