abrupt
adjective
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unexpected, surprising, hasty, precipitous, unforeseen, sudden, hurried, quick, unanticipated, jerky, precipitate, rushing, unceremonious, blunt, brusque, crude, crusty, curt, direct, discourteousExamples from the Web for abrupt
Contemporary Examples of abrupt
In May 2009, however, the president had an abrupt change of heart.
Fans felt cheated by the abrupt end of a marriage seasons in the making (to Lady Mary, played by Michelle Dockery).
Biologist Mattson is alarmed by the abrupt 2008 rise in grizzly mortality from conflicts both with livestock and hunters.
King declined to elaborate on what that “immediate and abrupt action” would be, saying only that he had “a few ideas.”
The abrupt increase that night in U.S. sorties also stopped the town falling.
Historical Examples of abrupt
The interrogation came with an abrupt force that cried of new suspicions.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
The Colonel, who could not hear the remark, wondered at the abrupt pause in the game.
The Little ColonelAnnie Fellows Johnston
Her abrupt entry into the room, while he was in bed, startled him.
The Foolish LoversSt. John G. Ervine
I must be abrupt; for I am so circumstanced, that I have not a moment's time to spare.
Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
He was roused from this self-commune by an abrupt exclamation from his companion.
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton