Abrupt synonyms

67 synonyms for abrupt such as dizzy, breakneck, bluff, broken, acute, and bluff. Abrupt is an adjective, and its antonyms are gradual and unhurried.

Another word for abrupt

1. sudden

Breakneck, hasty, headlong, hurried, immediate, instantaneous, meteoric, precipitate, quick, rapid, speedy, startling, sudden, surprising, swift, unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseen, violent, and without warning.

2. curt

Bluff, blunt, brisk, brusque, cavalier, churlish, crisp, curt, discourteous, gruff, harsh, laconic, no-nonsense, off, offhand, rough, rude, sharp, short, snappish, snappy, surly, terse, to the point, unceremonious, and uncivil.

3. jerky

Broken, disconnected, discontinuous, inelegant, irregular, jerky, rough, and uneven.

4. steep

Acute, bluff, declivitous, dizzy, perpendicular, precipitous, sharp, sheer, steep, sudden, vertical, and vertiginous.

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