abrupt

Etymology
First attested in 1583. Borrowed from, perfect passive participle of , formed from +.

Adjective

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

Synonyms

 * ; see also Thesaurus:sudden
 * ; see also Thesaurus:sudden

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Ido: ,
 * Italian:
 * Latin: abruptus
 * Macedonian: стр́мен
 * Maori: mote
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: brå, bratt, steil
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,


 * Arabic: مُبَاغِت, مُفَاجِئ
 * Belarusian: рапто́ўны
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Danish:, uformodet
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Irish: tobann
 * Italian:, ,
 * Latin: abruptus
 * Macedonian: нена́деен, на́гол
 * Maltese: f'daqqa, ta' malajr
 * Maori: ohotata, whawhati tata
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: brå,, uventet
 * Polish: nagłe
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:, ,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Telugu:
 * Ukrainian: рапто́вий


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: töksähtävä,
 * French:
 * German: einsiblig, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ido:
 * Irish: gearrbhéalach
 * Macedonian: о́стар, ре́зок
 * Maltese: ta' mod goff
 * Maori: whakatumatuma
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: brå,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Welsh:


 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ido: ,
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Latin: abruptus
 * Maori: whawhati tata
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: brå,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish: ,


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Spanish:


 * Interlingua:, ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Tamil:
 * Ukrainian: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To tear off or asunder.
 * 2) To interrupt suddenly.
 * 1) To interrupt suddenly.

Translations

 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Portuguese: abscindir


 * Finnish:
 * Portuguese: abscindir,

Noun

 * 1)  Something which is abrupt; an abyss.

Translations

 * Dutch:

Etymology
Borrowed from, itself borrowed from , from.

Adjective

 * 1)  sudden

Etymology
.

Adjective

 * 1) Extremely steep, near vertical
 * 2) curt and abrupt
 * 3) Done or said forwardly and without caution to avoid shocking

Etymology
18th century, from.

Adjective

 * 1) sudden, unforeseen
 * 2) unconnected, having sudden transitions,  jerking
 * 1) unconnected, having sudden transitions,  jerking
 * 1) unconnected, having sudden transitions,  jerking

Etymology
.

Etymology
,.

Adjective

 * 1) extremely steep, near vertical
 * 1) extremely steep, near vertical

Adjective

 * , sudden

Adverb

 * 1) suddenly