[QUOTE] [B][SIZE="4"]"tall"[/SIZE][/B] [B]adjective[/B] [LIST=1] [*]great in vertical dimension; high in stature; "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships" [ant: [URL="http://www.word.sc/short"]short[/URL]] [*]lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/grandiloquent"]grandiloquent[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/magniloquent"]magniloquent[/URL]] [*]impressively difficult; "a tall order" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/tall(a)"]tall(a)[/URL]] [*]too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/improbable"]improbable[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/marvelous"]marvelous[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/marvellous"]marvellous[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/tall(a)"]tall(a)[/URL]] [/LIST] Source: [URL="http://www.word.sc/tall"]http://www.word.sc/tall[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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