abrupt (adj.)
- aggressive
- arduous
- bearish
- beastly
- bluff
- blunt
- blunted
- bold
- brash
- breakneck
- breathless
- brief
- brisk
- brusque
- casual
- cavalier
- churlish
- crisp
- crusty
- curt
- discourteous
- dull
- dulled
- edgeless
- electrifying
- gruff
- harsh
- hasty
- headlong
- hurried
- impetuous
- impolite
- impulsive
- informal
- obtuse
- perpendicular
- plumb
- pointless
- precipitant
- precipitate
- precipitous
- quick
- rapid
- rash
- ready
- rough
- rounded
- rude
- rushing
- severe
- sharp
- sheer
- shocking
- short
- smoothed
- snappish
- snappy
- speedy
- startling
- steep
- sudden
- surly
- surprising
- swift
- truculent
- unannounced
- unanticipated
- unceremonious
- uncivil
- unexpected
- unforeseen
- unlooked-for
- unplanned
- unpointed
- unpredicted
- unsharpened
- vertical