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287 Words That Contain ROUS

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rancorous (adjective) showing deep-seated resentment
rapturous (adjective) feeling great rapture or delight Synonyms: ecstatic, enraptured, rapt, rhapsodic
rapturously (adverb) in an ecstatic manner Synonyms: ecstatically, rhapsodically
retrousse (adjective) (used of noses) turned up at the end Synonyms: tip-tilted, upturned
rigorous (adjective) demanding strict attention to rules and procedures Synonyms: stringent, tight
(adjective) rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard Synonyms: strict
rigorously (adverb) in a rigorous manner Synonyms: strictly
rigorousness (noun) something hard to endure Synonyms: asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity
(noun) excessive sternness Synonyms: hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness
rigourousness (noun) something hard to endure Synonyms: asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, severeness, severity
(noun) excessive sternness Synonyms: hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, severeness, severity, stiffness
rivalrous (adjective) eager to surpass others Synonyms: emulous
rouse (verb) cause to become awake or conscious Synonyms: arouse, awaken, wake, wake up, waken
(verb) cause to be agitated, excited, or roused Synonyms: agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, turn on
(verb) force or drive out Synonyms: drive out, force out, rout out
(verb) become active Synonyms: bestir
rouser (noun) someone who rouses others from sleep Synonyms: arouser, waker
rousing (adjective) rousing to activity or heightened action as by spurring or goading
(adjective) capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement Synonyms: stirring
(noun) the act of arousing Synonyms: arousal
roustabout (noun) a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor Synonyms: deckhand
saliferous (adjective) containing or yielding salt
sandgrouse (noun) pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young Synonyms: sand grouse
saporous (adjective) full of flavor Synonyms: flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, flavourful, flavourous, flavoursome, sapid
scabrous (adjective) dealing with salacious or indecent material
(adjective) rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf Synonyms: lepidote, leprose, scaly, scurfy
seminiferous (adjective) bearing or producing seed or semen
serous (adjective) of or producing or containing serum
slanderous (adjective) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign Synonyms: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous
slanderously (adverb) in a false and slanderous and defamatory manner; with slander or calumny Synonyms: calumniously
slanderousness (noun) The property of being both untrue and harmful to a reputation.
slaughterous (adjective) accompanied by bloodshed Synonyms: butcherly, gory, sanguinary, sanguineous
slumberous (adjective) inclined to or marked by drowsiness Synonyms: slumbery, slumbrous, somnolent
(adjective) quiet and tranquil Synonyms: slumbrous
slumbrous (adjective) inclined to or marked by drowsiness Synonyms: slumberous, slumbery, somnolent
(adjective) quiet and tranquil Synonyms: slumberous
somniferous (adjective) sleep inducing Synonyms: hypnagogic, hypnogogic, somnific, soporiferous, soporific
sonorous (adjective) full and loud and deep Synonyms: heavy
sonorously (adverb) in a sonorous manner Synonyms: rotundly
sonorousness (noun) having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant Synonyms: plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonority, vibrancy
soporiferous (adjective) sleep inducing Synonyms: hypnagogic, hypnogogic, somniferous, somnific, soporific
(adjective) inducing mental lethargy Synonyms: narcotic, soporific
sorcerous (adjective) possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers Synonyms: charming, magic, magical, witching, wizard, wizardly
splendiferous (adjective) having great beauty and splendor Synonyms: glorious, resplendent, splendid
stertorous (adjective) of breathing having a heavy snoring sound
stertorously (adverb) in a noisy and stertorous manner
stoloniferous (adjective) producing stolons
stuporous (adjective) stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion) Synonyms: dazed, foggy, groggy, logy
sulfurous (adjective) of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur Synonyms: sulphurous
(adjective) characterized by oppressive heat and humidity Synonyms: stifling, sulphurous, sultry
(adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic
sulphurous (adjective) of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur Synonyms: sulfurous
(adjective) characterized by oppressive heat and humidity Synonyms: stifling, sulfurous, sultry
(adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, virulent, vitriolic
susurrous (adjective) characterized by soft sounds Synonyms: murmurous, rustling, soughing
tenebrous (adjective) dark and gloomy Synonyms: tenebrific, tenebrious
tetramerous (adjective) having or consisting of four similar parts; tetramerous flowers
thunderous (adjective) loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss Synonyms: deafening, earsplitting, thundery
(adjective) extremely ominous
thunderousness (noun) The state or condition of being very loud, suggestive of thunder; booming loudness.
timorous (adjective) timid by nature or revealing timidity Synonyms: fearful, trepid
timorously (adverb) in a timorous and trepid manner Synonyms: trepidly
timorousness (noun) fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities Synonyms: timidity
(noun) fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions Synonyms: timidity, timidness
torturous (adjective) extremely painful Synonyms: agonising, agonizing, excruciating, harrowing, torturesome, torturing
torturously (adverb) in a very painful manner Synonyms: agonizingly, excruciatingly
traitorous (adjective) having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor Synonyms: faithless, treasonable, treasonous, unfaithful
traitorously (adverb) in a disloyal and faithless manner Synonyms: faithlessly, false, treacherously, treasonably
traitorousness (noun) disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior Synonyms: subversiveness, treason
treacherous (adjective) dangerously unstable and unpredictable Synonyms: unreliable
(adjective) tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans Synonyms: perfidious, punic
treacherously (adverb) in a disloyal and faithless manner Synonyms: faithlessly, false, traitorously, treasonably
treacherousness (noun) The characteristic of providing insecure footing or support; of being marked by hidden dangers, hazards, or perils.
trouser (noun) a garment (or part of a garment) designed for or relating to trousers
trousered (adjective) dressed in trousers Synonyms: breeched, pantalooned
trousering (noun) any fabric used to make trousers Synonyms: panting
trousers (noun) (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately Synonyms: pair of trousers, pant
trousseau (noun) the personal outfit of a bride; clothes and accessories and linens
tuberous (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a tuber
ulcerous (adjective) having an ulcer or canker Synonyms: cankerous, ulcerated
umbelliferous (adjective) relating to or belonging to plants of the family Umbelliferae
unadventurous (adjective) lacking in boldness
unchivalrous (adjective) offensively discourteous Synonyms: caddish, ungallant
unchivalrously (adverb) in an unchivalrous and ungallant manner
undesirous (adjective) having or feeling no desire Synonyms: undesiring
ungenerous (adjective) lacking in magnanimity Synonyms: meanspirited
(adjective) unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.) Synonyms: stingy
unglamorous (adjective) not challenging; dull and lacking excitement Synonyms: commonplace, humdrum, prosaic, unglamourous
unglamourous (adjective) not challenging; dull and lacking excitement Synonyms: commonplace, humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous
unhumorous (adjective) lacking humor Synonyms: humorless, humourless
uniparous (adjective) producing only one offspring at a time
valorous (adjective) having or showing valor Synonyms: valiant
valorously (adverb) with valor; in a valiant manner Synonyms: valiantly
valorousness (noun) the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) Synonyms: gallantry, heroism, valiance, valiancy, valor, valour
vaporous (adjective) filled with vapor Synonyms: miasmal, miasmic, vapourous
(adjective) resembling or characteristic of vapor Synonyms: vaporific, vaporish, vapourific, vapourish, vapourous
(adjective) so thin as to transmit light Synonyms: cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vapourous
vaporousness (noun) cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor Synonyms: haziness, mistiness, steaminess, vapourousness
vapourous (adjective) filled with vapor Synonyms: miasmal, miasmic, vaporous
(adjective) resembling or characteristic of vapor Synonyms: vaporific, vaporish, vaporous, vapourific, vapourish
(adjective) so thin as to transmit light Synonyms: cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous
vapourousness (noun) cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor Synonyms: haziness, mistiness, steaminess, vaporousness
venturous (adjective) disposed to venture or take risks Synonyms: audacious, daring, venturesome
vigorous (adjective) characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity
(adjective) strong and active physically or mentally
vigorously (adverb) with vigor; in a vigorous manner Synonyms: smartly
viviparous (adjective) producing living young (not eggs) Synonyms: live-bearing
vociferous (adjective) conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry Synonyms: blatant, clamant, clamorous, strident
vociferously (adverb) in a vociferous manner
vulturous (adjective) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey Synonyms: predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine
wondrous (adjective) extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers Synonyms: fantastic, grand, howling, marvellous, marvelous, phenomenal, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful
(adverb) (used as an intensifier) excellently Synonyms: marvellously, marvelously, superbly, terrifically, toppingly, wonderfully, wondrously
wondrously (adverb) (used as an intensifier) excellently Synonyms: marvellously, marvelously, superbly, terrifically, toppingly, wonderfully, wondrous

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