Another word for abrupt
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Adjective
Happening quickly and without warning
So sharply inclined as to be almost perpendicular
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Another word for abrupt
Modifier
Said of things, usually landscape
Antonyms:Said of people or acts of people
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Synonym Study
- Sheer applies to that which is perpendicular, or almost so, and unbroken throughout its length cliffs falling sheer to the sea, a sheer drop from the sixth floor See also syn. study at sudden.
- Precipitous suggests the sudden and headlong drop of a precipice a precipitous height
- Steep suggests such sharpness of rise or slope as to make ascent or descent very difficult a steep hill
- Abrupt implies a sharp degree of inclination in a surface breaking off suddenly from the level an abrupt bank at the river's edge
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