STEEP

adj. 1 sheer, abrupt, precipitous, bluff, sharp, nearly vertical or perpendicular or upright In those days, a car had to be in first gear to climb such a steep hill 2 expensive, dear, high, overpriced, exorbitant, excessive, extravagant, extortionate, Colloq stiff The house prices in the city centre were much too steep for all but the highest-paid executives