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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions abrupt noun (rfc-level, Noun at L4+ not in L3 POS section) (poetic) Something which is Adjective, abrupt. Over the vast abrupt. - Milton = verb  (transitive) To tear off or asunder; to interrupt suddenly. Till death abrupts them. - Sir T. Browne adjective (more abrupt or abrupter, most abrupt or abruptest) Broken off; very steep or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; as, places. Tumbling through ricks . - Thomson Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. The cause of your departure. - Shakespeare, Henry VI Part I, II-iii curt, Curt in manner; rude; uncivil; impolite. Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected. The party came to an end when the parents of our host arrived. The style, which hath many breaches. - B. Jonson (botany) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off; truncated. Etymology: abruptus, past participle of abrumpere "to break off", formed from ab- + rumpere "to break".      Full Definition of abrupt  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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