abrupt

Meaning

Verb

1. To tear off or asunder.
2. To interrupt suddenly.

Adj

1. (obsolete) Broken away (from restraint).
2. Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
3. Curt in manner.
4. Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected; disjointed.
5. (obsolete) Broken off.
6. Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous.
7. Suddenly terminating, as if cut off; truncate.

Noun

Something which is abrupt; an abyss.

Synonyms

sudden

steep

unexpected

precipitous

brusque

offhand

rude

offhanded

sharp

coarse

blunt

curt

unforeseen

jerky

rough

abrasive

rugged

gruff

unlooked-for

bluff

brief

unsuspected

violent

stringent

fortuitous

staccato

off-hand

unheralded

unforeseeable

stiff

causeless

unannounced

rigid

unanticipated

raucous

uncaused

surprising

tense

pungent

tight

off-handed

sheer

harsh

acute

disconnected

instantaneous

rapid

rash

scabrous

scraggly

screechy

scurrilous

seamy

shaggy

slashing

snatchy

solid

stark

stern

stunned

stunning

surly

throaty

tough

ultra

unaccustomed

unacknowledged

unapparent

uncivil

underling

undesigned

uneven

unfriendly

ungentlemanly

ungracious

unhoped

unhoped-for

unobvious

unpleasing

unpredicted

unpremeditated

unprepared

unrefined

unscheduled

unthought

unthought of

unthought-of

untoward

urgent

‼️

uncontemplated

agrestic

strong arm

unexecuted

without preparation

unhewn

Tang Dynasty

festinate

unespected

downward-sloping

large-grained

off-colour

rough-cut

undeferential

ungentlemanlike

abruptly

all at once

angularly

astonishing

blustery

bold

brusk

caddish

coarse-grained

craggy

crass

crude

dike

disjointed

disobliging

drastic

emergency

first

1st

flagrant

forcible

fulminant

graceless

grating

gritty

hurried

ill-mannered

immediate

impetuous

improvised

impulsive

inclinable

inimical

intransigent

lumpen

meteoric

off the cuff

outspoken

peremptory

perpendicular

plump

precipitant

precipitate

quick

ragged

rampageous

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈbɹʌpt/

Etymology

First attested in 1583. Borrowed from Latin abruptus (“broken off”), perfect passive participle of abrumpō (“break off”), formed from ab (“from, away from”) + rumpō (“to break”).