Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places., Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious., Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected., Suddenly terminating, as if cut off., An abrupt place., To tear off or asunder.
unexpected or sudden
From the French meaning abrupt, blunt in manner or speech.
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The correct spelling is "abrupt."
Abrupting is the present participle of the adjective abrupt. Abrupt means sudden and unexpected. A present participle is a conjugate of a word that describes ongoing events at an unspecified time.
Her answer was very abrupt. I was surprised at her abrupt appearance. The party came to an abrupt end when she accidentally lit the cake on fire. You were quite abrupt to the little girl.
The root word "rupt" comes from the Latin stem "rumpere" meaning "to break." Rumpere is derived from "ruptura," meaning "fracture." Examples of this root being used in modern day English are words such as rupture, erupt, and abrupt.
The adverb of abrupt is abruptly.
No, the word "abrupt" is not an adverb. It is actually an adjective.The adverb form of the word "abrupt" is abruptly.
A synonym for abrupt is sudden.
no. abrupt means it happened suddenly and abruply means it happened in an abrupt way.
The car came to an abrupt halt. When he walked up their conversation came to an abrupt end.