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238 Adjectives That End With IOUS

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abranchious (adjective) having no gills Synonyms: abranchial, abranchiate, gill-less
abstemious (adjective) sparing in consumption of especially food and drink
(adjective) marked by temperance in indulgence Synonyms: light
abstentious (adjective) self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink Synonyms: abstinent
acrimonious (adjective) marked by strong resentment or cynicism Synonyms: bitter
adscititious (adjective) added or derived from something outside; not inherent
(adjective) supplemental; not part of the real or essential nature of a thing
adventitious (adjective) associated by chance and not an integral part
ambagious (adjective) roundabout and unnecessarily wordy Synonyms: circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic
ambitious (adjective) having a strong desire for success or achievement
(adjective) requiring full use of your abilities or resources Synonyms: challenging
amphibious (adjective) operating or living on land and in water
(adjective) relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia Synonyms: amphibian
antimonious (adjective) relating to or derived from antimony Synonyms: antimonic
anxious (adjective) eagerly desirous Synonyms: dying
(adjective) causing or fraught with or showing anxiety Synonyms: nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet
arsenious (adjective) relating to compounds in which arsenic is trivalent
atrabilious (adjective) irritable as if suffering from indigestion Synonyms: bilious, dyspeptic, liverish
atrocious (adjective) provoking horror Synonyms: frightful, horrible, horrifying, ugly
(adjective) exceptionally bad or displeasing Synonyms: abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable
(adjective) shockingly brutal or cruel Synonyms: flagitious, grievous, monstrous
audacious (adjective) disposed to venture or take risks Synonyms: daring, venturesome, venturous
(adjective) invulnerable to fear or intimidation Synonyms: brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing
(adjective) unrestrained by convention or propriety Synonyms: bald-faced, barefaced, bodacious, brassy, brazen-faced, brazen, insolent
auspicious (adjective) auguring favorable circumstances and good luck
autoecious (adjective) of parasites especially rust fungi; completing the entire life cycle on a single host Synonyms: homoecious
avaricious (adjective) immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth Synonyms: covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile
bilious (adjective) relating to or containing bile Synonyms: biliary
(adjective) irritable as if suffering from indigestion Synonyms: atrabilious, dyspeptic, liverish
(adjective) suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress Synonyms: liverish, livery
bodacious (adjective) unrestrained by convention or propriety Synonyms: audacious, bald-faced, barefaced, brassy, brazen-faced, brazen, insolent
(adjective) incorrigible
bumptious (adjective) offensively self-assertive Synonyms: self-assertive
burglarious (adjective) involving or resembling burglary
calumnious (adjective) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign Synonyms: calumniatory, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous
capacious (adjective) large in capacity
capricious (adjective) determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason Synonyms: impulsive, whimsical
(adjective) changeable Synonyms: freakish
captious (adjective) tending to find and call attention to faults Synonyms: faultfinding
carious (adjective) (of teeth) affected with cavities or decay
cautious (adjective) showing careful forethought
(adjective) avoiding excess Synonyms: conservative
cementitious (adjective) like or relevant to or having the properties of cement
censorious (adjective) harshly critical or expressing censure
ceremonious (adjective) characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display Synonyms: pompous
(adjective) rigidly formal or bound by convention Synonyms: conventional
circumlocutious (adjective) roundabout and unnecessarily wordy Synonyms: ambagious, circumlocutory, periphrastic
commodious (adjective) large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense) Synonyms: convenient
compendious (adjective) briefly giving the gist of something Synonyms: compact, succinct, summary
conscientious (adjective) guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong
(adjective) characterized by extreme care and great effort Synonyms: painstaking, scrupulous
conscious (adjective) knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts
(adjective) (followed by `of') showing realization or recognition of something
(adjective) intentionally conceived Synonyms: witting
contagious (adjective) (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection Synonyms: catching, communicable, contractable, transmissible, transmittable
(adjective) easily diffused or spread as from one person to another
contentious (adjective) inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits Synonyms: combative, disputatious, disputative, litigious
(adjective) involving or likely to cause controversy
contrarious (adjective) characterized by self-willed opposition Synonyms: cross-grained
contumacious (adjective) wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
contumelious (adjective) arrogantly insolent
copious (adjective) affording an abundant supply Synonyms: ample, plenteous, plentiful, rich
(adjective) large in number or quantity (especially of discourse) Synonyms: voluminous
curious (adjective) eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns)
(adjective) beyond or deviating from the usual or expected Synonyms: funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular
deleterious (adjective) harmful to living things Synonyms: hurtful, injurious
delicious (adjective) greatly pleasing or entertaining Synonyms: delightful
(adjective) extremely pleasing to the sense of taste Synonyms: delectable, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, toothsome, yummy
delirious (adjective) experiencing delirium Synonyms: hallucinating
(adjective) marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion Synonyms: excited, frantic, mad, unrestrained
devious (adjective) deviating from a straight course Synonyms: circuitous, roundabout
(adjective) indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading Synonyms: oblique
(adjective) characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive Synonyms: shifty
dioecious (adjective) having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals Synonyms: dioecian
disharmonious (adjective) lacking in harmony Synonyms: discordant, dissonant, inharmonic
disputatious (adjective) inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits Synonyms: combative, contentious, disputative, litigious
dissentious (adjective) dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion) Synonyms: divisive, factious
dubious (adjective) open to doubt or suspicion Synonyms: doubtful, dubitable, in question
(adjective) fraught with uncertainty or doubt Synonyms: doubtful
(adjective) not convinced
edacious (adjective) devouring or craving food in great quantities Synonyms: esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish
efficacious (adjective) marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect
(adjective) producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect Synonyms: effective, effectual
egregious (adjective) conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible Synonyms: crying, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank
envious (adjective) showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages Synonyms: covetous, jealous
euphonious (adjective) having a pleasant sound Synonyms: euphonous
(adjective) (of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident
expeditious (adjective) marked by speed and efficiency
facetious (adjective) cleverly amusing in tone Synonyms: bantering, tongue-in-cheek
factious (adjective) dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion) Synonyms: dissentious, divisive
factitious (adjective) not produced by natural forces
fallacious (adjective) involving deception Synonyms: deceitful, fraudulent
(adjective) based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information
(adjective) containing or based on a fallacy Synonyms: unsound
fastidious (adjective) giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
(adjective) having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures Synonyms: exacting
felonious (adjective) involving or being or having the nature of a crime Synonyms: criminal
ferocious (adjective) marked by extreme and violent energy Synonyms: fierce, furious, savage
fictitious (adjective) adopted in order to deceive Synonyms: assumed, false, fictive, pretended, put on, sham
(adjective) formed or conceived by the imagination Synonyms: fabricated, fancied, fictional
flagitious (adjective) shockingly brutal or cruel Synonyms: atrocious, grievous, monstrous
(adjective) extremely wicked, deeply criminal Synonyms: heinous
flirtatious (adjective) like a coquette Synonyms: coquettish
fractious (adjective) unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome
(adjective) stubbornly resistant to authority or control Synonyms: recalcitrant, refractory
(adjective) easily irritated or annoyed Synonyms: cranky, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy
fugacious (adjective) lasting a very short time Synonyms: ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory
furious (adjective) marked by extreme anger Synonyms: angered, enraged, infuriated, maddened
(adjective) (of the elements) as if showing violent anger Synonyms: angry, raging, tempestuous, wild
(adjective) marked by extreme and violent energy Synonyms: ferocious, fierce, savage
glorious (adjective) having or deserving or conferring glory
(adjective) having great beauty and splendor Synonyms: resplendent, splendid, splendiferous
(adjective) characterized by grandeur Synonyms: brilliant, magnificent, splendid
gracious (adjective) characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
(adjective) characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects Synonyms: benignant
(adjective) exhibiting courtesy and politeness Synonyms: courteous, nice
(adjective) disposed to bestow favors
gregarious (adjective) (of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species
(adjective) (of plants) growing in groups that are close together
(adjective) instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
gumptious (adjective) working hard to promote an enterprise Synonyms: energetic, industrious, up-and-coming
harmonious (adjective) musically pleasing
(adjective) exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities Synonyms: proportionate, symmetrical
(adjective) existing together in harmony
(adjective) suitable and fitting
heteroecious (adjective) of parasites; passing through different stages of the life cycle on different host species
hilarious (adjective) marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter Synonyms: screaming, uproarious
homoecious (adjective) of parasites especially rust fungi; completing the entire life cycle on a single host Synonyms: autoecious
ignominious (adjective) (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame Synonyms: black, disgraceful, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful
illustrious (adjective) having or conferring glory
(adjective) widely known and esteemed Synonyms: celebrated, famed, famous, far-famed, notable, noted, renowned
impecunious (adjective) not having enough money to pay for necessities Synonyms: hard up, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinched
imperious (adjective) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy Synonyms: disdainful, haughty, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering
impervious (adjective) not admitting of passage or capable of being affected Synonyms: imperviable
impious (adjective) lacking piety or reverence for a god
(adjective) lacking due respect or dutifulness Synonyms: undutiful
inauspicious (adjective) not auspicious; boding ill Synonyms: unfortunate
(adjective) contrary to your interests or welfare Synonyms: adverse, untoward
(adjective) presaging ill fortune Synonyms: ill, ominous
incautious (adjective) lacking in caution
(adjective) carelessly failing to exercise proper caution
incommodious (adjective) uncomfortably or inconveniently small
incurious (adjective) showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity
industrious (adjective) characterized by hard work and perseverance Synonyms: hardworking, tireless, untiring
(adjective) working hard to promote an enterprise Synonyms: energetic, gumptious, up-and-coming
inefficacious (adjective) lacking the power to produce a desired effect
infectious (adjective) easily spread
(adjective) of or relating to infection
(adjective) caused by infection or capable of causing infection Synonyms: infective
ingenious (adjective) showing inventiveness and skill Synonyms: clever, cunning
inglorious (adjective) not bringing honor and glory
(adjective) (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame Synonyms: black, disgraceful, ignominious, opprobrious, shameful
inharmonious (adjective) not in harmony Synonyms: unharmonious
(adjective) lacking in harmony of parts
injudicious (adjective) lacking or showing lack of judgment or discretion; unwise
injurious (adjective) harmful to living things Synonyms: deleterious, hurtful
innoxious (adjective) having no adverse effect
insalubrious (adjective) detrimental to health Synonyms: unhealthful, unhealthy
insidious (adjective) intended to entrap
(adjective) working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way Synonyms: pernicious, subtle
(adjective) beguiling but harmful

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