Abrupt

Abrupt - Other 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.
  
  
• (adv.) In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly.
  
  
• (adv.) Precipitously.