Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous.
Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
Curt in manner.
Suddenly terminating, as if cut off; truncate.
Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected; disjointed.
To interrupt suddenly.
Something which is abrupt; an abyss.
Twisted, bent, crooked.
Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.
Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).
Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic.
Distortion.
To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.).