Associations to the word «Precipitous»
Noun
- Terrain
- Fir
- Spur
- Rout
- Mountaineer
- Citadel
- Below
- Height
- Rampart
- Eminence
- Retreat
- Meadow
- Elevation
- Spray
- Bank
- Plain
- Edge
- Shore
- Rapid
- Surf
- Masse
- Altitude
- Sea
- Incline
- Wall
- Rise
- Gibraltar
- Ladder
- Expanse
- Rough
- Foot
- Bottom
- Extremity
- Pine
- Mist
- Fortress
- Boulder
- Roaring
- Spire
- Snow
- Travelling
- Breadth
- Departure
- Whistling
- Pasture
- Mile
- Trail
- Foam
- Collapse
- Waterfall
- Crater
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".
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