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sheerverb to change one's course or directionthe cruise ship sheered to the northwest, putting it safely out of the path of the hurricane detour, deviate, diverge, swerve, swing, turn, turn off, veer, wheel tack, zigzagdouble (back), turn back to depart abruptly from a straight line or coursethe car sheered to avoid hitting the dog break, cut, swerve, veer, yaw, zag, zig skew, slew(also slue)arc, arch, bend, bow, crook, curve, hook, round, sweep, wheelabout-face, pivotcircle, coil, curl, loop, spiralturn, twist, windweave, zigzagdeviate, stray, wander, waver straighten very thin and easy to see throughwe had to get window shades because passersby could see right through our sheer curtains cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauzelike, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, see-through, transparent peekabooclear, crystal, crystalline, limpid, liquid, lucent, pellucidlucid, translucentdainty, delicate, flimsy, fragile, frail, insubstantial, unsubstantialcolorless, uncolored opaquecloudy, foggy, hazy, misty, murky, nebulous, smoky(also smokey)drab, dull, lackluster, lusterless having no exceptions or restrictionssurvivors of the earthquake told of experiencing sheer terror absolute, all-out, arrant, blank, blooming(chiefly British), bodacious(Southern & Midland), categorical(also categoric), clean, complete, consummate, cotton-picking, crashing, damn, damned, dead, deadly, definite, downright, dreadful, fair, flat, flat-out, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plumb, profound, pure, rank, regular, simple, stark, stone, straight-out, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, unconditional, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, very authentic, classic, genuine, real, veritableconstant, endless, eternal, perpetual, undying, unremittingextreme, unrestrictedconfirmed, habitual, hopeless, inveterateextraordinary, frightful, horrible, huge, main, superlative, supreme, surpassing, terrible, terrific doubtful, dubious, equivocal, qualified, questionable, restricted, uncertain having an incline approaching the perpendicularthe sheer slopes of the ravine abrupt, bold, precipitous, steep perpendicular, plumb, straight, verticalcraggy, hillocky, hilly, mountainous, scarpedangled, canted, cocked, heeled, inclined, listed, slanted, sloped, tilted, tipped easy gentle, gradual, moderate, softeven, flat, flush, horizontal, level, plane, smooth, unruffled, unwrinkled adj.steep, abrupt, precipitous, sheer mean having an incline approaching the perpendicular.steep implies such sharpness of pitch that ascent or descent is very difficult.a steep hill a steep dive abrupt implies a sharper pitch and a sudden break in the level.a beach with an abrupt drop-off precipitous applies to an incline approaching the vertical.the river winds through a precipitous gorge sheer suggests an unbroken perpendicular expanse.sheer cliffs that daunted the climbers in 1539 |