Your actions may be overly precipitous.
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Precipitous
/pɹɪˈsɪpɪtəs/
Synonyms for "precipitous" (109 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (33)
harum scarumharum-scarumhastyheadlonghotheadedhurriedimpetuousimpulsivemadnerve-shatteringorthodiagonalorthogonalovereageroverenthusiasticoverzealouspantingperpendicularplumbplungingprecipitant
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Adjective(7 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (54)
Adjective(19 words)
rashrecklessright-angleright-angledright-angularrushingsharpsheershockingsidelingslap-bangslapdashspeedystartlingsteepsticklestraight-upstraight-up-and-downsuddensurprising
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swiftunanticipatedunexpectedunforeseenunlooked forunlooked-forunpredictedup-and-downverticalwantonwild
Adjective(3 words)
Noun(1 words)
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9 entriesabrupt movecliff facedrastic drophasty decisioninstant shiftrapid declinerash actionrock wallsheer drop
Collocations
5 entriesprecipitous actionprecipitous decisionprecipitous declineprecipitous dropprecipitous slope
Inflections
2 entriesmore precipitousmost precipitous
Derivations
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2 entriesSample sentences
13 total sentences available.
In a moment the young fellows had dismounted, fastened their horses, and were ascending the precipitous slope which led up to the object which had excited their curiosity.
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On the top of the precipitous shore, looking out to sea, was a large castle.
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Sprightly little goatherds, whose heads are the heads of fauns, and whose half naked and ruddy bodies are often clad in skins, ramble over the precipitous hills with nimble herds able to crop a living from mere stone-piles; and the fauns, Pan-like, pipe to their goats strains Theocritus might have loved.
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