Čo znamená abrupt v angličtine a aká je definícia abrupt?

V tomto najautoritatívnejšom anglickom slovníku sa môžete naučiť abrupt výslovnosť, gramatika a synonymá.

abrupt Význam & definícia

0 sudden and unexpected, and often unpleasant:
- an abrupt change/movement
- Our conversation came to an abrupt end when George burst into the room.
- The road ended in an abrupt (= sudden and very steep) slope down to the sea.
1 using too few words when talking, in a way that seems rude and unfriendly:
- an abrupt manner/reply
- He is sometimes very abrupt with clients.
2 sudden and not expected, often with unpleasant results:
- There was an abrupt change in her mood.
- We came to an abrupt curve in the road.
3 not friendly or polite; showing little interest in talking to other people:
- His abrupt manner makes me uncomfortable.

The car juddered and came to an abrupt halt in the middle of the road.
There was an abrupt change in her attitude towards me when she heard that I was Alan's girlfriend.
The party came to rather an abrupt ending when Tom's parents came home.
There was an abrupt fall in our sales figures following the bad publicity.
As you step into the air-conditioned office, there is an abrupt change in temperature.
However, some transitions are more abrupt, and therefore usually faster.
The polar opposite situation is one in which the transition follows a more abrupt break with the authoritarian order.
The change from body tegument to nephridiopore tegument was clearly not an abrupt, but rather a gradual process (fig. 5).