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abrupt
Synonyms and Antonyms of abrupt
- The policeman's abrupt manner discouraged me from trying to claim that I hadn't seen the red light.
candid, direct, forthright, foursquare, frank, free-spoken, open, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, point-blank, straightforward, straight-out
artless, discourteous, disrespectful, impertinent, impolite, inconsiderate, insensitive, rude, tactless, undiplomatic
brief, closemouthed, laconic, reserved, reticent, terse, tight-lipped
- The gentle, rolling hills gradually give way to high mountains with abrupt sides.
- His abrupt reappearance seems to have caught everyone off guard.
Synonym Discussion of abrupt
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- the army's precipitate withdrawal
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- a headlong flight from arrest
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- an abrupt refusal
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- an impetuous lover proposing marriage
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- flew into a sudden rage
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