Associations to the word «Mountainous»

Wiktionary

MOUNTAINOUS, adjective. Having many mountains; rough (terrain); rocky.
MOUNTAINOUS, adjective. Resembling a mountain, especially in size.
MOUNTAINOUS, adjective. (by extension) (of a problem or task) Very difficult.
MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH, proper noun. Synonym of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Dictionary definition

MOUNTAINOUS, adjective. Having hills and crags; "hilly terrain".
MOUNTAINOUS, adjective. Like a mountain in size and impressiveness; "mountainous waves"; "a mountainous dark man".
MOUNTAINOUS, adjective. Containing many mountains.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats