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

Adjective

1. having many mountains: a mountainous region

2. like a mountain or mountains, esp. in size: mountainous waves

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

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