abrupter

Adjective

abrupt (comparative more abrupt or abrupter, superlative most abrupt or abruptest)

1. (obsolete, rare) Broken away (from restraint).
2. Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
   • The party came to an abrupt end when the parents of our host arrived.

   Synonyms:

   sudden, disconnected, unexpected

3. Curt in manner.
   • With no great disparity between them in point of years, they were, in every other respect, as unlike and far removed from each other as two men could well be. The one was soft-spoken, delicately made, precise, and elegant; the other, a burly square-built man, negligently dressed, rough and abrupt...1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 12.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 301

   Synonyms:

   brusque, rude, uncivil, impolite, terse, brisk, blunt

4. Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected; disjointed.
   • The abrupt style, which hath many breaches.1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter
5. (obsolete) Broken off.
6. Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous.
   • The mazy-running brook
     Forms a deep pool; this bank abrupt and high.a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   broken, rough, rugged

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