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Definitions for: Abrupt
[adj] surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner; "an abrupt reply"
[adj] exceedingly sudden and unexpected; "came to an abrupt stop"; "an abrupt change in the weather"
[adj] extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"
[adj] marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions; "abrupt prose"
Webster (1913) Definition: Ab*rupt", a. [L. abruptus, p. p. of abrumpere to break
off; ab + rumpere to break. See Rupture.]
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.
Ab*rupt", n. [L. abruptum.]
An abrupt place. [Poetic]
``Over the vast abrupt.'' --Milton.
Ab*rupt", v. t.
To tear off or asunder. [Obs.] ``Till death abrupts them.''
--Sir T. Browne.
Synonyms: disconnected, discourteous, precipitous, sharp, staccato, steep, sudden
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