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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | steep, falling sharply |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, arduous, craggy, dizzy, dizzying, high, perpendicular, precipitate, sharp, sheer |
| Notes: | precipitous 'hasty, sudden and dramatic' is used in relation to physical or natural objects; precipitate 'done with great haste' relates to human actions or processes |
| Antonyms: | gradual |
| Main Entry: | abrupt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happening suddenly and unexpectedly |
| Synonyms: | hasty, hurried, jerky, precipitate, precipitous, quick, rushing, sudden, surprising, unanticipated, unceremonious, unexpected, unforeseen |
| Antonyms: | at ease, deliberate, expansive, gradual, leisurely |
| Main Entry: | craggy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | jagged |
| Synonyms: | asperous, broken, cragged, harsh, precipitous, rock-bound, rocky, rough, rugged, scabrous, scraggy, stony, uneven, unlevel, unsmooth |
| Antonyms: | flat, smooth |
Example Sentences
- For three long weeks, nearly 200 cyclists barrel through spectacular scenery and make lung-bursting ascents of precipitous peaks.
- There is only what seems to me a rather low protective barrier given the precipitous drop into the deep valleys below.
- In reality at the end of every rainbow is a precipitous cliff edge and with hordes of lemmings skidding to an abrupt halt.
| Main Entry: | hurried |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quick, rushed |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, breakneck, brief, cursory, fast, hasty, headlong, hectic, impetuous, perfunctory, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, rushing, short, slapdash, speedy, subitaneous, sudden, superficial, swift |
| Antonyms: | easily, leisurely, slow, unhurried, unrushed |
| Main Entry: | impetuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | acting without thinking |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, ardent, eager, fervid, fierce, furious, going off deep end, hasty, headlong, hurried, impassioned, impulsive, passionate, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, rash, restive, rushing, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, subitaneous, sudden, swift, unbridled, unexpected, unplanned, unpremeditated, unreflecting, unrestrained, unthinking, vehement, violent |
| Antonyms: | calm, cautious, circumspect, considerate, reflective, sensible, thoughtful, wise |
| Main Entry: | sheer |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abrupt, steep |
| Synonyms: | arduous, erect, headlong, perpendicular, precipitate, precipitous, sideling, upright |
| Notes: | shear(s) (noun) are large scissors with strong blades - (verb) to remove fleece, hair, or foliage by cutting or clipping; sheer (adjective) means complete and without restriction or qualification - (verb) turn sharply or change direction abruptly |
| Antonyms: | moderate, slow |
| Main Entry: | steep |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extreme in direction, course |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, arduous, breakneck, declivitous, elevated, erect, headlong, high, hilly, lifted, lofty, perpendicular, precipitate, precipitous, prerupt, raised, sharp, sheer, straight-up |
| Antonyms: | gentle, mild, moderate |
| Main Entry: | straight |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aligned; not curved |
| Synonyms: | beeline, collinear, consecutive, continuous, direct, erect, even, horizontal, in a line, in a row, in line, inflexible, invariable, level, like an arrow, lineal, linear, near, nonstop, perpendicular, plumb, precipitous, rectilineal, rectilinear, right, running, sheer, short, smooth, solid, square, straightforward, successive, through, true, unbent, unbroken, uncurled, undeviating, undistorted, uninterrupted, unrelieved, unswerving, upright, vertical |
| Antonyms: | curved, indirect, twisted |
| Main Entry: | sudden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unexpected; happening quickly |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, accelerated, acute, expeditious, fast, flash, fleet, hasty, headlong, hurried, immediate, impetuous, impromptu, impulsive, out of the blue, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, quick, quickened, rapid, rash, rushing, spasmodic, speeded, subito, swift, unforeseen, unusual |
| Antonyms: | expected, slow |
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