ambiguous | (adjective) having more than one possible meaning | - |
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(adjective) open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead | Synonyms: equivocal |
(adjective) having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns | - |
anfractuous | (adjective) full of twists and turns | - |
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arduous | (adjective) difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill | - |
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(adjective) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | Synonyms: backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome |
(adjective) taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance | Synonyms: straining, strenuous |
assiduous | (adjective) marked by care and persistent effort | Synonyms: sedulous |
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bicornuous | (adjective) having two horns or horn-shaped parts | Synonyms: bicorn, bicornate, bicorned, bicornuate |
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cernuous | (adjective) having branches or flower heads that bend downward | Synonyms: drooping, nodding, pendulous, weeping |
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congruous | (adjective) corresponding in character or kind | Synonyms: congruent |
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(adjective) suitable or appropriate together | - |
conspicuous | (adjective) obvious to the eye or mind | - |
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(adjective) without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious | Synonyms: blatant, blazing |
contemptuous | (adjective) expressing extreme contempt | Synonyms: disdainful, insulting, scornful |
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contiguous | (adjective) very close or connected in space or time | Synonyms: immediate |
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(adjective) connecting without a break; within a common boundary | Synonyms: conterminous |
(adjective) having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching | Synonyms: adjacent, conterminous, neighboring, neighbouring |
continuous | (adjective) continuing in time or space without interruption | Synonyms: uninterrupted |
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(adjective) of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity | - |
deciduous | (adjective) (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season | - |
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(adjective) (of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth | - |
discontinuous | (adjective) not continuing without interruption in time or space | Synonyms: noncontinuous |
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(adjective) of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities | - |
disingenuous | (adjective) not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness | Synonyms: artful |
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exiguous | (adjective) extremely scanty | - |
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fatuous | (adjective) extremely silly or stupid | Synonyms: asinine, inane |
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flexuous | (adjective) having turns or windings | - |
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impetuous | (adjective) marked by violent force | - |
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(adjective) characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation | Synonyms: brainish, hotheaded, impulsive, madcap, tearaway |
incestuous | (adjective) relating to or involving incest | - |
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(adjective) resembling incest as by excessive intimacy | - |
incongruous | (adjective) lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness | - |
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inconspicuous | (adjective) not prominent or readily noticeable | Synonyms: invisible |
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ingenuous | (adjective) characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious | Synonyms: artless |
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(adjective) lacking in sophistication or worldliness | Synonyms: innocent |
innocuous | (adjective) not injurious to physical or mental health | - |
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(adjective) lacking intent or capacity to injure | Synonyms: innocent |
(adjective) not causing disapproval | Synonyms: unobjectionable |
mellifluous | (adjective) pleasing to the ear | Synonyms: dulcet, honeyed, mellisonant, sweet |
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noncontinuous | (adjective) not continuing without interruption in time or space | Synonyms: discontinuous |
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perspicuous | (adjective) (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable | Synonyms: crystal clear, limpid, lucid, luculent, pellucid |
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presumptuous | (adjective) excessively forward | Synonyms: assuming, assumptive |
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promiscuous | (adjective) not selective of a single class or person | - |
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(adjective) casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior | Synonyms: easy, light, loose, sluttish, wanton |
sensuous | (adjective) taking delight in beauty | - |
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sinuous | (adjective) curved or curving in and out | Synonyms: sinuate, wiggly |
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(adjective) gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease | Synonyms: lissom, lissome, lithe, lithesome, supple |
spirituous | (adjective) containing or of the nature of alcohol | Synonyms: spiritous |
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strenuous | (adjective) taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance | Synonyms: arduous, straining |
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(adjective) characterized by or performed with much energy or force | - |
sumptuous | (adjective) ostentatiously rich and superior in quality | Synonyms: deluxe, gilded, grand, lush, luxurious, opulent, princely |
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superfluous | (adjective) more than is needed, desired, or required | Synonyms: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, supernumerary, surplus |
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(adjective) serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being | Synonyms: otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, wasted |
tempestuous | (adjective) (of the elements) as if showing violent anger | Synonyms: angry, furious, raging, wild |
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(adjective) characterized by violent emotions or behavior | Synonyms: stormy |
tenuous | (adjective) lacking substance or significance | Synonyms: flimsy, fragile, slight, thin |
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(adjective) very thin in gauge or diameter | - |
(adjective) having thin consistency | - |
tortuous | (adjective) highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious | Synonyms: Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled |
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(adjective) marked by repeated turns and bends | Synonyms: twisting, twisty, voluminous, winding |
(adjective) not straightforward | - |
tumultuous | (adjective) characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination | Synonyms: disruptive, riotous, troubled, turbulent |
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unambiguous | (adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning | - |
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(adjective) admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion | Synonyms: unequivocal, univocal |
unctuous | (adjective) unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech | Synonyms: buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy |
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vacuous | (adjective) devoid of matter | - |
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(adjective) devoid of intelligence or thought | Synonyms: mindless, vacant |
(adjective) devoid of significance or force | Synonyms: empty, hollow |
virtuous | (adjective) morally excellent | - |
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(adjective) in a state of sexual virginity | Synonyms: pure, vestal, virgin, virginal |
voluptuous | (adjective) displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses | Synonyms: epicurean, luxuriant, luxurious, sybaritic, voluptuary |
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(adjective) having strong sexual appeal | Synonyms: juicy, luscious, lush, red-hot, toothsome |
(adjective) (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves | Synonyms: bosomy, busty, buxom, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, well-endowed |