Dictionary Entry
abrupt
abrupt is a 6-letter English word with 10 senses as adjective, noun, and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.
- 2adjective
Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
- 3adjective
Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected.
- 4adjective
Suddenly terminating, as if cut off.
- 5noun
An abrupt place.
- 6transitive verb
To tear off or asunder.
- 7adjective
surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner
"an abrupt reply"
- 8adjective
exceedingly sudden and unexpected
"came to an abrupt stop"
"an abrupt change in the weather"
- 9adjective
extremely steep
"an abrupt canyon"
"the precipitous rapids of the upper river"
Synonyms
- 10adjective
marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions
"abrupt prose"
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