mountainous as an adjective: - 1
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mountainous
adjective
1 mountainous
Having hills and crags.
synonyms: cragged, craggy, hilly.
Roget 206:
high,
elevated,
eminent,
exalted,
lofty,
tall;
gigantic
etc.
(big)
192;
Patagonian;
towering,
beetling,
soaring,
hanging
(gardens);
elevated
etc.
307;
upper;
highest
etc.
(topmost)
210;
high reaching,
insessorial†,
perching.
upland,
moorland;
hilly,
knobby [U.S.];
mountainous,
alpine,
subalpine,
heaven kissing;
cloudtopt†,
cloudcapt†,
cloudtouching†;
aerial.
overhanging
etc.
v.;
incumbent,
overlying,
superincumbent†,
supernatant,
superimposed;
prominent
etc.
v.
250.
tall as a maypole,
tall as a poplar,
tall as a steeple,
lanky
etc.
(thin)
203.
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Polish: górzysty
2 mountainous
Like a mountain in size and impressiveness.
3 mountainous
Containing many mountains.
Polish: górski
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