Search Result for "abruptness":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
1. an abrupt discourteous manner;
[syn: abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness]
2. the property possessed by a slope that is very steep;
[syn: abruptness, precipitousness, steepness]
3. the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning;
[syn: abruptness, precipitateness, precipitousness, precipitance, precipitancy, suddenness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Abruptness \Ab*rupt"ness\, n. 1. The state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness. [1913 Webster] 2. Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence; as, abruptness of style or manner. [1913 Webster]
