All 16 Uses of
abrupt
in
Crime and Punishment
- He struck me, for instance, at first, as rather abrupt, but that may well come from his being an outspoken man, and that is no doubt how it is.†
Chpt 1.3
- "Fever," he answered abruptly.†
Chpt 1.7 *
- Abruptly, without any thought at all, he went out, closing the door as thoroughly as he could, and went downstairs.†
Chpt 1.7
- "Good-bye," he said abruptly, and walked to the door.†
Chpt 2.2
- … Come, that's enough," Razumihin concluded, and he turned abruptly to Zossimov to continue their previous conversation.†
Chpt 2.5
- He turned abruptly to the wall; Nastasya went out.†
Chpt 2.5
- She broke off abruptly on a sentimental high note, shouted sharply to the organ grinder "Come on," and both moved on to the next shop.†
Chpt 2.6
- "Take him straight to the police station," the man in the long coat jerked in abruptly.†
Chpt 2.6
- "I only meant to say that I beg your forgiveness, mother," he concluded, shortly and abruptly.†
Chpt 3.3
- "But they all write like that, you know," Razumihin observed, abruptly.†
Chpt 3.3
- "Of course, you were," he added abruptly and the expression of his face and the sound of his voice changed again suddenly.†
Chpt 4.4
- "Yes," Sonia whispered abruptly, again overcome with confusion and looking down.†
Chpt 4.4
- "That is all about the raising of Lazarus," she whispered severely and abruptly, and turning away she stood motionless, not daring to raise her eyes to him.†
Chpt 4.4
- Raskolnikov got up from the sofa, abruptly checking his hysterical laughter.†
Chpt 4.5
- She turned abruptly and went towards the door.†
Chpt 5.5
- At the corner he too turned and for the last time their eyes met; but noticing that she was looking at him, he motioned her away with impatience and even vexation, and turned the corner abruptly.†
Chpt 6.7
Definition:
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(abrupt as in: an abrupt change) sudden and unexpected
or (less commonly): characterized by sudden changes or at a steep angle