Noun: abruptness u'brúpt-nus
- The quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
"The abruptness of the stock market crash caught many investors off guard";
- precipitateness, precipitousness, precipitance, precipitancy, suddenness
- An abrupt discourteous manner
"his antagonistic abruptness";
- brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness
- The property possessed by a slope that is very steep
"The abruptness of the hiking trail made it challenging for beginners";
- precipitousness, steepness
Type of: discourtesy, gradient, haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, precipitation, rudeness, slope
Antonym: gentleness