Precipitous — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

done with very great haste and without due deliberation; - Shakespeare; - Arthur Geddes

extremely steep

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pɹɪsˈɪpɪɾəs/

🇬🇧British English

/pɹɪsˈɪpɪtəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pɹɪsˈɪpɪtəs/

4 syllables Say it as /pɹɪsˈɪpɪɾəs/.

Examples

hasty marriage seldom proveth well
hasty makeshifts take the place of planning
rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

abrupt precipitate hasty precipitant overhasty sharp

Parts of Speech

adjective	done with very great haste and without due deliberation; - Shakespeare; - Arthur Geddes “hasty marriage seldom proveth well”
adjective	extremely steep “an abrupt canyon”

Word Forms

haste	noun	overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
hastiness	noun	overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
precipitateness	noun	the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
precipitance	noun	the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
precipitancy	noun	the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
precipitate	verb	bring about abruptly
precipitousness	noun	the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
abruptness	noun	the property possessed by a slope that is very steep
precipice	noun	a very steep cliff

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

steil

mit großer Eile und ohne gebührende Überlegung geschehen; - Shakespeare; - Arthur Geddes

🇫🇷French

abrupt

fait avec une très grande hâte et sans délibération ; -Shakespeare ; -Arthur Geddes

🇪🇸Spanish

precipitado

hecho con mucha prisa y sin la debida deliberación; - Shakespeare; -Arthur Geddes

🇮🇹Italian

precipitoso

fatto con grandissima fretta e senza la dovuta deliberazione; - Shakespeare; -Arthur Geddes

🇳🇱Dutch

steile

gedaan met zeer grote haast en zonder overleg; - Shakespeare; - Arthur Geddes

🇵🇹Portuguese

precipitado

feito com muita pressa e sem a devida deliberação; -Shakespeare; -Arthur Geddes

🇷🇺Russian

стремительный

сделано с очень большой поспешностью и без должного обдумывания; - Шекспир; - Артур Геддес

India

🇮🇳Hindi

तेज़

बहुत जल्दबाज़ी और बिना उचित विचार-विमर्श के किया गया; - शेक्सपियर; -आर्थर गेडेस

🇧🇩Bengali

দ্রুত

অত্যন্ত তাড়াহুড়ো করে এবং যথাযথ বিবেচনা ছাড়াই করা হয়েছে; - শেক্সপিয়ার; - আর্থার গেডেস

🇮🇳Tamil

வேகமான

மிகவும் அவசரமாக மற்றும் உரிய ஆலோசனையின்றி செய்யப்படுகிறது; - ஷேக்ஸ்பியர்; - ஆர்தர் கெடெஸ்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఉధృతమైన

చాలా త్వరితగతిన మరియు తగిన చర్చ లేకుండా; - షేక్స్పియర్; - ఆర్థర్ గెడ్డెస్

🇮🇳Marathi

वेगवान

अत्यंत घाईने आणि योग्य विचार न करता केले; - शेक्सपियर; - आर्थर गेडेस

🇮🇳Gujarati

તીક્ષ્ણ

ખૂબ જ ઉતાવળ સાથે અને યોગ્ય વિચાર-વિમર્શ વિના કરવામાં આવે છે; - શેક્સપીયર; - આર્થર ગેડેસ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪ್ರಪಾತದ

ಬಹಳ ಆತುರದಿಂದ ಮತ್ತು ಸರಿಯಾದ ವಿಚಾರವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಮಾಡಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ; - ಷೇಕ್ಸ್ಪಿಯರ್; - ಆರ್ಥರ್ ಗೆಡೆಸ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

കുത്തനെയുള്ള

വളരെ തിടുക്കത്തോടെയും ആലോചനയില്ലാതെയും ചെയ്തു; - ഷേക്സ്പിയർ; - ആർതർ ഗെഡ്‌സ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਤੇਜ਼

ਬਹੁਤ ਜਲਦੀ ਅਤੇ ਬਿਨਾਂ ਕਿਸੇ ਵਿਚਾਰ-ਵਟਾਂਦਰੇ ਦੇ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ; - ਸ਼ੇਕਸਪੀਅਰ; - ਆਰਥਰ ਗੇਡੇਸ

🇵🇰Urdu

تیز

بہت جلد بازی کے ساتھ اور بغیر سوچے سمجھے کیا گیا۔ - شیکسپیئر؛ - آرتھر گیڈس

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

陡峭

做得非常仓促，没有经过深思熟虑； - 莎士比亚； ——阿瑟·格迪斯

🇯🇵Japanese

急峻な

非常に急いで、十分な熟慮なしに行われた。 - シェイクスピア; - アーサー・ゲデス

🇰🇷Korean

성급한

매우 성급하게 그리고 적절한 심의 없이 이루어졌습니다. - 셰익스피어; - 아서 게디스

🇻🇳Vietnamese

dốc đứng

được thực hiện rất vội vàng và không có sự cân nhắc kỹ lưỡng; - Shakespeare; - Arthur Geddes

🇹🇭Thai

ชัน

กระทำด้วยความเร่งรีบอย่างยิ่ง โดยไม่ไตร่ตรองให้ดี - เช็คสเปียร์; - อาเธอร์ เกดเดส

🇮🇩Indonesian

terjal

dilakukan dengan sangat tergesa-gesa dan tanpa pertimbangan matang; - Shakespeare; -Arthur Geddes

🇵🇭Filipino

matarik

tapos na may napakalaking pagmamadali at walang angkop na pag-iisip; - Shakespeare; - Arthur Geddes

🇲🇾Malay

curam

dilakukan dengan tergesa-gesa dan tanpa pertimbangan yang sewajarnya; - Shakespeare; - Arthur Geddes

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

متهور

تم تنفيذه على عجل ودون التشاور اللازم؛ - شكسبير؛ - آرثر جيديس

🇮🇷Persian

پرشتاب

با عجله بسیار و بدون تأمل انجام شد. - شکسپیر؛ - آرتور گدس

🇹🇷Turkish

aceleci

çok aceleyle ve yeterince düşünülmeden yapıldı; -Shakespeare; -Arthur Geddes

🇮🇱Hebrew

תָלוּל

נעשה בחיפזון גדול מאוד וללא התלבטות ראויה; - שייקספיר; - ארתור גדס

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The primary meaning of 'precipitous' is 'done with very great haste and without due deliberation; - Shakespeare; - Arthur Geddes'.

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