"tall" adjective great in vertical dimension; high in stature; "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships" [ant: short (http://word.sc/short)] lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying" [syn: grandiloquent (http://word.sc/grandiloquent), magniloquent (http://word.sc/magniloquent)] impressively difficult; "a tall order" [syn: tall(a) (http://word.sc/tall(a))] too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story" [syn: improbable (http://word.sc/improbable), marvelous (http://word.sc/marvelous), marvellous (http://word.sc/marvellous), tall(a) (http://word.sc/tall(a))] Source: http://www.word.sc/tall

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