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adjectiveof the nature of or characterized by precipices: a precipitous wall of rock. extremely or impassably steep: precipitous mountain trails. precipitate. Origin of precipitous1640–50; <obsolete French précipiteux;see precipitate, -ous SYNONYMS FOR precipitous2 abrupt, sheer, perpendicular. SEE SYNONYMS FOR precipitous ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR precipitousSEE ANTONYMS FOR precipitous ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM precipitouspre·cip·i·tous·ly, adverbpre·cip·i·tous·ness, nounun·pre·cip·i·tous, adjectiveun·pre·cip·i·tous·ly, adverb un·pre·cip·i·tous·ness, noun WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH precipitousprecipitate, precipitous Words nearby precipitousprecipitation, precipitation hardening, precipitin, precipitinogen, precipitin test, precipitous, précis, precise, precisely, precisian, precision Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for precipitousMars Hill Church leaders blamed bad publicity for the precipitous drop in attendance and tithes. Another Mega Church Implodes|Warren Throckmorton|September 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST This sort of precipitous drop can reflect gyrations in the price of gas. How the Kings of Fracking Double-Crossed Their Way to Riches|ProPublica|March 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Part of the reason for this precipitous decline is likely climate change. Last Flight of the Monarchs? A Plea for Help for the Dying Butterflies|Michael Daly|February 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST The plea deal represents a precipitous fall from grace, writes John Avlon. With Plea Deal, Jesse Jackson Jr.’s Fall From Grace Seems Complete|John Avlon|February 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In 1965, despite the precipitous decline in the worker-to-retiree ratio, Social Security paid its bills with a 2.2% payroll tax. The Coming Retirement Burden|Megan McArdle|February 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST It is on a plateau—the particular point that I mean—a plateau of precipitous mountains. Running Sands|Reginald Wright Kauffman The road rose high above the lake, and in one or two places ran along the edge of a precipitous cliff. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway|Effie Price Gladding For some distance round the hill the rocks were so precipitous, that we had no fear of being attacked on those sides. In the Eastern Seas|W.H.G. Kingston The valley of the Dor is therefore shut in either by precipitous volcanic walls, or is guarded by sombre woods. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847|Various At the head of the canyon stood an extinct volcano, its precipitous sides forming the barrier at the western end of the canyon. The Long Chance|Peter B. Kyne
British Dictionary definitions for precipitous
adjectiveresembling a precipice or characterized by precipices very steep hasty or precipitate Derived forms of precipitousprecipitously, adverbprecipitousness, nounusage for precipitousThe use of precipitous to mean hasty is thought by some people to be incorrect Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to precipitoussharp, dizzying, abrupt, craggy, arduous, dizzy, high, perpendicular, precipitate, sheer |