abruptness
Collocations
1VERB + ABRUPTNESS
surprised
Definitions
noun
The state of being abrupt or broken
Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence.
So be neither diffuse with damp and slippery words nor blunt the edge of your discourse by abruptness of style. Study in particular the purest period of style, that those who move only to Ciceronian rhythm call you not a Celt.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — an abrupt discourteous manner
- brusqueness
- curtness
- gruffness
- shortness
noun — the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warn
- precipitateness
- precipitousness
- precipitance
- precipitancy
- suddenness
noun — the property possessed by a slope that is very steep
- precipitousness
- steepness
Antonyms
- gradualness
- gentleness
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3So be neither diffuse with damp and slippery words nor blunt the edge of your discourse by abruptness of style. Study in particular the purest period of style, that those who move only to Ciceronian r
WiktionaryTom was surprised by Mary's abruptness.
Tatoeba · #6838050Some people can see their own death coming and can feel it coming, while some others are taken aback by its abruptness.
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