Abruptness is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for ABRUPTNESS in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the quality of being abrupt
• The state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness.
• Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence; as, abruptness of style or manner.
• an abrupt discourteous manner
• the property possessed by a slope that is very steep
• the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
ADJECTIVE:
• (of a style of speech or writing) not flowing smoothly; disjointed
• sudden and unexpected
• brief to the point of rudeness; curt
• steep; precipitous
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• characterized by or involving action or change without preparation or warning; unexpected; unceremoniously curt; lacking smoothness or continuity

Words related to ABRUPTNESS

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Words that contain ABRUPTNESS

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How to use ABRUPTNESS in a sentence

• The abruptness of his exit indicated that he had been rudely propelled by somebody behind, and as he lurched across the deck, Lister appeared at the door.
• As though the abruptness of the gesture startled him, my uncle drew hastily back.
• The letter was dignified even to the point of abruptness, and it is difficult to explain how it managed to convey to me the impression of a strong man, shaken and perplexed.
• One realizes some things in life with curious abruptness, and I knew now how deeply and passionately I loved her.
• The door was opened with the soft abruptness of one who has approached it noiselessly by design.
• As the river channel suddenly narrows, the velocity of the current increases with great abruptness.
• Heatherbloom also moved with extreme abruptness and expedition.
• Then, breaking the stillness with almost startling abruptness, he heard a clear, high voice saying something at the top of the stairs outside.
• His face had gone red and white with such abruptness as to startle her.
• Fortunately the abruptness of his movement when he arose had knocked it to the floor, so now in the blindness of a red anger he could not see it.
• He sat staring vacantly into the darkness, which had come on with that abruptness which begins to be noticeable in September.
• The opposing shore was a mile distant, its rocky front gradually gaining abruptness and height until lost round the northern curve.
• The abruptness of her own question was evidently atoned for by some necessity the nature of which he had not yet entirely grasped.
• She must have seen me at the very same moment, for she halted dead with the abruptness of one faced with a sudden danger, an opened precipice, or a venomous snake under foot.
• The first time this happened it gave me a shock, less the abruptness of the break than by its sudden assault upon my memory.
• The importance, therefore, does not lie in the change, but in the abruptness of its introduction.
• The abruptness of this confession in the matter-of-fact German way almost overcame Gard with embarrassment.
• He was sickened by the abruptness with which the accusing circumstances had culminated.
• As we ascended the poop ladder, the gentleman asked me who I was, quite courteously, though his whole manner was marked by a quality of military abruptness.
• This brings you down hard and with much abruptness.
• It stood on a hill-side, the abruptness of which was only occasionally relieved by a few acres of level land.
• With startling abruptness her features underwent a change.
• He felt his years increase suddenly and his figure expand with equal abruptness.
• Greatness in design has more peace than is found in the gentle abruptness of Japanese lines, in their curious brevity.
• He sprang up with an abruptness to which his elders seemed to be used.
• The re-illumination of the city came with startling abruptness.
• With characteristic abruptness, he made his decision, but with no spoken word, no gesture, no emotion.
• He held out his hand to her with a certain abruptness.
• Then, with an abruptness that cannot be pictured, everything was blotted out in a great, blinding swirl of dust as the wind came whooping down upon them.
• But the abruptness is not so apparent to other eyes and ears.
• This arises from the abruptness or suddenness of transition.
• Beyond the crag nothing was visible but cloud and sky, showing the fearful height and abruptness of the descent.
• Perhaps it was the abruptness of the remark that caused the quick blush.
• The story shifts its point of view with very picturesque abruptness after verse 23.
• The broken abruptness of their appeal reveals the urgency of the case in the experienced eyes of these fishermen.

Similar words containing ABRUPTNES without suffix s

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