abrupt

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

a·brupt (ə-brŭptʹ)adj.
1. Unexpectedly sudden:
an abrupt change in the weather.
2. Surprisingly curt; brusque:
an abrupt answer made in anger.
3. Touching on one subject after another with sudden transitions:
abrupt prose.
4. Steeply inclined. See Synonyms at steep¹.
5. Botany. Terminating suddenly rather than gradually; truncate:
an abrupt leaf. [Latin abruptus, past participle of abrumpere, to break off : ab-, away; see ab-¹ + rumpere, to break; See reup- in Indo-European Roots.] a·bruptʹly adv.a·bruptʹness n.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  precipitous, sharp, disconnected