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precipitous
adjective
(pre-cip-i-tous)
done with very great haste and without due deliberation
Synonyms:
hasty
,
overhasty
,
precipitant
,
precipitate
,
precipitous
adjective
(pre-cip-i-tous)
extremely steep
Synonyms:
abrupt
,
sharp
,
Examples:
The precipitous rapids of the upper river.
The precipitous hills of Chinese paintings.
Words Related to
precipitous
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steep
,
abrupt
,
sharp
,
clifflike
,
cliffy
,
dramatic
,
meteoric
,
sudden
,
vertiginous
,
precipitate
,
hasty
,
dizzying
,
rapid
,
precipitated
,
reckless
,
overhasty
,
premature
,
breathtaking
,
headlong
,
brutal
,
hurried
,
giddy
,
rash
,
quick
,
dazzling
,
speedy
,
fast
,
fast-paced
,
ill-considered
,
knee-jerk
,
last-minute
,
drastic
,
gradual
,
disastrous
,
downward
,
calamitous
,
ignominious
,
perilous
,
inexorable
,
precarious
,
tumble
,
ruinous
,
rocky
,
imminent
,
precipitious
,
cataclysmic
,
declivitous
,
irreversible
,
swift
,
wrenching
,
declivous
,
inevitable
,
insteep
,
steepened
,
stunning
,
at full speed
,
unclimbable
,
catastrophic
,
consequent
,
acrophobic
,
startling
,
devexity
,
unilateral
,
inexplicable
,
expectable
,
foolhardy
,
devastating
,
acclivous
,
dismaying
,
unpropitious
,
unpredicted
,
declinal
,
regrettable
,
rightward
,
jarring
,
natural elevation
,
parabolic
,
ictic
,
spectacular
,
climb up
,
tumultuous
,
unwise
,
imprudent
,
reverse
,
dumbfounding
,
shipside
,
foolish
,
alarming
,
mortifying
,
worrisome
,
inauspicious
,
heedless
,
destabilizing
,
unjustified
,
unsloped
,
unexpected
,
disheartening
,
irresponsible
,
disquieting
,
monumental
,
precipitous
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