abrupt

abrupt has 10 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• a.. Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.
• a.. Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
• a.. Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected.
• a.. Suddenly terminating, as if cut off.
• n.. An abrupt place.
• v. t.. To tear off or asunder.
• a.. surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner; "an abrupt reply"
• a.. exceedingly sudden and unexpected; "came to an abrupt stop"; "an abrupt change in the weather"
• a.. extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"
• a.. marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions; "abrupt prose"