1 sudden and unexpected, often in an unpleasant way:
an abrupt change / halt / departure * The accident brought his career to an abrupt end.
2 speaking or acting in a way that seems unfriendly and rude; not taking time to say more than is necessary:
an abrupt manner * She was very abrupt with me in our meeting.
abruptly adverb:
The interview ended abruptly.
abruptness noun [U]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for abrupt is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is abrupt a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, abrupt is tagged as adjective.
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