Results for abrupt

Definitions of abrupt:

part of speech: adjective

Broken; ending suddenly; steep; rough; unceremonious or discourteous; unconnected; sudden.

part of speech: adjective

The opposite of gradual, as if broken off: sudden: unexpected.

part of speech: noun

An abrupt place.

part of speech: adverb

Abruptly.

Usage examples for abrupt:

• The low song of the deacon came to an abrupt end, as he turned his head and discovered the two figures in the open doorway. "The Chums of Scranton High at Ice Hockey", Donald Ferguson

• In answer to Miss Arthur's rather abrupt query at the breakfast table, as to how she had managed to prosper so well in a strange city where she had no friends, the girl had replied, with a little laugh: " I suppose it has never occurred to either yourself or Mr. Arthur that I might have found out some of my mother's friends. "Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter", Lawrence L. Lynch

• A fifth- more abrupt than the others- and there- here- yonder now behind- was the path I had feared, but no one was in it, and the next instant the bridge flashed into view. "The Cavalier", George Washington Cable

• Your voice is very abrupt "Dr. Adriaan", Louis Couperus