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mountainous

/ˈmaʊn.tɪ.nəs/adjective3 syllables

Mountainous means: having hills and crags.

Synonyms for mountainous9

adjective, as in having hills and crags

cragged, craggy, hilly, rough, unsmooth

adjective, as in like a mountain in size and impressiveness

large, big

adjective, as in containing many mountains

upland, highland

What does mountainous mean?3

adjective

1

having hills and crags“hilly terrain”

2

like a mountain in size and impressiveness“mountainous waves”

3

containing many mountains

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Mountainous in a sentence

  • Albania's diverse geography includes coastal plains, mountainous regions, and river valleys.always
  • Much of this area is very mountainous, particularly in the northern portion.CM
  • The mountainous landscape is beautiful, like a painting.SunnyMoon
  • I used to live in a mountainous area.CK
  • The gentian is a plant which grows in mountainous regions.sundown
  • Gentians are plants that grow in mountainous regions.sundown
  • Ejective consonants occur more often in languages from mountainous regions.hecko
  • Kabylie is a small region but it's very mountainous.Amastan

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