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Definition of Abrupt |
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Abrupt
Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places. Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected. Suddenly terminating, as if cut off. An abrupt place. To tear off or asunder. Related Definitions: Abrupt, An, Another, As, Asunder, Broken, Craggy, Cut, Event, For, From, Hasty, Having, If, Mind, Notice, Off, One, Or, Place, Precipitous, Prepare, Steep, Subject, Sudden, Tear, Terminating, The, To, Very, Without |
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Abrupt Quotations
Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. Ambrose Bierce The Eagles ended on a rather abrupt note, although in retrospect I realize now that it had been ending for quite some time. Don Henley The parish I live in is a very abrupt, uneven country, full of hills and woods, and therefore full of birds. Gilbert White |
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Abrupt Translations
abrupt in Danish is stejl, pludselig abrupt in Dutch is kortaf, bruusk, abrupt, bot, steil abrupt in Italian is rapido abrupt in Norwegian is bratt, plutselig abrupt in Portuguese is abrupto abrupt in Spanish is brusco, abrupto, escarpado, brusco, precipitado |
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