abruptness
Other forms: abruptnesses
The quality of abruptness is an almost rude bluntness or suddenness. When you act with abruptness, you do something quickly, with no warning or consideration of how other people feel about it.
Friends will comment on your abruptness if you suddenly walk away from them in the middle of a conversation. If your favorite restaurant is unexpectedly shut down one day, with a sign saying "out of business," you'll wonder at the abruptness of its closing. The word at the heart of abruptness is the adjective abrupt — and it is rooted in the Latin word abruptus, which means "broken off or disconnected."
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the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
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synonyms:
precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitousness, suddenness
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type of:
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haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, precipitation
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
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haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, precipitation
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an abrupt discourteous manner
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synonyms:
brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness
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type of:
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discourtesy, rudeness
a manner that is rude and insulting
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discourtesy, rudeness
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the property possessed by a slope that is very steep
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synonyms:
precipitousness, steepness
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antonyms:
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gentleness, gradualness
the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual
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gentleness, gradualness
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Vocabulary lists containing abruptness
You'll be bursting with pride after you master this list of words derived from the Latin root rupt, meaning "burst or break."
Fourteen-year-old Ida dreams of becoming a teacher. When her town's one-room schoolhouse must shut down, Ida decides to secretly teach the other students and prepare for her own high school entrance exams.