abrupt
abrupt is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. "The cause of your abrupt departure." Shak.
- 2.Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected. The abrupt style, which hath many breaches. B. Jonson.
- 3.(Bot.) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off. Gray.
- 4.An abrupt place. [Poetic] "Over the vast abrupt." Milton.
- 5.To tear off or asunder. [Obs.] "Till death abrupts them." Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- affectation
- affected
- artificial
- awkward
- barbarism
- barbarous
- break
- cacophony
- crude
- dislocate
- dry
- euphuism
- euphuistic
- forced
- formal
- fustian
- graceless
- grotesque
- harsh
- inelegance
- inelegant
- jaw
- labored
- mannered
- mannerism
- marinism
- offensive
- polite
- ponderous
- rude
- slang
- solecism
- stiff
- stiffness
- teeth
- that
- the
- turgid
- uncouth
- ungraceful
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is abrupt.
- What is without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. "The cause of your abrupt departure." Shak called?
- What is having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected. The abrupt style, which hath many breaches. B. Jonson called?
- What is suddenly terminating, as if cut off. Gray called?
- What is an abrupt place. [Poetic] "Over the vast abrupt." Milton called?
- What is to tear off or asunder. [Obs.] "Till death abrupts them." Sir T. Browne called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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