Word "ABRUPT" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions
Synonyms:
disconnected
Examples:
abrupt prose

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
extremely steep
Synonyms:
precipitous, sharp
Examples:
an abrupt canyon

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
exceedingly sudden and unexpected
Examples:
came to an abrupt stop
an abrupt change in the weather

Crossword Clues for ABRUPT

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Abstract pub art is unexpected (6)
Unexpected bar put out (6)
But to take the rap is so unexpected! (6)
Sudden jab ruptured it internally
Short article, very dry, about parking The Telegraph Cryptic 18 Mar 2024
Short article, very dry, about parking (6)
Pub art vandalised? That's sudden (6)
Sharp bar put off
Unexpectedly curt Wall Street Journal 13 Mar 2024
A bridge put together shoddily is uneven (6)
Short bar put round (6)
Bar put out, being short (6) Puzzler Cryptic 26 Jan 2024
Sudden power to punch a bully no end The Times Cryptic 17 Jan 2024
It's so unexpected to find art displayed in a pub
A British rector put out is brusque (6)
Likely to consume Irn-Bru leaving hall? That's unexpected (6)
Likely to consume Irn-Bru leaving half? That's unexpected (6)
Short sailor exercises after game The Telegraph Cryptic 24 Nov 2023
Short sailor exercises after game (6)
Fit to host just half of brunch — it's short The Guardian Cryptic 11 Jul 2023
Getting crusty New York Times 09 Jul 2023
Sudden New York Times 09 Jul 2023
Brusque New York Times 31 May 2023
Sudden LA Times Daily 10 Apr 2023
Short sword unsheathed with essentially blunt point The Telegraph Toughie 01 Mar 2023
Sudden, unexpected The Guardian Speedy 23 Oct 2022
Blunt — rude The Guardian Quick 01 Oct 2022
Sudden USA Today 30 Sep 2022
Sudden The Telegraph Quick 13 Sep 2022
A British metropolis has part for money? That's sudden
Curt; sudden The Times Concise 17 Jun 2022
Short, crisp style of alcohol primarily from dry wine including Port Irish Times Crosaire 27 Apr 2022
Truncated fancy bra raised temperature
Truncated fancy bra raised temperature The Guardian Cryptic 14 Dec 2021
Curt, sharp Irish Times Simplex 23 Aug 2021
Brusque The Telegraph Quick 14 Jul 2021
Sudden, unexpected The Times Concise 10 Jul 2021
Short bar put out
Sudden Universal 01 May 2021
Curt, put bar off
Unexpected Eugene Sheffer 19 Apr 2021
Disconnected from a very dry page — boring
Sudden Newsday 29 Mar 2021
Sudden The Telegraph Quick 07 Mar 2021
Short, crisp style of alcohol primarily from dry wine including Port Irish Times Crosaire 29 Jan 2021
Sharp and sudden Irish Times Simplex 20 Nov 2020
Curt The Sun Two Speed 01 Nov 2020
Short sailor put out crossing river The Sun Two Speed 01 Nov 2020
Sudden rap, but goes awry
Curt, sharp Irish Times Simplex 15 Oct 2020
Direct training after a second-rate game The Telegraph Cryptic 18 Sep 2020
Short article, very dry, about opening of parliament The Telegraph Cryptic 04 May 2020
Sudden The Times Concise 26 Apr 2020
Rudely quick Newsday 16 Apr 2020
Discourteously curt Family Time 16 Mar 2020
Brusque LA Times Daily 18 Dec 2019
Brusque The Washington Post 18 Dec 2019
Sudden Wall Street Journal 11 Nov 2019
Sudden bar redevelopment put off
Curt The Telegraph Quick 17 Aug 2019
Rude sailor visiting priest during period of sexual excitement
Sharp tone is key to initial potential in dry wine Irish Times Crosaire 26 Jun 2019
Sudden, unexpected The Times Concise 13 Jun 2019
Sudden The Washington Post 29 May 2019
Sudden LA Times Daily 29 May 2019
Gruff sailor on Channel seizing power The Telegraph Cryptic 23 May 2019
Page in article, very dry and short
Short training at a British university to start with
British Rail's happy for heart­less worker to be outside — unexpected?
Sudden; brusque The Guardian Speedy 06 Jan 2019
Sudden
Very sudden Universal 04 Oct 2018
Very quick to grab ruptured clothes
British sport fitting screens without warning
Sudden New York Times 01 Jun 2018
Sudden end of investment after rising graduate starts to reveal unethical practices
Rudely brief Premier Sunday 04 Feb 2018
Sudden
Very sudden
Sudden and unexpected The Times Concise 11 Dec 2017
Sailor right about good time being unexpected
Quick form of pop art
Unexpected point concluding a second-rate game
Without warning USA Today 24 Aug 2017
Rub Pat the wrong way? That's sudden!
Sudden The Guardian Speedy 17 Jun 2017
Brusque The Telegraph Quick 12 Jun 2017
Short bra undone and perhaps put by
Brisk sailor with routine, quietly absorbed
Likely to keep book on rugby short The Telegraph Cryptic 22 Feb 2017
Sailor from river put away without warning Irish Times Crosaire 18 Jan 2017
Without warning
Impolite sailor put out around the heart of Paris
A swine almost keeping quiet -- that's unexpected The Telegraph Cryptic 10 Nov 2016
A conspirator ignoring us keeps quiet, using minimal language
Short sailor on river put out Irish Times Crosaire 03 Oct 2016
Sudden, blunt The Guardian Speedy 01 Oct 2016
Sudden pressure in routine, following sailor
Short bar put out The Times Cryptic 01 Sep 2016
Sudden The Guardian Quick 26 Aug 2016
Short in bar groggily put away The Telegraph Cryptic 09 Jul 2016
Inclined to keep book on rugby union short
Inclined to keep book on rugby union short
Short sailor Rex put out
Without warning Newsday 30 Sep 2015
Short in manner The Telegraph Quick 18 Sep 2015
Sudden and unexpected Irish Times Simplex 10 Sep 2015
Short article by brother put into circulation
One sails Channel around Portsmouth -- it's brisk The Telegraph Toughie 25 Mar 2015
Exceedingly sudden Family Time 15 Mar 2015
Without warning
Appropriate to drink an instant coffee. It is quick
Not flowing
Unceremonious
Sudden
Curt
Short
Ending suddenly
Curt
Rather sudden
Brusque
Sudden
Sudden
Brusque in manner
Sudden
Discourteously curt
Discourteously curt
Rather sudden
Short
Brusque
Precipitate
Brusque
Brusque
Without warning
Precipitous
Sudden
Sudden
Short, but not necessarily sweet
Unexpected
Unexpected
Short-spoken
Hasty
Unexpected
Brusque
Unceremonious
Sudden
Curt
Sudden
Surprisingly curt
Curt
Unceremoniously curt
Steeply inclined
Steep
Hasty
Sudden.
Broken off.
Unexpected.
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