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abâ¢rupt /ÉËbrÊpt/USA pronunciation adj. 1  sudden or unexpected: an abrupt departure. 2  so short as to be unfriendly or impolite:an abrupt reply. 3  changing suddenly; sharp: an abrupt turn in a road.
SYNONYMY NOTE: steep 1 suggests such sharpness of rise or slope as to make ascent or descent very difficult [a steep hill]; abrupt implies a sharper degree of inclination in a surface breaking off suddenly from the level [an abrupt bank at the river's edge]; precipitous suggests the abrupt and headlong drop of a precipice [a precipitous height]; sheer 1 applies to that which is perpendicular, or almost so, and unbroken throughout its length [cliffs falling sheer to the sea]