Sekirov Dictionary

abrupt

/əˈbɹʌpt/

adjective 7
verb 2
noun 1
forms 7

adjective7

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Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
- The party came to an abrupt end when the parents of our host arrived.
Curt in manner.
•
Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected; disjointed.
- The abrupt style, which hath many breaches. — 1641
•
Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous.
- The mazy-running brook Forms a deep pool; this bank abrupt and high. — 1749
•
Suddenly terminating, as if cut off; truncate.
- Root oblong, blackish, nearly the thickness of the little finger, often growing obliquely; abrupt at the lower end, so as to appear as if bitten off, furnished with long whitish fibres. — 1839
(no longer used) Broken off.
(no longer used, rare) Broken away (from restraint).

verb2

To interrupt suddenly.
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(no longer used) To tear off or asunder.
- Till death abrupts them. — 1642

noun1

•
(literary) Something which is abrupt; an abyss.
- Over the vast abrupt. — 1667

forms

abrupted · abrupting · abrupts · abrupter · more abrupt · abruptest · most abrupt

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