Definition of abrupt

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Abrupt (a.) Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places..

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Short :: Short (superl.) Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question..
Snatcher :: Snatcher (n.) One who snatches, or takes abruptly..
Bold :: Bold (n.) Steep; abrupt; prominent.
Premorse :: Premorse (a.) Terminated abruptly, or as it bitten off..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop..
Mucronated :: Mucronated (a.) Ending abruptly in a sharp point; abruptly tipped with a short and sharp point; as, a mucronate leaf..
Bluntness :: Bluntness (n.) Abruptness of address; rude plainness.
Butte :: Butte (n.) A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from the general level of the surrounding plain; -- applied to peculiar elevations in the Rocky Mountain region..
Hard :: Hard (superl.) Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to another; -- said of certain consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished from the same letters in center, general, etc..
Clack :: Clack (v. t.) A sharp, abrupt noise, or succession of noises, made by striking an object..
Deflexed :: Deflexed (a.) Bent abruptly downward.
Shortly :: Shortly (adv.) In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose..
Abrupt :: Abrupt (a.) Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
Bluntly :: Bluntly (adv.) In a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility..
Knack :: Knack (v. i.) To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink..
Abruptly :: Abruptly (adv.) Precipitously.
Bitten :: Bitten (a.) Terminating abruptly, as if bitten off; premorse..
Apiculated :: Apiculated (a.) Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf..
Blunt :: Blunt (a.) Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
Soft :: Soft (superl.) Having, or consisting of, a gentle curve or curves; not angular or abrupt; as, soft outlines..
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