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Precipitous

see synonyms of precipitous

Adjective

1. hasty, overhasty, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous

done with very great haste and without due deliberation

Example Sentences:
'hasty marriage seldom proveth well'
'hasty makeshifts take the place of planning'
'rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion'
'wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king'

2. abrupt, precipitous, sharp

extremely steep

Example Sentences:
'an abrupt canyon'
'the precipitous rapids of the upper river'
'the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings'
'a sharp drop'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Precipitous

see synonyms of precipitous
adjective
1. 
resembling a precipice or characterized by precipices
2. 
very steep
3. 
hasty or precipitate

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Precipitous

see synonyms of precipitous
adjective
1. 
steep like a precipice; sheer
2. 
having precipices
3. 
precipitate

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Precipitous

see synonyms of precipitous
adj.
1. Resembling a precipice; extremely steep. See Synonyms at steep1.
2. Having several precipices: a precipitous bluff.
3. Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate: a precipitous collapse in prices. See Usage Note at precipitate.

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