abrupt

a. திடீரென்ற, செங்குத்தான, திடீர் வீழ்ச்சியான, திடீரென்று துண்டிக்கப்பட்ட, முரடாண.

Synonyms

sudden steep precipitous craggy coarse curt blunt violent harsh unceremonious rugged rough

Antonyms

undulating easy gliding polished smooth blending courteous

Ab*rupt", a. Etym: [L. abruptus, p. p. of abrumpere to break off; ab + rumpere to break. See Rupture.] 1. Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places. "Tumbling through ricks abrupt," Thomson. 2. Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. "The cause of your abrupt departure." Shak. 3. Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected. The abrupt style, which hath many breaches. B. Jonson. 4. (Bot.) Defn: Suddenly terminating, as if cut off. Gray. Syn. -- Sudden; unexpected; hasty; rough; curt; unceremonious; rugged; blunt; disconnected; broken. Ab*rupt", n. Etym: [L. abruptum.] Defn: An abrupt place. [Poetic] "Over the vast abrupt." Milton. Ab*rupt", v. t. Defn: To tear off or asunder. [Obs.] "Till death abrupts them." Sir T. Browne.

abrupt - Similar Words

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