Crossword clues for abrupt
abrupt
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abrupt \Ab*rupt"\, a. [L. abruptus, p. p. of abrumpere to break off; ab + rumpere to break. See Rupture.]
Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places. ``Tumbling through ricks abrupt,''
--Thomson.Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. ``The cause of your abrupt departure.''
--Shak.-
Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected.
The abrupt style, which hath many breaches.
--B. Jonson. -
(Bot.) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off.
--Gray.Syn: Sudden; unexpected; hasty; rough; curt; unceremonious; rugged; blunt; disconnected; broken.
Abrupt \Ab*rupt"\, n. [L. abruptum.] An abrupt place. [Poetic]
``Over the vast abrupt.''
--Milton.
Abrupt \Ab*rupt"\, v. t.
To tear off or asunder. [Obs.] ``Till death abrupts them.''
--Sir T. Browne.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
1 (context obsolete rare English) Broken away (from restraint). (Attested only in the late 16th century.)(R:SOED5: page=8) 2 Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. (First attested in the late 16th century.) 3 curt in manner; brusque; rude; uncivil; impolite. (First attested in the late 16th century.) 4 Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected; disjointed. (First attested in the late 16th century.) 5 (context obsolete English) Broken off. (Attested from the early 17th century until the mid 18th century.) 6 Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous. (First attested in the early 17th century.) 7 (context botany English) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off; truncate. (First attested in the early 19th century.) n. (context poetic English) Something which is #Adjective; an abyss. (First attested in the mid 17th century.) v
1 (context transitive archaic English) To tear off or asunder. (First attested in the mid 17th century.) 2 To interrupt suddenly. (First attested in the mid 17th century.)
WordNet
adj. marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions; "abrupt prose" [syn: disconnected]
exceedingly sudden and unexpected; "came to an abrupt stop"; "an abrupt change in the weather"
extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop" [syn: precipitous, sharp]
surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner; "an abrupt reply"
Usage examples of "abrupt".
He had instead been cultivating his acquaintanceship with Mercer, a game plan that would have come to an abrupt end if the Lorrimores had deserted the trip, which they would have done at once if the Canadian had ploughed into their home-from-home.
Es ist andererseits keine leichte Aufgabe, sich in der Menge des Materials und in dem oft krausen Stil und abrupten Gedankengang zurechtzufinden.
And if to be loosed from sin and shame, by means however abrupt, be not liberty of the most exalted, spiritual kind, then, young man, you are a bondslave indeed, to your own ignoble desires.
Clearly something big and abrupt, and probably cataclysmic, had produced this arresting spike.
When she turned from him and walked over to Dade, speaking to him in a low voice, he could not have told which affected him most, his rage against himself or his disappointment over her abrupt leave-taking.
I was so surprised, so amazed at having obtained a felicity of which I did not think myself worthy, that my departure must have appeared rather abrupt to her.
Nathan, of shipping aboard as mate on a cargo ship bound for India or China, when abruptly and happily my doldrum state came to an abrupt end.
An abrupt turn then led over rough ground, the lower folds of the Umm Furut, where a great granite gorge, the Nakb Abu Shar, ran up to a depression in the dorsum, an apparently practicable Col.
The message was curt and abrupt, as were most naval messages whose drafters always seemed to be trying for the title of who could put the most information into the fewest words.
An abrupt change of landscape into something dreamish and unsettling, where wisp-shapes rise in basalt-hard congelation, clotted clouds on which the tough fauna of the smokestone run.
The only thing that worried Fred was how and where he could contact Professor Durand without making the meeting too abrupt.
The dynast made an abrupt gesture, and the cadaver lowered the weapon, brought it down butt end against the cavern floor, and resumed standing at attention.
The laminar flow that marked the flyway came to an abrupt end at the cloud wall.
In addition to what looked like the original monastery buildings, Aiglemont had a glass solarium, which probably covered a pool of some sort, a structure housing the mechanical system for the funicular, a narrow concrete or stone patio in front, and a sickly piece of green which turned out to be a small, oblong patch of Alpine meadow that ran along the side of the main buildings and ended in an abrupt drop-off to the valley floor thousands of feet below.
What counted was that there had been an abrupt shift in the balance between them, and Placido Geist felt less than confident where his loyalties lay.