Abrupt

Part of speech: noun (n.)

An abrupt place. [Poetic] "Over the vast abrupt." Milton.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To tear off or asunder. [Obs.] "Till death abrupts them." Sir T. Browne.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places. "Tumbling through ricks abrupt," Thomson.

2. Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. "The cause of your abrupt departure." Shak.

3. Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected. The abrupt style, which hath many breaches. B. Jonson.

4. Suddenly terminating, as if cut off. Gray.

Synonyms: Sudden; unexpected; hasty; rough; curt; unceremonious; rugged; blunt; disconnected; broken.