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mountainous

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moun·tain·ous  (mount-ns)
adj.
1. Having many mountains.
2. Resembling a mountain in size; huge: mountainous waves.
mountainous
Adjective
1. having many mountains: a mountainous region
2. like a mountain or mountains, esp. in size: mountainous waves
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.mountainous - having hills and crags; "hilly terrain"
cragged, craggy, hilly
rough, unsmooth - having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"
2.mountainous - like a mountain in size and impressiveness; "mountainous waves"; "a mountainous dark man"
big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"
3.mountainous - containing many mountains
highland, upland - used of high or hilly country
mountainous
adjective 1. high, towering, soaring, steep, rocky, highland, alpine, upland
adjective 2. huge, great, enormous, mighty, immense, daunting, gigantic, monumental, mammoth, prodigious, hulking, ponderous << OPPOSITE tiny
Translations

mountainous [ˈmauntɪnəs] adj → montañoso
mountainous [ˈmauntɪnəs] mountain adj → montagneux/euse
mountainous [ˈmauntɪnəs] mountain adj → gebirgig
mountainous [ˈmauntɪnəs] adj → montagnoso/a


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Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
The general face of the country, whether mountainous or level, most fit for the operations of infantry or cavalry, is almost the only consideration of this nature that can occur.
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Occasionally the monotony of this vast wilderness is interrupted by mountainous belts of sand and limestone, broken into confused masses; with precipitous cliffs and yawning ravines, looking like the ruins of a world; or is traversed by lofty and barren ridges of rock, almost impassable, like those denominated the Black Hills.
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