Abrupt

Definitions: Abrupt

Abrupt

Adjective

1. Marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions; "abrupt prose".

2. Exceedingly sudden and unexpected; "came to an abrupt stop"; "an abrupt change in the weather".

3. Extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop".

4. Surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner; "an abrupt reply".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "abrupt" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references)

Satire

Health

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Abrupt

Inelegance

Adjective: inelegant, graceless, ungraceful; harsh, abrupt; dry, stiff, cramped, formal, guinde; forced, labored; artificial, mannered, ponderous; awkward, uncourtly, unpolished; turgid; affected, euphuistic; barbarous, uncouth, grotesque, rude, crude, halting; offensive to ears polite.

Instantaneity

Adjective: instantaneous, momentary, sudden, immediate, instant, abrupt, discontinuous, precipitous, precipitant, precipitate; subitaneous, hasty;quick as thought, quick as lightning, quick as a flash; rapid as electricity.

Violence

Adjective: violent, vehement; warm; acute, sharp; rough, rude, ungentle, bluff, boisterous, wild; brusque, abrupt, waspish; impetuous; rampant.

Crosswords: Abrupt

Danish (abrupt), Dutch (abrupt, abruptly), French (abrupt, precipitous, sheer, steep, steepness), German (abrupt, short, sudden), Romanian (abrupt, abruptly, arduous, bluffy, bold, craggy, desultory, disjointed, harsh, perpendicular, precipitate, precipitous, rapid, sharp, steep), Swedish (abrupt, abruptly, sudden, unceremonious).

Books

• A Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution and Abrupt Climate Change (reference)

• Abrupt Climate Change: Inevitable Surprises (reference)

• Abrupt Climatic Change: Evidence and Implications (NATO Asi Series. Series C, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Vol 216) (reference)

• Abrupt Closure During Coronary Angioplasty: A Satellite Symposium of the Third Complex Coronary Angioplasty Course (reference)

• Detection of abrupt changes in signals and dynamical systems (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Abrupt. (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Example of Gulf Stream thermal wedge Sounding artifact created by abrupt changes in water temperature Observed on EXPLORER.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

An abrupt change in water characteristics at the point where glacial melt-water meets oceanic water. In Saginaw Channel.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

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Over the entrance was a severe facade, and a wall perpendicular to the facade almost touched the doorway, flanking it at an abrupt right angle.

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Health

On the other hand, there are some particularly abrupt or explosive sounds that can cause damage even with a single exposure. (references)

Unknown to the person, this results in heavy snoring, periods of no breathing, and frequent arousals (causing abrupt changes from deep sleep to light sleep). (references)

In other patients the first symptoms are either neurological or psychiatric or both, and include tremor, rigidity, drooling, difficulty with speech, abrupt personality change, grossly inappropriate behavior and unexplicable deterioration of school work, neurosis or psychosis. (references)

Business

Suppliers from Italy, Germany and the U.S. lead imports of machinery for filling, closing, sealing or labeling containers "tetra-pack" or "ecra-pack", a subsector dominated by Sweden until 1997. During 1998, there was an abrupt increase in the import of machinery parts. (references)

Economic History

Guyana

The admirable speed and resolve that the government brought to resurrecting the GEC privatization in the wake of an abrupt collapse in 1998 was a positive sign, however. (references)

El Salvador

The post-war boom in the Salvadoran economy began to fade in July 1995 after an abrupt shift in monetary policy was followed by a June increase in the value added tax (VAT) and price hikes in basic public services. (references)

Kuwait

Diversification and privatization of Kuwait's economy continue to be discussed as strategic goals of the government to counter abrupt fluctuations in world oil prices and to maximize employment opportunities for their citizens. (references)

Political Economy

PANAMA

However, the Moscoso government's primary trade initiative was an abrupt increase in tariffs on various agricultural imports. (references)

Travel

Italy

During the first stages of conducting business, it is best to let the prospective buyer take the lead since the American approach of +ACI-getting down to business+ACI- may be considered abrupt. (references)

Worker Rights

Macau

In an incident in November, approximately 40 workers from mainland China were detained after a standoff with their employer over compensation and abrupt dismissal. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "abrupt": abrupt change in style ♦ abrupt departure ♦ abrupt growth change ♦ abrupt halt ♦ abrupt manner ♦ abrupt mountain ♦ abrupt place. Additional references.

Afrikaan

abrup. (various references)

Albanian

thikë (blade, knife, perpendicular, rugged, sharp, sharp pain, table knife), tepër i shkurtër, i vrazhdë (austere, bad tempered, boeotian, boorish, brutal, brutish, churlish, clownish, coarse, crude, discordant, dissonant, earthy, fretful, grave, gross, hard, hard-fisted, harsh, heavy-handed, ill natured, low-bred, morose, murky, robustious, rough, rough spoken, rude, scurrilous, severe, stern, sullen, surly, truculent, uncivil, unfinished, unhandsome, unmannerly), i tatëpjetë (downhill, slant), i papritur (accidental, precipitate, sudden, surprising, unasked, uncontemplated, undreamed of, undreamt of, unexpected, unforeseen, unhoped, unlooked for, unrehearsed), i palidhur (disjointed, free, incoherent, scrappy, skimble-skamble, unattached, unbound, unrelated, untied). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فظ (blunt, boor, boorish, brusque, brutish, burly, chuffy, churlish, clownish, coarse, country, crude, crusty, curt, discourteous, earthy, grievous, gross, gruff, hairy, harsh, hoarse, ill mannered, impolite, indelicate, low, mannerless, obdurate, off hand, plug ugly, precipitous, rough, rough and ready, rude, ruffianly, rugged, rustic, savage, scathe, serious, shaggy, short, sour, surly, uncivil, uncouth, unkind, unmannerly, unprintable), ‏مفاجئ (at sea, flash, like a bolt from the blue, precipitate, snappy, sudden, surprised, surprising, swift, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked for, unpredicted), ‏غير مترابط (disconnected, discontinuous, discrete, incoherent, inconsequent, ragged, rambling, scrappy), ‏حاد (acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, avid, be sharp, biting, brisk, clear, cutting, exquisite, heavy, incisive, intense, intensified, intensive, keen, loud, nasal, penetrating, petulant, piercing, piquant, pithy, poignant, pointed, prompt, pronounced, pungent, quick, ripe, rough, salty, severe, sharp, shrill, squeaky, strident, strong, trenchant), ‏شديد الأنحدار. (various references)

Bulgarian 

стръмен (arduous, bluff, bluffy, declivitous, high pitched, humpbacked, prone, rapid, steep), рязък (acid, bitter, brief, brusque, curt, gravelly, hard, incisive, jarring, jerky, metallic, offhand, pipy, point blank, rapid, rude, sharp, short, short-spoken, shrill, snappish, snappy, snippy, stark, straight out, strident, trenchant), разпокъсан (patchy, scattered), крут, груб (bearish, boeotian, brusque, callous, churlish, clownish, clumsy, coarse, coarse grained, common, crude, cubbish, curt, earthy, feral, glaring, graceless, gross, gruff, hard boiled, harsh, heavy, hoggish, homespun, horny, loutish, low, material, outlandish, raspy, raucous, raw, rough, rough-shod, rowdy, rude, rugged, russet, rusty, short, surly, tough, uncivil, uncouth, wild and woolly), внезапен (jerky, precipitate, puffy, snap, steep, sudden, surprise, swift, unexpected), отсечен (curt, hewn, jerky, sharp, short, stubbed), отвесен (normal, perpendicular, precipitatious, sheer, up and down, upright, vertical), ненадеен (sudden, surprise, surprising, unhoped-for, unlooked for, untrustworthy), безцеремонен (blunt, brusque, gay, offhand, offhanded, summary, unceremonious). (various references)

Chinese 

突然 (Abruptly, Abruptness, shortly, sudden, suddenly). (various references)

Czech

trhaný (disjointed, snatchy), strohý (austere, brusque, curt, gruff, stark), prudký (acrimonious, big, bulge, effervescent, ferocious, fierce, fiery, glaring, grievous, gusty, heady, heated, heavy, high, hot tempered, hot-headed, impetuous, intense, keen, passional, passionate, peppery, rapid, rash, robust, rude, sharp, steep, stormy, strong, sweeping, tempestuous, towering, tumultuous, vehement, vicious, vigorous, violent, virulent), příkrý (brusque, harsh, prone, sheer, stark, steep, violent), ostrý (acrid, acute, biting, crisp, ferocious, fierce, glib, hard, harsh, high pitched, hot, incisive, intense, keen, piercing, poignant, pointed, rigorous, sharp, shrill, smart, snappy, spicy, strident, tart, tough, trenchant), náhlý (acute, precipitous, rude, sudden, surprise). (various references)

Danish

stejl (steep), pludselig (sudden). (various references)

Dutch

abrupt (abruptly), steil (steep), kortaf (abruptly), bruusk (abruptly). (various references)

Esperanto

abrupta, subita (sudden), neatendita, kruta (steep), bruska. (various references)

Faeroese

snubbutur, brattur (steep). (various references)

Farsi 

پرتگاه دار, ناگهانی (Precipitate, Snap, Sudden), ناگهان (Aback, Bolt, Slapdash, Sudden, Unaware, Unawares), سراشیبی (Slide), جداکردن (Abstract, Amputate, Analyze, Calve, Chop, Cleave, Cutoff, Detach, Disconnect, Dissociate, Disunite, Divide, Drawoff, Insulate, Intercept, Part, Partition, Rive, Rupture, Select, Separate, Sequester, Sever, Try, Uncouple, Unlink, Untwist, Unzip), درشت (Brutish, Crass, Gross, Gruff, Harsh, Jumbo, Large, Lump, Rough, Sturdy), بیخبر. (various references)

Finnish

jyrkkä (deep, precipitous, radical, sharp, steep, strict), äkillinen (acute, hasty, precipitate, sudden). (various references)

French

raide, abrupt, subit, soudain, inattendu, brusque (abruptly). (various references)

Frisian

hommels ôfbrutsen. (various references)

German

plötzlich (abruptly, all of a sudden, precipitate, rapid, short, snap, sudden, suddenly, unexpectedly), abrupt (short, sudden), unerwartet (sudden, unawares, unexpected, unexpectedly, unforeseeable, unforeseen, unlocked-for, unsuspected, unsuspectedly), schroff (blunt, brusque, brusquely, craggily, curt, gruff, harsh, harshly, precipitous, precipitously, sharp, short, steep, ungracious, ungraciously), hastig (hastily, hasty, hurried, precipitant, precipitantly, precipitate, rash, rashly, rushed), brüsk (abruptly, brusque, brusquely, curt, offhand, unceremonious), abgebrochen (aborted, broken off, canceled, disjointed, dismantled, uncompleted). (various references)

Greek 

βίαιοσ (blustery, forcible, impetuous, rampageous, slashing, strong arm, violent), μη κωνοειδήσ, εσπευσμένοσ (hurried, precipitant, precipitate), ασυνεχήσ, αιφνίδιοσ (sudden), απόκρημνοσ (craggy, precipitous, steep), απόκοποσ, απότομοσ (bluff, blunt, brusque, curt, jerky, offhand, plump, rugged, steep), απροσδόκητοσ (unexecuted, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked for, unthought of), τραχύσ (abrasive, coarse, grating, gritty, gruff, harsh, inclinable, ragged, raucous, rough, rude, rugged, scabrous, scraggly, screechy, seamy, throaty, tough), τραχιά (abrasive). (various references)

Hebrew 

פתאומי (rude, sudden), � מ�"ר (hasty, impetuous, precipitant, rash, sudden, unadvised, unthinking). (various references)

Hungarian

hirtelen (abruptly, all at once, all of a sudden, bang, bulge, hasty, headlong, heady, on a sudden, out of the blue, plump, pop, precocious, presently, raid, rapid, rashly, sharp, short, skedaddle, slap dash, slap-dash, smack, snap, snoring, spasmodic, speedily, sudden, suddenly, to pop out, to pull up, to yaw), összefüggéstelen (discontinuous, discursive, disjointed, inasmuch, incoherent, loose, rambling, scrappy, skimble-skamble), váratlan (balk, chance, fortuitous, snap, sudden, to blitzkrieg, to strike oil, unanticipated, uncontemplated, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked for), kapkodó (desultory, precipitate, precipitous, slap-dash). (various references)

Icelandic

snöggur (sudden), skyndilegur. (various references)

Indonesian

tiba-tiba (fortuitous, suddenly), terjal (sheer, steepy), mendadak (sudden), kasar (abusive, artless, blunt, boorish, broad, brutal, brutish, crass, crude, curt, disrespectful, gruff, menial, raw, rude, unkind, vulgar), curam (deceitful, fraudulent, steep). (various references)

Italian

ripido (bluff, gruff, precipitous, sharp, steep), subitaneo (sudden), improvviso (out of the blue, plump, sharp, snap, sudden, unexpected), brusco (bluff, blunt, brusque, brutal, cavalier, downright, gruff, harsh, offhand, offhanded, outspoken, rough, sharp, short, sour, sullen, surly, unkind, unpleasant). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�"�突 (sudden). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

そつじ (sudden), ふい (sudden, unexpected, unforeseen), にわか (improvised, offhand, sudden, unexpected), とうとつ (sudden). (various references)

Korean 

갑작스러운. (various references)

Manx

giare (abbreviated, abridged, brief, brusque, compact, concise, curt, laconic, short, summary, undersized, undersized of persons, undersized of things), geyre (acrid, acute, austere, bitter, bold, bold promintary, censorious, cutting, discerning, edged, hard, high-pitched, incisive, knifelike, penetrating, piercing, poignant, pointed, pungent, quick of sight, sharp, sour, stiff, strict, stringent, twinging), doaltattym (sudden, unawares, unexpected), cuttagh (bobbed, brief, cut short, docked, runt, runty, shortened). (various references)

Norwegian

plutselig, bratt (bluff). (various references)

Papiamen

abrupto, abrupta (sudden), inesperá. (various references)

Pig Latin

abruptay.(various references)

Portuguese

abrupto (angular, bluff, gruff, steep, sudden), súbito (sudden, unforeseen), repentino (fulminate, hit and run, sudden, swift, swift-handed), inesperado (accidental, knocker, sudden, unexpected, unforeseen, unhoped, unlooked for), brusco (bluff, blunt, brusque, brutal, curt, gruff, harsh, hit and run, jerky, rough, sour, sudden, surly, unceremonious, unkind, unpleasant), íngreme (acclivitous, bold, craggy, headlong, precipitous, steep). (various references)

Romanian

aspru (abruptly, acid, acrimonious, biting, brisk, callous, clumsy, coarse, crisp, dour, drastic, earthy, edgy, exacting, firm, grating, gruelling, gruff, hard, harsh, hoarse, homespun, husky, ill, inclement, iron, iron-fisted, keen, lashing, nippy, obdurate, punitive, rasping, rigid, rigidly, rigorous, robust, rough, rugged, scabrous, severe, severely, shaggy, shy, smart, snappish, stern, stiff, Strait, strict, strong, stubborn, tough, unkind, violent, wiry), abrupt (abruptly, arduous, bluffy, bold, craggy, desultory, disjointed, harsh, perpendicular, precipitate, precipitous, rapid, sharp, steep), subit (all of a sudden, on a sudden, sharp, sudden, suddenly, unexpected, unexpectedly, upon a sudden), sacadat (abruptly, jerky), râpos (arduous, precipitous, steep), prãpãstios (fearful, precipitous, steep), pieptiş (abruptly, boldly, hand to hand), nepoliticos (audacious, bluntly, coarsely, discourteous, disobligingly, ill bred, ill mannered, impolite, nasty, naughty, obscenely, unceremonious, uncivil), neceremonios (familiar, in a family way, informal, off hand), neaşteptat (snap, sudden, undreamed of, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked for, wayward), brusc (abruptly, all at once, bang, bounce, brusque, plop, plump, rash, roughly, rude, sharp, sharply, short, shortly, snap, sudden, suddenly, unawares, unexpected, unexpectedly). (various references)

Russian 

резкий (acrid, acute, bitter, bluffy, brusque, crusty, curt, harsh, incisive, jarring, keen, loud, pipy, rough, rude, screechy, sharp, short, shrewd, strident, tart), крутой (arduous, craggy, hard boiled, precipitatous, precipitous, rapid, sharp, steep), внезапный (heady, sudden, unexpected), обрывистый (precipitous). (various references)

Scottish

corrach (precipitous), cas (curled, fire, foot, gnash the teeth, haft : casan, leg, oppose, passionate, paw, rash, shaft, steep, thwart, to close upon). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

strm (bluff, declivous, downhill, precipitant, slant, steep), odsečan (curt), iznenadjen (aback), isprekidan (broken, desultory, discontinuous). (various references)

Spanish

escarpado (arduous, bluff, bold, precipitous, sheer, steep), brusco (abrasive, abruptly, bluff, blunt answer, brusque, butcher's broom, curt, gruff, offhand, sharp, snappish, sudden, terse), bronco (brazen, brittle, brutal, crude, gruff, harsh, raw, rough, ruffianly, sour, sullen, surly, unkind, unpleasant, unworked, unwrought), abrupto (heavy, rapid, snappish, violent). (various references)

Swedish

tvär (blunt, brusque, gnarled, gnarly, refractory, sharp, square, steep, sudden, sullen), plötslig (crash, overnight, snap, sudden), burdus (abruptly, bluff, blunt, brusque, slapdash), abrupt (abruptly, sudden, unceremonious). (various references)

Tagalog

kaagád (sudden), biglâ (sudden). (various references)

Turkish

ani (ejaculatory, flash, instantaneous, memory, rapid, recollection, snap, sudden), aní (sudden), tutarsız (as thin as a wafer, choppy, conflicting, contradictious, contradictory, desultory, disconnected, discursive, disjointed, double-minded, incoherent, inconsequent, inconsequential, inconsistent, precarious, rambling, unconnected, wafer-thin, wayward), sarp (arduous, bluff, craggy, jagged, precipitous, rapid, rugged, scarped, steep, stiff), kaba (barbarous, base, bearish, boorish, brusque, brutal, brutish, churlish, clodhopping, coarse, coarse grained, common, crass, crude, discourteous, disobliging, disrespectful, doric, foul, graceless, gross, gruff, gutter, hard-hitting, harsh, heavy, hobnailed, hoggish, ill bred, ill mannered, impolite, incondite, indelicate, inelegant, loud, loutish, offhand, offhanded, ornery, puffy, rank, rough, rough-hewn, roughly, rude, rugged, rustic, short-spoken, splay, swinish, tactless, unceremonious, unchivalrous, uncivil, uncomplaisant, uncomplimentary, uncouth, underbred, unfinished, ungainly, ungalant, ungentle, ungentlemanlike, ungentlemanly, ungraceful, ungracious, unmannerly, unparliamentary, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar), dik (arduous, bluff, bold, erect, horny, jagged, perpendicular, precipitous, rapid, right, rough, scarped, sheer, Square, stand up, steep, stiff, straight, up, upright, uprightly, upstanding, vertical), beklenmedik (adventitious, heaven-sent, improbable, snap, sudden, surprise, unannounced, unexpected, unforeseen, unhoped, unhoped-for, unimagined, unlooked for). (various references)

Ukranian 

стрімкий (bluff, bluffy, craggy, dashing, heady, impetuous, precipitant, tear away), різкий (acerbic, acrid, acute, argute, bluffy, brief, brusque, curt, harsh, nippy, point blank, raucous, snappish, stark, trenchant, vehement, violent), раптовий (precipitate, sudden), крутий (arduous, bluff, bluffy, craggy, rapid, sharp, steep), грубий (artless, barbaresque, barbaric, base, bearish, boarish, broad, brusque, brute, caddish, chuffy, churlish, clownish, clumsy, coarse, coarse grained, crass, crude, gross, hard boiled, homely, ill bred, knockabout, offhand, plebeian, primitive, ribald, rough, rough spoken, rude, scratchy, shaggy, surly, swinish, truculent, uncouth), гострий (acrid, acrimonious, acute, argute, bad, barbed, biting, eager, edgy, incisive, keen, nimble, nutty, piercing, poignant, pointed, pungent, quick, savoury, sharp, splitting, subtile, subtle, trenchant, zestful), несподіваний (accidental, extempore, helter-skelter, occasional, surprising, unexpected, unhoped, unlooked for, unsuspected). (various references)

Vietnamese 

thô lỗ dốc đứng, lấc cấc (snippety, snippy), hiểm trở (craggy), gian nan trúc trắc, bất ngờ (fortuitous, unanticipated, unhoped-for), bị chặt cụt; như thể bị đốn, đột ngột; vội vã cộc lốc. (various references)

Welsh

sydyn (sudden), swta (curt), serth (obscene, precipitous, steep), disymwth (instantaneous, sudden), diswta (sudden). (various references)

abruptissimas, arduus, praecisa, praecisam, praecisi, praecisum, repentinus. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "abrupt": abrupter, abruptest, abruption, abruptions, abruptly, abruptness, abruptnesses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Abrupt" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abdrupt, abrubt, abrut, aburpt, adrupt, Arrupe, arrupt, arupt, brupt, obrupt. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: pruta.

-2 letters: abut, brat, brut, bura, burp, part, prat, prau, rapt, tabu, tarp, trap, tuba.

-3 letters: apt, arb, art, bap, bar, bat, bra, bur, but, par, pat, pub, pur, put, rap, rat, rub, rut, tab, tap, tar, tau, tub, tup, urb, uta.

-4 letters: ab, ar, at, ba, pa, ta, up, ut.

+1 letter: subpart.

+2 letters: abrupter, abruptly, bankrupt, pubertal, subparts.

+3 letters: abruptest, abruption, bankrupts, reputable, reputably.

+4 letters: abruptions, abruptness, bankruptcy, bankrupted, paintbrush, permutable, subchapter, subprimate.

+5 letters: bankrupting, perambulate, perturbable, prepubertal, protuberant, subchapters, subprimates, subtropical, supportable, unprintable.

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