Definizione monolingua

abrupt

abrupt (third-person singular simple present abrupts, present participle abrupting, simple past and past participle abrupted)

1. (transitive) To tear off or asunder.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Sir T. Browne

     Till death abrupts them.

2. To interrupt suddenly.

abrupt (plural abrupts)

1. (poetic) Something which is abrupt.
   • (Can we date this quote?) w:Milton

     Over the vast abrupt.

abrupt (comparative more abrupt or abrupter, superlative most abrupt or abruptest)

1. Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous.
   • (Can we date this quote?) w:Thomson

     Tumbling through ricks abrupt.

2. Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
   • (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare, Henry VI Part I, II-iii

     The cause of your abrupt departure.

3. Curt in manner; rude; uncivil; impolite.
4. Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected.

   The party came to an abrupt end when the parents of our host arrived.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Ben Jonson

   The abrupt style, which hath many breaches.

5. (botany) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off; truncate.

abrupt

1. suddenly

Definizione dizionario abrupt

	brusco
	broken off or very steep
	sudden or hasty
	Happening quickly and with little or no warning.

	brusca
	broken off or very steep
	sudden or hasty

	subitaneo
	Happening quickly and with little or no warning.

	discontinua
	having sudden transitions from one state to next

	discontinuo
	having sudden transitions from one state to next

	improvviso
	Happening quickly and with little or no warning.

	repentino
	Happening quickly and with little or no warning.

	sconnessa
	having sudden transitions from one state to next

	sconnesso
	having sudden transitions from one state to next

ripido

	subito
	Happening quickly and with little or no warning.

erto

innaspettato

rapido

rigido

scosceso

slegato

Altri significati:

Curt in manner; rude; uncivil; impolite.

Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous.

(botany) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off; truncate.

(transitive) To tear off or asunder.

Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.

To interrupt suddenly.

botany: truncated

curt in manner

Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected.

(poetic) Something which is abrupt.