abruptness

a·brupt

A0023900 (ə-brŭpt′)adj.1. Unexpectedly sudden: an abrupt change in the weather.2. Surprisingly curt; brusque: an abrupt answer made in anger.3. Touching on one subject after another with sudden transitions: abrupt prose.4. Steeply inclined. See Synonyms at steep¹.5. Botany Terminating suddenly rather than gradually; truncate: an abrupt leaf.

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[Latin abruptus, past participle of abrumpere, to break off : ab-, away; see ab-¹ + rumpere, to break; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]

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a·brupt′ly adv.a·brupt′ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	abruptness - an abrupt discourteous manner brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortnessrudeness, discourtesy - a manner that is rude and insulting
	2.	abruptness - the property possessed by a slope that is very steepprecipitousness, steepnessgradient, slope - the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient"gentleness, gradualness - the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual
	3.	abruptness - the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warningprecipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, suddenness, precipitousnesshaste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, precipitation - overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste"

Translations

突然

abrupt

(əˈbrapt) adjective1. sudden; unexpected. The car came to an abrupt halt. 突然的 突然的2. (of a person's manner of speaking etc) rude or sharp. 唐突的 唐突的，粗魯的，莽撞的 3. lacking in continuity. 突然停止的 不连贯的aˈbruptly adverb 突然地 突然地aˈbruptness noun 突然 突然