cliffy
Full of bluffs
Cliffy describes terrain featuring cliffs—steep, rocky, dramatic drops: The cliffy coastline made landing impossible.
In internet slang, particularly among readers and viewers, cliffy is shorthand for a cliffhanger ending that leaves you suspended in suspense: That episode was so cliffy I couldn't sleep.
Steep slope dividing elevations
- bluffCalculated false front
- headlandCoastal land jutting seaward
- promontoryElevated land jutting waterward
- palisadeFence of pointed stakes
outcrop · ledge · overhang · butte · mesa · plateau · pinnacle · tor
Tough and uneven
- jaggedSharply uneven, notched
- rockyCovered with stones
- steepRising at sharp angle
- precipitousExtremely steep, almost vertical
sheer · vertiginous · craggy · uneven · rough · treacherous · exposed · windswept
Angled rising surface
- gradientRate of change across space
- ascentUpward movement
- declivityDownward-sloping ground
- pitchFrequency of sound
angle · steepness · grade · elevation · rise · slant · tilt · vertical
escarpment
Steep slope dividing elevations
- bluffCalculated false front
- headlandCoastal land jutting seaward
- promontoryElevated land jutting waterward
palisade · outcrop · ledge · overhang · butte · mesa · plateau · pinnacle · tor · crag
rugged
Tough and uneven
precipitous · sheer · vertiginous · craggy · uneven · rough · treacherous · exposed · windswept · barren
incline
Angled rising surface
pitch · angle · steepness · grade · elevation · rise · slant · tilt · vertical · sheer
abyss
Immeasurably profound depth
canyon · drop-off · plunge · depths · void · gully · gulf · crevasse · fissure · bottomless
limestone
Carbonate sedimentary rock
sandstone · chalk · sediment · strata · erosion · weathering · fissure · fracture · bedrock · rockfall
cliffyaccessible
Able to be reached
traversable · passable · easy · gentle · navigable
- fall off a cliffDescend suddenly from height
- cliff dwellingsHomes built into rockfaces
- cliff hangerSuspenseful unresolved ending
- fiscal cliffScheduled austerity convergence point
- cliff edgeSheer drop's boundary
- cliff divingJumping from heights into water