mountainous (redirected from mountainously)

moun·tain·ous  (mount-ns)

adj.

1. Having many mountains.

2. Resembling a mountain in size; huge: mountainous waves.

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mountainous [ˈmaʊntɪnəs]

adj

1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) of or relating to mountains a mountainous region

2. like a mountain, esp in size or impressiveness

mountainously  adv

mountainousness  n

Thesaurus

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

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mountainous

adjective

1. high, towering, soaring, steep, rocky, highland, alpine, upland a mountainous region

2. huge, great, enormous, mighty, immense, daunting, gigantic, monumental, mammoth, prodigious, hulking, ponderous a plan designed to reduce the company's mountainous debt
huge little, small, minute, tiny, petty, trivial, insignificant, diminutive, puny

Translations

mountainous [ˈmaʊntɪnəs] ADJ

1. (lit) → montañoso

2. (fig) → gigantesco

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mountainous [ˈmaʊntɪnəs] adj → montagneux/euse
mountain pass n → col m
mountain range n → chaîne f de montagnes
mountain rescue n → le secours en montagne
mountain rescue team n → colonne f de secours

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mountainous

adj → bergig, gebirgig; (fig: = huge) → riesig; waves → meterhoch; mountainous seas → stürmische See (mit meterhohen Wellen)

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mountainous [ˈmaʊntɪnəs] adj (country) → montagnoso/a, montuoso/a (fig) → gigantesco/a

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mountainous → جبلي hornatý bjergrig gebirgig ορεινός montañoso vuoristoinen montagneux planinski montagnoso 山の多い 산이 많은 bergachtig fjellendt górzysty montanhoso гористый bergig เต็มไปด้วยภูเขา dağlık có núi 多山的