abruptness
noun[U]
uk/əˈbrʌpt.nəs/us/əˈbrʌpt.nəs/abruptnessnoun[U](SUDDEN)
thequalityof beingsudden,unexpected, and sometimesunpleasant:
突然;意外Withdramaticabruptness, adecisionwas taken toclosetheschoolfor good.出于一个戏剧性突然做出的决定,这个学校将永久关闭。
Despiteitsabruptness, hisdeparturecame as nosurprise.尽管来得太突然,但他的离职毫不令人意外。
- There was acertainabruptness about hisdeparture.
- We weren'tshocked, except by the abruptness of it.
- Darkness andlightfluctuatewithsuddenandshockingabruptness.
Not expected or planned
- abruptly
- ad hoc
- ad hocism
- ad hockery
- adventitious
- extemporize
- hoof
- innocent
- innocently
- instinctive
- instinctively
- involuntarily
- spirit
- spontaneity
- spontaneous
- spontaneously
- steepness
- unannounced
- unwitting
- unwittingly
abruptnessnoun[U](RUDE)
behaviourthatseemsrudeandunfriendly,especiallybecause of using very few words whentalking:
生硬;鲁莽;唐突Her abruptness did notbotherme.我不介意她的鲁莽。
Heregrettedthe abruptness of hisquestion.他为自己突然发问感到抱歉。
- There's asharpnessand abruptness to him.
- His abruptness ofmannersometimesremindedme of hisfather.
- She was oftencriticizedfor hercurtnessand abruptness.
Blunt and direct in speech & behaviour
- abruptly
- bald
- baldly
- baldness
- bluff
- blunt
- bluntly
- edgelord
- flat outphrase
- forthright
- forthrightness
- forwardness
- plain speaking
- plain-spoken
- plainness
- point-blank
- pull
- shoot
- suffer
- vocal
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Not being friendly
Not saying much
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