abrupt

Meanings

Adjective

• Broken away (from restraint).
• Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
• Curt in manner.
• Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected; disjointed.
• Broken off.
• Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous.
• Suddenly terminating, as if cut off; truncate.

Verb

• To tear off or asunder.
• To interrupt suddenly.

Noun

• Something which is abrupt; an abyss.

Related

Similar words

• broken, rough, rugged
• blunt, brusque
• disconnected, unexpected

Origin

• First attested in 1583. Borrowed from Latin abruptus ("broken off"), perfect passive participle of abrumpō, formed from ab + rumpō.