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[ in-tuh-ruhp-tid ] / ˌɪn təˈrʌp tɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR interrupted ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivebroken off or discontinuous: Even one night of interrupted sleep can affect your mood. Botany. having an irregular or discontinuous arrangement, as of leaflets along a stem. Origin of interruptedFirst recorded in 1550–60; interrupt + -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM interruptednon·in·ter·rupt·ed, adjectivenon·in·ter·rupt·ed·ly, adverbnon·in·ter·rupt·ed·ness, nounun·in·ter·rupt·ed, adjective un·in·ter·rupt·ed·ly, adverbun·in·ter·rupt·ed·ness, noun Words nearby interruptedinterrogatories, interrogator-responsor, interrogatory, in terrorem clause, interrupt, interrupted, interrupted fern, interrupted screw, interrupted suture, interrupter, interruption Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for interruptedBut the stories of the Riveras and Toros are often interrupted by the stories of their neighbors. The 2014 Novel of the Year|Nathaniel Rich|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST After our talk—and, of course, much more research—I filed a version of the following story on my website Hollywood, Interrupted. I Warned You About Bill Cosby in 2007|Mark Ebner|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST When host David Gregory interrupted to note that Carson also said that “it is slavery in a way,” the Doctor agreed. Fringe Factor: The Common Core Will Turn Your Kids as Gay as Possible|Caitlin Dickson|May 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Welch interrupted, offering a smile that signaled pure exhaustion and defeat. The Heroin Hearing That Wasn’t|Abby Haglage|April 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We half expect the music cue to be interrupted by something equally (and intentionally) cliché, like the brrrzzzzzzippp! What's Happened to Don Draper? Why Everyone’s Favorite ‘Mad Men’ Stud Needs His Mojo Back|Lizzie Crocker|April 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST The words of the young girl were interrupted by a startling thing. Roads of Destiny|O. Henry But she interrupted him impatiently, and said she hated and would have no mercy on you. Mohun, or, The Last Days of Lee and his Paladins|John Esten Cooke They are interrupted by that great accident, matrimony, which invites a woman to stop teaching, and a man to continue. The Spirit of America|Henry Van Dyke "False rumors given out by the traitor, Havenner, who has now gone to the twilight of the gods," interrupted the Viceroy. Giants on the Earth|Sterner St. Paul Meek "It's a long story," interrupted the Adventurer, with quiet insolence. The White Moll|Frank L. Packard
British Dictionary definitions for interrupted
adjectivebroken, discontinued, or hindered (of plant organs, esp leaves) not evenly spaced along an axis Also: deceptive music (of a cadence) progressing from the dominant chord to any other, such as the subdominant or submediant Derived forms of interruptedinterruptedly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to interruptedpostponed, delayed, broken, disrupted, discontinued, suspended, hindered, checked, obstructed, cut short, discontinuous, held up, intermittent, irregular, interfered with |