The staircase leading to the rooftop is narrow, steep, and dark.
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Steep
/stiːp/
Synonyms for "steep" (308 found)
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eminentenormousentinctureescarpmentessentializeetheretherealexactingexaggeratedexaltedexcessiveexorbitantexpensiveexpressextortionateextravagantextremefabulousfacefancy
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Adjective(5 words)
Noun(3 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Adjective(15 words)
macerateonerousoutrageousprecipitousprecipitous changepriceyruinoussheer amountsheerestsoaksteepeststeepishunconscionableusuriousvertical
Noun(5 words)
marinatemeanmelt downmonstrousmonumentalmountainousmountingno picnicnot affordablenot easyof great costolympianolympian heightsoperoseorthodiagonalorthogonalout of boundsout of sightout of this worldoutrageous
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outtoppingoverbigoverdevelopedovergreatovergrownoverlargeoverlookingovermuchoverpricedovertoppingoverweeningpalisadepalisadespenetratepercolatepermeateperpendicularpervadepickleplumbplungingprecipiceprecipitouspremiumpress outpriceyprominentraiserapidrefinerenderrichright-angleright-angledright-angularrigorousrinseriserising groundroughruggedsaturatescarscarpseasonseetheset with thornsseveresharpsheerskysoaksoaringsoddensopsousespinyspiringsqueezestiffstraight-upstraight-up-and-downstratospherestrenuoussublimesubmergesuffusesumptuoussuperlativesupernaltalltemperthornyticklishtincturetingetoilsometoo muchtoptoplesstoploftytoppingtoughtoweringtowerytransfusetrickyunbridledunconscionableundueunpayableunreasonableunrestrainedup-and-downuphillupliftedupreareduprisevantage groundvantage pointverticalwallwashwaterlogwetwickedwringwring outzenith
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27 total sentences available.
From this point the climb suddenly became steep.
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The steep path is the sole access to the border.
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To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.
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