'Interrupted' definitions:
Definition of 'interrupted'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Discontinued temporarily; "we resumed the interrupted discussion"
adjective
Intermittently stopping and starting; "fitful (or interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static" [syn: fitful, interrupted, off-and-on(a)]
Definition of 'Interrupted'
From: GCIDE
- Interrupt \In`ter*rupt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interrupted; p. pr. & vb. n. Interrupting.] [L. interruptus, p. p. of interrumpere to interrupt; inter between + rumpere to break. See Rupture.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks of anyone speaking. [1913 Webster]
- Do not interrupt me in my course. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Interrupted'
From: GCIDE
- Interrupted \In`ter*rupt"ed\, a.
- 1. Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'interrupted'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- broken,
- broken off,
- chopped-off,
- choppy,
- decousu,
- disconnected,
- discontinued,
- discontinuous,
- discrete,
- disjunctive,
- episodic,
- fitful,
- herky-jerky,
- incoherent,
- intermittent,
- irregular,
- jagged,
- jerky,
- noncontinuous,
- nonlinear,
- nonsequential,
- nonserial,
- nonuniform,
- parenthetic,
- patchy,
- scrappy,
- snatchy,
- spasmodic,
- spotty,
- suspended,
- unconnected,
- unjoined,
- unsuccessive