Associations to the word «Precipitous»
Noun
- Ravine
- Steep
- Crag
- Cliff
- Gorge
- Slope
- Chasm
- Promontory
- Ascent
- Escarpment
- Bluff
- Decline
- Torrent
- Precipice
- Ledge
- Gully
- Summit
- Narrow
- Headland
- Scenery
- Descent
- Plateau
- Plunge
- Brink
- Glacier
- Plunging
- Drop
- Crevice
- Rock
- Hillside
- Climb
- Cataract
- Peak
- Ridge
- Sandstone
- Footing
- Side
- Mountain
- Hollow
- Deep
- Tumble
- Wadi
- Stream
- Thicket
- Cascade
- Pinnacle
- Glen
- Hill
- Canyon
- Lichen
- Granite
- Path
- Limestone
- Overlook
- Crumbling
- Flank
- Bold
- Valley
- Verge
Adjective
Wiktionary
PRECIPITOUS, adjective. Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.
PRECIPITOUS, adjective. Headlong; as, precipitous fall.
PRECIPITOUS, adjective. Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts.
Dictionary definition
PRECIPITOUS, adjective. Done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king".
PRECIPITOUS, adjective. Extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop".
Wise words
Four things come not back. The spoken word, the sped arrow,
the past life, ad the neglected opportunity.