Dizzy, breakneck, bluff, broken, acute, and bluff are all synonyms for abrupt. Gradual and unhurried are these antonyms of abrupt. And here are another 67 synonyms for abrupt.
Abrupt Synonyms
1. sudden
- Breakneck
- Hasty
- Headlong
- Hurried
- Immediate
- Instantaneous
- Precipitate
- Quick
- Rapid
- Speedy
- Startling
- Sudden
- Surprising
- Swift
- Unanticipated
- Unexpected
- Unforeseen
- Violent
- Without warning
- Meteoric
2. curt
- Bluff
- Blunt
- Brisk
- Brusque
- Cavalier
- Churlish
- Crisp
- Curt
- Discourteous
- Gruff
- Harsh
- Laconic
- No-nonsense
- Offhand
- Rough
- Rude
- Sharp
- Short
- Snappish
- Snappy
- Surly
- Terse
- To the point
- Unceremonious
- Uncivil
- Off
3. jerky
- Broken
- Disconnected
- Discontinuous
- Irregular
- Jerky
- Rough
- Uneven
- Inelegant
4. steep
- Acute
- Bluff
- Dizzy
- Perpendicular
- Precipitous
- Sharp
- Sheer
- Steep
- Sudden
- Vertical
- Vertiginous
- Declivitous