precipitous
Meaning of precipitous
- Steep, like a precipice
a precipitous cliff
- Headlong
a precipitous fall
- Hasty; rash; quick; sudden
precipitous attempts
Information about precipitous
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of precipitous
pre-cip-i-tous
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- precipitous is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
precipitous synonyms
Meaning hasty:
hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant
Meaning abrupt:
Meaning :
heedless, hotheaded, impetuous, headlong, brant, subitaneous
Translation of precipitous
- German: plötzlich, jäh, abrupt, unvermittelt, schlagartig, urplötzlich
- French: soudain, brusque, subit, prompt
- Italian: improvviso, brusco, subito, subitaneo, repentino
- Portuguese: repentino, abrupto
- Spanish: repentino, abrupto, brusco, súbito, repentina, precipitado
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