iou: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Suffixes of iou
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iou
- noun an informal debt instrument; representing `I owe you'
- noun an informal debt instrument; representing `I owe you'
Derived words of iou
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infectious
- adjective satellite caused by infection or capable of causing infection
infective.
- viruses and other infective agents
- a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease
- adjective easily spread; children catch it from their elders"- Bertrand Russell
- fear is exceedingly infectious
- adjective satellite caused by infection or capable of causing infection
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behaviour
- noun the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances
behavior.
- the behavior of small particles can be studied in experiments
- noun (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
demeanour; demeanor; deportment; behavior; conduct.
- noun the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances
- religious5/5
religious
- noun a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
- adjective satellite concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
spiritual.
- religious texts
- a member of a religious order
- lords temporal and spiritual
- spiritual leaders
- spiritual songs
- noun a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
- previous5/5
previous
- adjective satellite just preceding something else in time or order
old.
- the previous owner
- my old house was larger
- adjective satellite (used especially of persons) of the immediate past
late; former.
- the former president
- our late President is still very active
- the previous occupant of the White House
- adjective satellite just preceding something else in time or order
- serious5/5
serious
- adjective concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
- a serious student of history
- a serious attempt to learn to ski
- gave me a serious look
- a serious young man
- are you serious or joking?
- Don't be so serious!
- adjective satellite of great consequence
- marriage is a serious matter
- adjective concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
- obvious5/5
obvious
- adjective easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
- obvious errors
- adjective easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
- previously5/5
previously
- adverb at an earlier time or formerly
antecedently.
- she had previously lived in Chicago
- he was previously president of a bank
- better than anything previously proposed
- a previously unquestioned attitude
- antecedently arranged
- adverb at an earlier time or formerly
- obviously5/5
obviously
- adverb unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
patently; plainly; plain; manifestly; apparently; evidently.
- the answer is obviously wrong
- she was in bed and evidently in great pain
- he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list
- it is all patently nonsense
- she has apparently been living here for some time
- I thought he owned the property, but apparently not
- You are plainly wrong
- he is plain stubborn
- adverb unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
- conscious5/5
conscious
- adjective satellite intentionally conceived
witting.
- a conscious effort to speak more slowly
- a conscious policy
- adjective knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts
- remained conscious during the operation
- conscious of his faults
- became conscious that he was being followed
- adjective satellite intentionally conceived
- curious5/5
curious
- adjective satellite beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
funny; rum; singular; queer; odd; peculiar; rummy.
- a curious hybrid accent
- her speech has a funny twang
- they have some funny ideas about war
- had an odd name
- the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves
- something definitely queer about this town
- what a rum fellow
- singular behavior
- adjective eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns)
- a curious child is a teacher's delight
- a trap door that made me curious
- curious investigators
- traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers
- curious about the neighbor's doings
- adjective satellite beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- unconscious5/5
unconscious
- noun that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware
unconscious mind.
- adjective not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
- lay unconscious on the floor
- noun that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware
- glorious5/5
glorious
- adjective having or deserving or conferring glory
- a long and glorious career
- our glorious literature
- adjective satellite characterized by grandeur
brilliant; magnificent; splendid.
- the brilliant court life at Versailles
- a glorious work of art
- magnificent cathedrals
- the splendid coronation ceremony
- adjective having or deserving or conferring glory
- suspicious5/5
suspicious
- adjective satellite openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
untrusting; leery; mistrustful; wary.
- adjective satellite not as expected
funny; shady; suspect; fishy.
- there was something fishy about the accident
- up to some funny business
- some definitely queer goings-on
- a shady deal
- her motives were suspect
- suspicious behavior
- adjective satellite openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
- various5/5
various
- adjective satellite of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity
assorted.
- assorted sizes
- his disguises are many and various
- various experiments have failed to disprove the theory
- cited various reasons for his behavior
- adjective satellite considered individually
respective; several.
- the respective club members
- specialists in their several fields
- the various reports all agreed
- adjective satellite of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity
- consciousness5/5
consciousness
- noun an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
- he lost consciousness
- noun having knowledge of
cognisance; knowingness; awareness; cognizance.
- he had no awareness of his mistakes
- his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced
- their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive
- noun an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
- seriously5/5
seriously
- adverb in a serious manner
in earnest; earnestly.
- talking earnestly with his son
- she started studying snakes in earnest
- a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce
- adverb to a severe or serious degree
gravely; badly; severely.
- fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated
- badly injured
- a severely impaired heart
- is gravely ill
- was seriously ill
- adverb in a serious manner
- precious5/5
precious
- adjective satellite characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for
cherished; wanted; treasured.
- a cherished friend
- children are precious
- a treasured heirloom
- so good to feel wanted
- adjective satellite of high worth or cost
- diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds are precious stones
- adjective satellite characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for
- mysterious5/5
mysterious
- adjective satellite of an obscure nature
cryptical; cryptic; deep; mystifying; inscrutable.
- the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms
- a deep dark secret
- the inscrutable workings of Providence
- in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson
- rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands
- adjective satellite having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
mystical; occult; mystic; secret; orphic.
- mysterious symbols
- the mystical style of Blake
- occult lore
- the secret learning of the ancients
- adjective satellite of an obscure nature
- ambitious5/5
ambitious
- adjective having a strong desire for success or achievement
- adjective satellite requiring full use of your abilities or resources
challenging.
- ambitious schedule
- performed the most challenging task without a mistake
- adjective having a strong desire for success or achievement
- anxious5/5
anxious
- adjective satellite eagerly desirous
dying.
- anxious to see the new show at the museum
- dying to hear who won
- adjective satellite causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
nervous; queasy; unquiet; uneasy.
- spent an anxious night waiting for the test results
- cast anxious glances behind her
- those nervous moments before takeoff
- an unquiet mind
- adjective satellite eagerly desirous
- consciously5/5
consciously
- adverb with awareness
- she consciously played with the idea of inviting them
- adverb with awareness
- contagious4/5
contagious
- adjective satellite easily diffused or spread as from one person to another
- a contagious grin
- adjective satellite (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
transmittable; transmissible; communicable; catching; contractable.
- adjective satellite easily diffused or spread as from one person to another
- tedious4/5
tedious
- adjective satellite so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
slow; ho-hum; boring; wearisome; deadening; tiresome; dull; irksome.
- a boring evening with uninteresting people
- the deadening effect of some routine tasks
- a dull play
- his competent but dull performance
- a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention
- what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke
- tedious days on the train
- the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain
- other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome
- adjective satellite using or containing too many words
windy; wordy; long-winded; verbose.
- long-winded (or windy) speakers
- verbose and ineffective instructional methods
- newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials
- proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes
- adjective satellite so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
- cautious4/5
cautious
- noun people who are fearful and cautious
timid.
- whitewater rafting is not for the timid
- adjective showing careful forethought; never making swift decisions"
- reserved and cautious
- a cautious driver
- noun people who are fearful and cautious
- behaviours4/5
behaviour
- noun the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances
behavior.
- the behavior of small particles can be studied in experiments
- noun (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
demeanour; demeanor; deportment; behavior; conduct.
- noun the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances
- seriousness4/5
seriousness
- noun an earnest and sincere feeling
earnestness; sincerity.
- noun the quality of arousing fear or distress
distressfulness.
- he learned the seriousness of his illness
- noun an earnest and sincere feeling
- harmonious4/5
harmonious
- adjective musically pleasing
- adjective satellite exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities
symmetrical; proportionate.
- adjective musically pleasing
- delicious4/5
delicious
- adjective satellite greatly pleasing or entertaining
delightful.
- a delightful surprise
- the comedy was delightful
- a delicious joke
- noun variety of sweet eating apples
- adjective satellite greatly pleasing or entertaining
- furious4/5
furious
- adjective satellite marked by extreme and violent energy
fierce; ferocious; savage.
- a ferocious beating
- fierce fighting
- a furious battle
- adjective satellite marked by extreme anger
enraged; angered; maddened; infuriated.
- the enraged bull attached
- furious about the accident
- a furious scowl
- infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy
- could not control the maddened crowd
- adjective satellite marked by extreme and violent energy
- saviour4/5
saviour
- noun a person who rescues you from harm or danger
rescuer; savior; deliverer.
- noun a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
Christ; the Nazarene; Jesus of Nazareth; Good Shepherd; Jesus; Redeemer; Savior; Deliverer; Jesus Christ.
- noun a person who rescues you from harm or danger
- spacious4/5
spacious
- adjective satellite very large in expanse or scope
broad; wide.
- a broad lawn
- the wide plains
- a spacious view
- spacious skies
- adjective satellite (of buildings and rooms) having ample space
roomy.
- a roomy but sparsely furnished apartment
- a spacious ballroom
- adjective satellite very large in expanse or scope
- precarious4/5
precarious
- adjective satellite affording no ease or reassurance
unstable.
- a precarious truce
- adjective satellite fraught with danger
touch-and-go; parlous; perilous.
- dangerous waters
- a parlous journey on stormy seas
- a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat
- the precarious life of an undersea diver
- dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery
- adjective satellite affording no ease or reassurance
- rebellious4/5
rebellious
- adjective satellite resisting control or authority
- temperamentally rebellious
- a rebellious crew
- adjective satellite discontented as toward authority
malcontent; ill-affected; disaffected.
- adjective satellite resisting control or authority
- contentious4/5
contentious
- adjective satellite inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
disputatious; combative; litigious; disputative.
- a style described as abrasive and contentious
- a disputatious lawyer
- a litigious and acrimonious spirit
- adjective satellite involving or likely to cause controversy
- a central and contentious element of the book"- Tim W.Ferfuson
- adjective satellite inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
- subconscious4/5
subconscious
- noun psychic activity just below the level of awareness
subconscious mind.
- adjective satellite just below the level of consciousness
- noun psychic activity just below the level of awareness
- fictitious4/5
fictitious
- adjective satellite formed or conceived by the imagination
fabricated; fictional; fancied.
- a fabricated excuse for his absence
- a fancied wrong
- a fictional character
- adjective satellite adopted in order to deceive
false; put on; assumed; pretended; fictive; sham.
- an assumed name
- an assumed cheerfulness
- a fictitious address
- fictive sympathy
- a pretended interest
- a put-on childish voice
- sham modesty
- adjective satellite formed or conceived by the imagination
- injurious4/5
injurious
- adjective satellite harmful to living things
deleterious; hurtful.
- deleterious chemical additives
- adjective satellite harmful to living things
- spurious4/5
spurious
- adjective satellite plausible but false
specious.
- a specious claim
- spurious inferences
- adjective satellite born out of wedlock
bastardly; misbegotten; misbegot.
- the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman
- adjective satellite plausible but false
- pernicious4/5
pernicious
- adjective satellite exceedingly harmful
deadly; baneful; pestilent.
- adjective satellite working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
subtle; insidious.
- glaucoma is an insidious disease
- a subtle poison
- adjective satellite exceedingly harmful
- prodigious4/5
prodigious
- adjective satellite so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
colossal; stupendous.
- colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple
- has a colossal nerve
- a prodigious storm
- a stupendous field of grass
- stupendous demand
- adjective satellite of momentous or ominous significance
portentous.
- such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville
- a prodigious vision
- adjective satellite so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
- insidious4/5
insidious
- adjective satellite beguiling but harmful
- insidious pleasures
- adjective satellite intended to entrap
- adjective satellite beguiling but harmful
- vicious4/5
vicious
- adjective satellite (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
savage; barbarous; brutal; cruel; fell; roughshod.
- a barbarous crime
- brutal beatings
- cruel tortures
- Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
- a savage slap
- vicious kicks
- adjective satellite having the nature of vice
evil.
- adjective satellite (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- pious4/5
pious
- adjective having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
- pious readings
- adjective having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
- behavioural4/5
behavioural
- adjective of or relating to behavior
behavioral.
- behavioral sciences
- adjective of or relating to behavior
- gracious4/5
gracious
- adjective characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
- gracious even to unexpected visitors
- gracious living
- he bears insult with gracious good humor
- adjective satellite characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects
benignant.
- our benignant king
- adjective characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
- curiously4/5
curiously
- adverb in a manner differing from the usual or expected
peculiarly; oddly.
- had a curiously husky voice
- he's behaving rather peculiarly
- adverb with curiosity
inquisitively; interrogatively.
- the baby looked around curiously
- adverb in a manner differing from the usual or expected
- cautiously4/5
cautiously
- adverb as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact
carefully.
- she ventured cautiously downstairs
- they handled the incident with kid gloves
- adverb in a conservative manner
conservatively; guardedly.
- we estimated the number of demonstrators conservatively at 200,000.
- adverb as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact
- prestigious4/5
prestigious
- adjective satellite having an illustrious reputation; respected
esteemed; honored.
- our esteemed leader
- a prestigious author
- adjective satellite exerting influence by reason of high status or prestige
- a prestigious professor at a prestigious university
- adjective satellite having an illustrious reputation; respected
- dubious4/5
dubious
- adjective satellite fraught with uncertainty or doubt
doubtful.
- they were doubtful that the cord would hold
- it was doubtful whether she would be admitted
- dubious about agreeing to go
- adjective satellite open to doubt or suspicion
in question; dubitable; doubtful.
- the candidate's doubtful past
- he has a dubious record indeed
- what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false
- it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought"- Karen Horney
- adjective satellite fraught with uncertainty or doubt
- malicious4/5
malicious
- adjective having the nature of or resulting from malice
- malicious gossip
- took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling
- adjective having the nature of or resulting from malice
- illustrious4/5
illustrious
- adjective satellite widely known and esteemed
renowned; famed; celebrated; notable; noted; famous; far-famed.
- a famous actor
- a celebrated musician
- a famed scientist
- an illustrious judge
- a notable historian
- a renowned painter
- adjective satellite having or conferring glory
- an illustrious achievement
- adjective satellite widely known and esteemed
- sioux4/5
sioux
(Ethnol.) See Dakotas .
- luxurious4/5
luxurious
- adjective satellite displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
voluptuous; sybaritic; epicurean; voluptuary; luxuriant.
- an epicurean banquet
- enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs
- Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence
- a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness
- adjective satellite rich and superior in quality
gilded; princely; sumptuous; opulent; grand; deluxe.
- a princely sum
- gilded dining rooms
- adjective satellite displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
- oblivious4/5
oblivious
- adjective satellite (followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of
unmindful.
- oblivious of the mounting pressures for political reform
- oblivious to the risks she ran
- not unmindful of the heavy responsibility
- adjective satellite failing to keep in mind
forgetful.
- forgetful of her responsibilities
- oblivious old age
- adjective satellite (followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of
- conscientious4/5
conscientious
- adjective satellite characterized by extreme care and great effort
scrupulous; painstaking.
- conscientious application to the work at hand
- painstaking research
- scrupulous attention to details
- adjective guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong
- a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice
- adjective satellite characterized by extreme care and great effort
- furiously4/5
furiously
- adverb (of the elements) in a wild and stormy manner
- winds were blowing furiously
- adverb in a manner marked by extreme or violent energy
- the boys fought furiously
- she went peddling furiously up the narrow street
- adverb (of the elements) in a wild and stormy manner
- superstitious4/5
superstitious
- adjective satellite showing ignorance of the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance
- finally realized that the horror he felt was superstitious in origin
- adjective satellite showing ignorance of the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance
- religiously4/5
religiously
- adverb by religion
sacredly.
- religiously inspired art
- adverb with extreme conscientiousness
conscientiously; scrupulously.
- he came religiously every morning at 8 o'clock
- adverb by religion
- graciously4/5
graciously
- adverb in a gracious or graceful manner
gracefully.
- he did not have a chance to grow up graciously
- adverb in a gracious or graceful manner
- judicious4/5
judicious
- adjective satellite marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
wise; heady.
- judicious use of one's money
- a wise decision
- adjective satellite marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
- industrious4/5
industrious
- adjective satellite characterized by hard work and perseverance
untiring; hardworking; tireless.
- adjective satellite working hard to promote an enterprise
gumptious; up-and-coming; energetic.
- adjective satellite characterized by hard work and perseverance
- notorious4/5
notorious
- adjective satellite known widely and usually unfavorably;
ill-famed; infamous.
- a notorious gangster
- the tenderloin district was notorious for vice
- the infamous Benedict Arnold
- adjective satellite known widely and usually unfavorably;
- victorious4/5
victorious
- adjective satellite having won
winning.
- the victorious entry
- the winning team
- adjective satellite experiencing triumph
triumphant.
- adjective satellite having won
- ingenious4/5
ingenious
- adjective satellite showing inventiveness and skill
clever; cunning.
- a clever gadget
- the cunning maneuvers leading to his success
- an ingenious solution to the problem
- adjective satellite showing inventiveness and skill
- anxiously4/5
anxiously
- adverb with anxiety or apprehension
apprehensively; uneasily.
- we watched anxiously
- adverb with anxiety or apprehension
- variously4/5
variously
- adverb in diverse ways
diversely; multifariously.
- the alternatives that are variously represented by the participants
- the speakers treated the subject most diversely
- adverb in diverse ways
- ferocious4/5
ferocious
- adjective satellite marked by extreme and violent energy
fierce; furious; savage.
- a ferocious beating
- fierce fighting
- a furious battle
- adjective satellite marked by extreme and violent energy
- unconsciously4/5
unconsciously
- adverb without awareness
- she jumped up unconsciously when he entered the room
- adverb without awareness
- notoriously4/5
notoriously
- adverb to a notorious degree
- European emigres, who notoriously used to repair to the British Museum to write seditious pamphlets
- adverb to a notorious degree
- pretentious3/5
pretentious
- adjective making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
- a pretentious country house
- a pretentious fraud
- a pretentious scholarly edition
- adjective intended to attract notice and impress others
ostentatious.
- an ostentatious sable coat
- adjective making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
- ostentatious3/5
ostentatious
- adjective intended to attract notice and impress others
pretentious.
- an ostentatious sable coat
- adjective satellite (of a display) tawdry or vulgar
pretentious.
- adjective intended to attract notice and impress others
- seditious3/5
seditious
- adjective satellite arousing to action or rebellion
rabble-rousing; inflammatory; incitive; incendiary; instigative.
- adjective satellite in opposition to a civil authority or government
subversive; insurgent.
- adjective satellite arousing to action or rebellion
- vicarious3/5
vicarious
- adjective satellite experienced at secondhand
- read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement
- adjective satellite occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function
- vicarious menstruation
- adjective satellite experienced at secondhand
- hilarious3/5
hilarious
- adjective satellite marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter
screaming; uproarious.
- hilarious broad comedy
- a screaming farce
- uproarious stories
- adjective satellite marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter
- melodious3/5
melodious
- adjective having a musical sound; especially a pleasing tune
tuneful.
- adjective containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody
melodic; musical.
- the melodious song of a meadowlark
- adjective having a musical sound; especially a pleasing tune
- fallacious3/5
fallacious
- adjective satellite containing or based on a fallacy
unsound.
- fallacious reasoning
- an unsound argument
- adjective satellite intended to deceive
fraudulent; deceitful.
- deceitful advertising
- fallacious testimony
- smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge
- a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes
- adjective satellite containing or based on a fallacy
- gregarious3/5
gregarious
- adjective (of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species
- gregarious bird species
- adjective satellite instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
- he is a gregarious person who avoids solitude
- adjective (of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species
- capacious3/5
capacious
- adjective satellite large in capacity
- she carried a capacious bag
- adjective satellite large in capacity
- efficacious3/5
efficacious
- adjective marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect
- written propaganda is less efficacious than the habits and prejudices...of the readers"-Aldous Huxley
- the medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough
- adjective producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
effectual; effective.
- an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford
- effective teaching methods
- effective steps toward peace
- made an effective entrance
- his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action
- an efficacious law
- adjective marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect
- deleterious3/5
deleterious
- adjective satellite harmful to living things
hurtful; injurious.
- deleterious chemical additives
- adjective satellite harmful to living things
- noxious3/5
noxious
- adjective injurious to physical or mental health
- noxious chemical wastes
- noxious ideas
- adjective injurious to physical or mental health
- impervious3/5
impervious
- adjective not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
imperviable.
- a material impervious to water
- someone impervious to argument
- adjective not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
- tenacious3/5
tenacious
- adjective good at remembering
recollective; long; retentive.
- a retentive mind
- tenacious memory
- adjective satellite stubbornly unyielding
dour; dogged; persistent; unyielding; pertinacious.
- dogged persistence
- dour determination
- the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics
- a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot
- men tenacious of opinion
- adjective good at remembering
- audacious3/5
audacious
- adjective satellite invulnerable to fear or intimidation
brave; dauntless; fearless; hardy; intrepid; unfearing.
- audacious explorers
- fearless reporters and photographers
- intrepid pioneers
- adjective satellite unrestrained by convention or propriety
brassy; insolent; bodacious; brazen; bald-faced; barefaced; brazen-faced.
- an audacious trick to pull
- a barefaced hypocrite
- the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times
- bald-faced lies
- brazen arrogance
- the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell
- adjective satellite invulnerable to fear or intimidation
- meritorious3/5
meritorious
- adjective satellite deserving reward or praise
meritable.
- a lifetime of meritorious service
- meritorious conduct
- adjective satellite deserving reward or praise
- atrocious3/5
atrocious
- adjective satellite shockingly brutal or cruel
grievous; monstrous; flagitious.
- murder is an atrocious crime
- a grievous offense against morality
- a grievous crime
- no excess was too monstrous for them to commit
- adjective satellite exceptionally bad or displeasing
dreadful; terrible; unspeakable; awful; abominable; painful.
- atrocious taste
- abominable workmanship
- an awful voice
- dreadful manners
- a painful performance
- terrible handwriting
- an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
- adjective satellite shockingly brutal or cruel
- luscious3/5
luscious
- adjective satellite having strong sexual appeal
toothsome; red-hot; juicy; voluptuous.
- juicy barmaids
- a red-hot mama
- a voluptuous woman
- a toothsome blonde in a tight dress
- adjective satellite extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
pleasant-tasting; yummy; scrumptious; delectable; toothsome; delicious.
- adjective satellite having strong sexual appeal
- specious3/5
specious
- adjective satellite plausible but false
spurious.
- a specious claim
- spurious inferences
- adjective satellite based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
gilded; meretricious.
- the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility
- meretricious praise
- a meretricious argument
- adjective satellite plausible but false
- invidious3/5
invidious
- adjective satellite containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
discriminatory.
- discriminatory attitudes and practices
- invidious comparisons
- adjective satellite containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
- vivacious3/5
vivacious
- adjective satellite vigorous and animated
vibrant.
- a vibrant group that challenged the system
- a charming and vivacious hostess
- a vivacious folk dance
- adjective satellite vigorous and animated
- lascivious3/5
lascivious
- adjective satellite driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires
libidinous; lustful; lewd.
- libidinous orgies
- adjective satellite driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires
- laborious3/5
laborious
- adjective satellite characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
heavy; toilsome; grueling; punishing; operose; backbreaking; hard; arduous; gruelling.
- worked their arduous way up the mining valley
- a grueling campaign
- hard labor
- heavy work
- heavy going
- spent many laborious hours on the project
- set a punishing pace
- adjective satellite characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- copious3/5
copious
- adjective satellite large in number or quantity (especially of discourse)
voluminous.
- she took copious notes
- a subject of voluminous legislation
- adjective satellite affording an abundant supply
plenteous; plentiful; rich; ample.
- had ample food for the party
- copious provisions
- food is plentiful
- a plenteous grape harvest
- a rich supply
- adjective satellite large in number or quantity (especially of discourse)
- suspiciously3/5
suspiciously
- adverb with suspicion
- she regarded the food suspiciously
- adverb with suspicion
- envious3/5
envious
- adjective satellite showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
jealous; covetous.
- he was never covetous before he met her
- jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions
- envious of their art collection
- adjective satellite showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
- capricious3/5
capricious
- adjective satellite changeable
freakish.
- a capricious summer breeze
- freakish weather
- adjective satellite determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
whimsical; impulsive.
- a capricious refusal
- authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious
- the victim of whimsical persecutions
- adjective satellite changeable
- odious3/5
odious
- adjective satellite unequivocally detestable
abominable; detestable; execrable.
- abominable treatment of prisoners
- detestable vices
- execrable crimes
- consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke
- adjective satellite unequivocally detestable
- nutritious3/5
nutritious
- adjective satellite of or providing nourishment
alimentary; alimental; nourishing; nutrient; nutritive.
- good nourishing stew
- adjective satellite of or providing nourishment
- unconsciousness3/5
unconsciousness
- noun a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment
- noun a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment
- precocious3/5
precocious
- adjective characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude)
- a precocious child
- a precocious achievement
- adjective satellite appearing or developing early
- precocious flowers appear before the leaves as in some species of magnolias
- adjective characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude)
- amphibious3/5
amphibious
- adjective relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia
amphibian.
- adjective operating or living on land and in water
- amphibious vehicles
- amphibious operations
- amphibious troops
- frogs are amphibious animals
- adjective relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia
- imperious3/5
imperious
- adjective satellite having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
overbearing; haughty; swaggering; prideful; lordly; disdainful; supercilious; sniffy.
- some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines
- haughty aristocrats
- his lordly manners were offensive
- walked with a prideful swagger
- very sniffy about breaches of etiquette
- his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air
- a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
- adjective satellite having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
- devious3/5
devious
- adjective satellite indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading
oblique.
- used devious means to achieve success
- gave oblique answers to direct questions
- oblique political maneuvers
- adjective satellite characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive
shifty.
- a devious character
- shifty eyes
- adjective satellite indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading
- egregious3/5
egregious
- adjective satellite conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
gross; flagrant; rank; crying; glaring.
- a crying shame
- an egregious lie
- flagrant violation of human rights
- a glaring error
- gross ineptitude
- gross injustice
- rank treachery
- adjective satellite conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
- delirious3/5
delirious
- adjective satellite experiencing delirium
hallucinating.
- adjective satellite marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
unrestrained; mad; frantic; excited.
- a crowd of delirious baseball fans
- something frantic in their gaiety
- a mad whirl of pleasure
- adjective satellite experiencing delirium
- fastidious3/5
fastidious
- adjective giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
- a fastidious and incisive intellect
- fastidious about personal cleanliness
- adjective having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures
exacting.
- fastidious microorganisms
- certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements
- adjective giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
- impious3/5
impious
- adjective lacking piety or reverence for a god
- adjective satellite lacking due respect or dutifulness
undutiful.
- impious toward one's parents
- an undutiful son
- adjective lacking piety or reverence for a god
- voracious3/5
voracious
- adjective satellite excessively greedy and grasping
rapacious; ravening.
- a rapacious divorcee on the prowl
- ravening creditors
- paying taxes to voracious governments
- adjective satellite devouring or craving food in great quantities
wolfish; rapacious; esurient; edacious; ravenous; ravening.
- edacious vultures
- a rapacious appetite
- ravenous as wolves
- voracious sharks
- adjective satellite excessively greedy and grasping
- harmoniously3/5
harmoniously
- adverb in a harmonious manner
- the problem of absorbing immigrants harmoniously into British society is as important to the immigrants as to the British
- adverb in a harmonious manner
- studious3/5
studious
- adjective satellite marked by care and effort
- made a studious attempt to fix the television set
- adjective satellite characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading
bookish.
- a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket
- a quiet studious child
- adjective satellite marked by care and effort
- nefarious3/5
nefarious
- adjective satellite extremely wicked
villainous.
- nefarious schemes
- a villainous plot
- a villainous band of thieves
- adjective satellite extremely wicked
- parsimonious3/5
parsimonious
- adjective satellite excessively unwilling to spend
penurious.
- parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses
- lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence
- adjective satellite excessively unwilling to spend
- licentious3/5
licentious
- adjective satellite lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained
- coarse and licentious men
- adjective satellite lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained
- conscientiousness3/5
conscientiousness
- noun the quality of being in accord with the dictates of conscience
- noun the trait of being painstaking and careful
painstakingness.
- noun the quality of being in accord with the dictates of conscience
- rapacious3/5
rapacious
- adjective satellite living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
raptorial; vulturous; vulturine; ravening; predatory.
- a predatory bird
- the rapacious wolf
- raptorial birds
- ravening wolves
- a vulturine taste for offal
- adjective satellite excessively greedy and grasping
voracious; ravening.
- a rapacious divorcee on the prowl
- ravening creditors
- paying taxes to voracious governments
- adjective satellite living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
- deliciously3/5
deliciously
- adverb in a very pleasurable manner
pleasurably.
- they were walking along the beach slowly and deliciously
- adverb so as to produce a delightful taste
scrumptiously; lusciously.
- I bought some more of these deliciously sweet peaches
- adverb in a very pleasurable manner
- unpretentious3/5
unpretentious
- adjective lacking pretension or affectation
- an unpretentious country church
- her quiet unpretentious demeanor
- adjective not ostentatious
unostentatious; unpretending.
- his unostentatious office
- unostentatious elegance
- adjective lacking pretension or affectation
- sagacious3/5
sagacious
- adjective satellite acutely insightful and wise
perspicacious; sapient.
- much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument
- observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions
- a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators
- adjective satellite skillful in statecraft or management
- an astute and sagacious statesman
- adjective satellite acutely insightful and wise
- expeditious3/5
expeditious
- adjective satellite marked by speed and efficiency
- adjective satellite marked by speed and efficiency
- expeditiously3/5
expeditiously
- adverb with efficiency; in an efficient manner
efficiently.
- he functions efficiently
- adverb with efficiency; in an efficient manner
- surreptitious3/5
surreptitious
- adjective satellite marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
furtive; sneak; stealthy; sneaky.
- a furtive manner
- a sneak attack
- stealthy footsteps
- a surreptitious glance at his watch
- adjective satellite conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
hugger-mugger; clandestine; secret; hole-and-corner; underground; cloak-and-dagger; hush-hush; undercover.
- clandestine intelligence operations
- cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines
- hole-and-corner intrigue
- secret missions
- a secret agent
- secret sales of arms
- surreptitious mobilization of troops
- an undercover investigation
- underground resistance
- adjective satellite marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
- mysteriously3/5
mysteriously
- adverb in a cryptic manner
enigmatically; cryptically.
- we will meet again," he said cryptically
- adverb in a cryptic manner
- auspicious3/5
auspicious
- adjective auguring favorable circumstances and good luck
- an auspicious beginning for the campaign
- adjective auguring favorable circumstances and good luck
- obnoxious3/5
obnoxious
- adjective satellite causing disapproval or protest
objectionable.
- a vulgar and objectionable person
- adjective satellite causing disapproval or protest
- conscientiously3/5
conscientiously
- adverb with extreme conscientiousness
scrupulously; religiously.
- he came religiously every morning at 8 o'clock
- adverb with extreme conscientiousness
- subconsciously3/5
subconsciously
- adverb from the subconscious mind
- the image came to him subconsciously
- adverb from the subconscious mind
- viciously3/5
viciously
- adverb in a vicious manner
savagely; brutally.
- he was viciously attacked
- adverb in a vicious manner
- laboriously3/5
laboriously
- adverb in a laborious manner
- their lives were spent in committee making decisions for others to execute on the basis of data laboriously gathered for them
- adverb in a laborious manner
- gloriously3/5
gloriously
- adverb with glory or in a glorious manner
- where others had failed he had gloriously succeeded
- adverb blessedly or wonderfully
- how gloriously happy she had been during those few fleeting moments of time
- adverb with glory or in a glorious manner
- vicariously3/5
vicariously
- adverb indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute
- she enjoyed the wedding vicariously
- adverb indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute
- maliciously3/5
maliciously
- adverb with malice; in a malicious manner
- she answered maliciously
- adverb with malice; in a malicious manner
- multifarious3/5
multifarious
- adjective satellite having many aspects
many-sided; miscellaneous; multifaceted.
- a many-sided subject
- a multifaceted undertaking
- multifarious interests
- the multifarious noise of a great city
- a miscellaneous crowd
- adjective satellite having many aspects
- ignominious3/5
ignominious
- adjective satellite (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
opprobrious; shameful; inglorious; black; disgraceful.
- Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson
- an ignominious retreat
- inglorious defeat
- an opprobrious monument to human greed
- a shameful display of cowardice
- adjective satellite (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
- acrimonious3/5
acrimonious
- adjective satellite marked by strong resentment or cynicism
bitter.
- an acrimonious dispute
- bitter about the divorce
- adjective satellite marked by strong resentment or cynicism
- tenaciously3/5
tenaciously
- adverb with obstinate determination
doggedly.
- he pursued her doggedly
- adverb with obstinate determination
- surreptitiously3/5
surreptitiously
- adverb in a surreptitious manner
sneakily.
- he was watching her surreptitiously as she waited in the hotel lobby
- adverb in a surreptitious manner
- propitious3/5
propitious
- adjective presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success
- propitious omens
- propitious gales speeded us along
- a propitious alignment of planets for space exploration
- adjective presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success
- precariously3/5
precariously
- adverb in a precarious manner
- being a precariously dominant minority is a difficult position for human nature to cope with
- adverb in a precarious manner
- unceremoniously3/5
unceremoniously
- adverb in an unceremonious manner
- he was dismissed unceremoniously
- adverb in an unceremonious manner
- studiously3/5
studiously
- adverb in a studious manner
- she examined the data studiously
- adverb in a studious manner
- judiciously3/5
judiciously
- adverb in a judicious manner
- let's use these intelligence tests judiciously
- adverb in a judicious manner
- ingeniously3/5
ingeniously
- adverb in an ingenious manner
- a Hampshire farmer had fowls of different breeds, including Dorkings, and he discriminated ingeniously between the `dark ones' and the `white ones'
- adverb in an ingenious manner
- tortious2/5
tortious
- adjective of or pertaining to the nature of a tort
- tortious acts
- adjective of or pertaining to the nature of a tort
- litigious2/5
litigious
- adjective of or relating to litigation
- adjective satellite inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
disputatious; combative; contentious; disputative.
- a style described as abrasive and contentious
- a disputatious lawyer
- a litigious and acrimonious spirit
- adjective of or relating to litigation
- misbehaviour2/5
misbehaviour
- noun improper or wicked or immoral behavior
misdeed; misbehavior.
- noun improper or wicked or immoral behavior
- factious2/5
factious
- adjective satellite dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
divisive; dissentious.
- adjective satellite dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
- meretricious2/5
meretricious
- adjective like or relating to a prostitute
- meretricious relationships
- adjective satellite tastelessly showy
garish; gaudy; brassy; tatty; tawdry; flash; cheap; flashy; tacky; gimcrack; loud; trashy.
- a flash car
- a flashy ring
- garish colors
- a gaudy costume
- loud sport shirts
- a meretricious yet stylish book
- tawdry ornaments
- adjective like or relating to a prostitute
- contumacious2/5
contumacious
- adjective satellite wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
- a contumaceous witness is subject to punishment
- adjective satellite wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
- repetitious2/5
repetitious
- adjective characterized by repetition
repetitive.
- repetitive movement
- adjective characterized by repetition
- ostentatiously2/5
ostentatiously
- adverb with ostentation; in an ostentatious manner
showily.
- Mr Khrushchev ostentatiously wooed and embraced Castro at the U.N. general assembly
- adverb with ostentation; in an ostentatious manner
- facetious2/5
facetious
- adjective satellite cleverly amusing in tone
bantering; tongue-in-cheek.
- a bantering tone
- facetious remarks
- tongue-in-cheek advice
- adjective satellite cleverly amusing in tone
- precariousness2/5
precariousness
- noun extreme dangerousness
- noun being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
uncertainty; uncertainness.
- the uncertainty of the outcome
- the precariousness of his income
- noun extreme dangerousness
- rebelliousness2/5
rebelliousness
- noun intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude
defiance.
- noun an insubordinate act
insubordination.
- noun intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude
- loquacious2/5
loquacious
- adjective satellite full of trivial conversation
talky; gabby; garrulous; chatty; talkative.
- kept from her housework by gabby neighbors
- adjective satellite full of trivial conversation
- uproarious2/5
uproarious
- adjective satellite uncontrollably noisy
rackety; rip-roaring.
- adjective satellite marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter
screaming; hilarious.
- hilarious broad comedy
- a screaming farce
- uproarious stories
- adjective satellite uncontrollably noisy
- felonious2/5
felonious
- adjective satellite involving or being or having the nature of a crime
criminal.
- a criminal offense
- criminal abuse
- felonious intent
- adjective satellite involving or being or having the nature of a crime
- sententious2/5
sententious
- adjective satellite abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing
- too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation"- Kathleen Barnes
- adjective satellite concise and full of meaning
pithy.
- welcomed her pithy comments
- the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen
- adjective satellite abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing
- compendious2/5
compendious
- adjective satellite briefly giving the gist of something
compact; summary; succinct.
- a short and compendious book
- a compact style is brief and pithy
- succinct comparisons
- a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject
- adjective satellite briefly giving the gist of something
- pretentiousness2/5
pretentiousness
- noun lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
splashiness; pompousness; ostentation; puffiness; inflation; pomposity; ostentatiousness.
- noun the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
pretension; largeness.
- noun lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
- inharmonious2/5
inharmonious
- adjective not in harmony
unharmonious.
- adjective satellite lacking in harmony of parts
- an inharmonious (or incongruous) mixture of architectural styles
- adjective not in harmony
- siouan2/5
siouan
- noun a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains
Sioux.
- noun a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux
Siouan language.
- noun a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains
- anxiousness2/5
anxiousness
- noun (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
anxiety.
- noun a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments
disquiet.
- noun (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
- tediousness2/5
tediousness
- noun dullness owing to length or slowness
tedium; tiresomeness.
- noun dullness owing to length or slowness
- imperviousness2/5
imperviousness
- noun the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.)
impenetrability.
- noun the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.)
- licentiousness2/5
licentiousness
- noun the quality of being lewd and lascivious
wantonness.
- noun dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
dissipation; dissolution; looseness; profligacy.
- noun the quality of being lewd and lascivious
- flirtatious2/5
flirtatious
- adjective satellite like a coquette
coquettish.
- adjective satellite like a coquette
- vexatious2/5
vexatious
- adjective satellite causing irritation or annoyance
pestering; nettlesome; plaguey; plaguy; galling; teasing; vexing; pesky; bothersome; annoying; pestiferous; irritating.
- tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
- aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
- found it galling to have to ask permission
- an irritating delay
- nettlesome paperwork
- a pesky mosquito
- swarms of pestering gnats
- a plaguey newfangled safety catch
- a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
- a vexatious child
- it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
- adjective satellite causing irritation or annoyance
- avaricious2/5
avaricious
- adjective satellite immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
covetous; prehensile; greedy; grasping; grabby.
- they are avaricious and will do anything for money
- casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields
- a grasping old miser
- grasping commercialism
- greedy for money and power
- grew richer and greedier
- prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees
- adjective satellite immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
- fractious2/5
fractious
- adjective satellite stubbornly resistant to authority or control
refractory; recalcitrant.
- a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness
- a refractory child
- adjective satellite easily irritated or annoyed
peckish; nettlesome; testy; tetchy; petulant; cranky; techy; irritable; scratchy; pettish; peevish.
- an incorrigibly fractious young man
- not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
- adjective satellite stubbornly resistant to authority or control
- inauspicious2/5
inauspicious
- adjective not auspicious; boding ill
unfortunate.
- adjective satellite contrary to your interests or welfare
untoward; adverse.
- adverse circumstances
- made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions
- adjective not auspicious; boding ill
- officious2/5
officious
- adjective satellite intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
busy; meddlesome; meddling; interfering; busybodied.
- an interfering old woman
- bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself
- busy about other people's business
- adjective satellite intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
- obviousness2/5
obviousness
- noun the property of being easy to see and understand
noticeability; patency; noticeableness.
- noun the property of being easy to see and understand
- tendentious2/5
tendentious
- adjective satellite having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one
tendencious.
- a tendentious account of recent elections
- distinguishing between verifiable fact and tendentious assertion
- adjective satellite having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one
- pugnacious2/5
pugnacious
- adjective satellite tough and callous by virtue of experience
hard-bitten; hard-boiled.
- adjective satellite ready and able to resort to force or violence
rough.
- pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville
- they were rough and determined fighting men
- adjective satellite tough and callous by virtue of experience
- lugubrious2/5
lugubrious
- adjective satellite excessively mournful
- adjective satellite excessively mournful
- spaciousness2/5
spaciousness
- noun spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building)
commodiousness; capaciousness; roominess.
- the capaciousness of Santa's bag astounded the child
- roominess in this size car is always a compromise
- his new office lacked the spaciousness that he had become accustomed to
- noun spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building)
- ceremonious2/5
ceremonious
- adjective characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
pompous.
- adjective satellite rigidly formal or bound by convention
conventional.
- their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt
- adjective characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
- censorious2/5
censorious
- adjective satellite harshly critical or expressing censure
- was censorious of petty failings
- adjective satellite harshly critical or expressing censure
- facetiously2/5
facetiously
- adverb not seriously
jokingly; tongue-in-cheek.
- I meant it facetiously
- adverb not seriously
- behaviourist2/5
behaviourist
- noun a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism
behaviorist.
- adjective of or relating to behaviorism
behaviorist; behavioristic; behaviouristic.
- behavioristic psychology
- noun a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism
- industriousness2/5
industriousness
- noun persevering determination to perform a task
industry; diligence.
- his diligence won him quick promotions
- frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues
- noun persevering determination to perform a task
- uproariously2/5
uproariously
- adverb in a hilarious manner
hilariously.
- hilariously funny
- adverb in a hilarious manner
- incautious2/5
incautious
- adjective lacking in caution
- an incautious remark
- incautious talk
- adjective satellite carelessly failing to exercise proper caution
- an incautious step sent her headlong down the stairs
- adjective lacking in caution
- preciousness2/5
preciousness
- noun the quality possessed by something with a great price or value
costliness; dearness.
- noun the positive quality of being precious and beyond value
pricelessness; invaluableness; valuableness.
- noun the quality possessed by something with a great price or value
- mendacious2/5
mendacious
- adjective satellite given to lying
- a mendacious child
- adjective satellite intentionally untrue
- a mendacious statement
- adjective satellite given to lying
- suspiciousness2/5
suspiciousness
- noun being of a suspicious nature
suspicion.
- his suspiciousness destroyed his marriage
- noun being of a suspicious nature
- saviours2/5
saviour
- noun a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
Christ; the Nazarene; Jesus of Nazareth; Good Shepherd; Jesus; Redeemer; Savior; Deliverer; Jesus Christ.
- noun a person who rescues you from harm or danger
rescuer; savior; deliverer.
- noun a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
- hilariously2/5
hilariously
- adverb in a hilarious manner
uproariously.
- hilariously funny
- adverb in a hilarious manner
- fastidiousness2/5
fastidiousness
- noun the trait of being meticulous about matters of taste or style
- neatness and fastidiousness of dress
- noun the trait of being meticulous about matters of taste or style
- abstemious2/5
abstemious
- adjective sparing in consumption of especially food and drink
- the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy
- adjective satellite marked by temperance in indulgence
light.
- abstemious with the use of adverbs
- a light eater
- a light smoker
- ate a light supper
- adjective sparing in consumption of especially food and drink
- opprobrious2/5
opprobrious
- adjective satellite expressing offensive reproach
abusive; scurrilous.
- adjective satellite (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
ignominious; shameful; inglorious; black; disgraceful.
- Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson
- an ignominious retreat
- inglorious defeat
- an opprobrious monument to human greed
- a shameful display of cowardice
- adjective satellite expressing offensive reproach
- captious2/5
captious
- adjective satellite tending to find and call attention to faults
faultfinding.
- a captious pedant
- an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor
- adjective satellite tending to find and call attention to faults
- pervious2/5
pervious
- adjective admitting of passage or entrance
- pervious soil
- a metal pervious to heat
- adjective admitting of passage or entrance
- incautiously2/5
incautiously
- adverb without caution or prudence
carelessly.
- one unfortunately sees historic features carelessly lost when estates fall into unsympathetic hands
- adverb without caution or prudence
- gregariousness2/5
gregariousness
- noun the quality of being gregarious--having a dislike of being alone
- noun the quality of being gregarious--having a dislike of being alone
- cautiousness2/5
cautiousness
- noun the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger
caution; carefulness.
- a man of caution
- noun the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger
- contentiousness2/5
contentiousness
- noun an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious
quarrelsomeness.
- noun an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious
- disputatious2/5
disputatious
- adjective satellite inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
combative; contentious; litigious; disputative.
- a style described as abrasive and contentious
- a disputatious lawyer
- a litigious and acrimonious spirit
- adjective satellite inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
- sententiously2/5
sententiously
- adverb in a pithy sententious manner
pithily.
- she expressed herself pithily
- adverb in a pithy sententious manner
- adventitious2/5
adventitious
- adjective satellite associated by chance and not an integral part
- poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson
- they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character
- adjective satellite associated by chance and not an integral part
- commodious2/5
commodious
- adjective large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense)
convenient.
- a commodious harbor
- a commodious building suitable for conventions
- adjective large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense)
- sacrilegious2/5
sacrilegious
- adjective satellite grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
blasphemous; profane.
- blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath
- profane utterances against the Church
- it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on
- adjective satellite grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
- copiously2/5
copiously
- adverb in an abundant manner
abundantly; profusely; extravagantly.
- they were abundantly supplied with food
- he thanked her profusely
- adverb in an abundant manner
- obsequious2/5
obsequious
- adjective satellite attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
toadyish; bootlicking; fawning; sycophantic.
- adjective satellite attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner
- obsequious shop assistants
- adjective satellite attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
- graciousness2/5
graciousness
- noun excellence of manners or social conduct
- noun the quality of being kind and gentle
benignity; benignancy.
- noun excellence of manners or social conduct
- fictitiously2/5
fictitiously
- adverb in a false manner intended to mislead
- adverb in a fictional manner (created by the imagination)
- adverb in a false manner intended to mislead
- perfidious2/5
perfidious
- adjective satellite tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans
punic; treacherous.
- Punic faith
- the perfidious Judas
- the fiercest and most treacherous of foes
- treacherous intrigues
- adjective satellite tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans
- bilious2/5
bilious
- adjective relating to or containing bile
biliary.
- adjective satellite suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress
liverish; livery.
- adjective relating to or containing bile
- consciousnesses2/5
consciousness
- noun an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
- he lost consciousness
- noun having knowledge of
cognisance; knowingness; awareness; cognizance.
- he had no awareness of his mistakes
- his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced
- their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive
- noun an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
- insidiously2/5
insidiously
- adverb in a harmfully insidious manner
perniciously.
- these drugs act insidiously
- adverb in a harmfully insidious manner
- supercilious2/5
supercilious
- adjective satellite having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
overbearing; haughty; swaggering; prideful; imperious; lordly; disdainful; sniffy.
- some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines
- haughty aristocrats
- his lordly manners were offensive
- walked with a prideful swagger
- very sniffy about breaches of etiquette
- his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air
- a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
- adjective satellite expressive of contempt
sneering; snide.
- curled his lip in a supercilious smile
- spoke in a sneering jeering manner
- makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one
- adjective satellite having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
- inglorious2/5
inglorious
- adjective satellite (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
opprobrious; ignominious; shameful; black; disgraceful.
- Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson
- an ignominious retreat
- inglorious defeat
- an opprobrious monument to human greed
- a shameful display of cowardice
- adjective not bringing honor and glory
- some mute inglorious Milton here may rest
- adjective satellite (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
- religiousness2/5
religiousness
- noun piety by virtue of being devout
devoutness.
- noun the quality of being extremely conscientious
- his care in observing the rules of good health amounted to a kind of religiousness
- noun piety by virtue of being devout
- injudicious2/5
injudicious
- adjective satellite lacking or showing lack of judgment or discretion; unwise
- an injudicious measure
- the result of an injudicious decision
- adjective satellite lacking or showing lack of judgment or discretion; unwise
- ceremoniously2/5
ceremoniously
- adverb in a ceremonious manner
ceremonially.
- my mother advised her children ceremoniously
- adverb in a ceremonious manner
- salacious2/5
salacious
- adjective satellite characterized by lust
lustful; prurient; lubricious.
- eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer
- her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature
- prurient literature
- prurient thoughts
- a salacious rooster of a little man
- adjective satellite suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
lewd; obscene; raunchy.
- lewd whisperings of a dirty old man
- an indecent gesture
- obscene telephone calls
- salacious limericks
- adjective satellite characterized by lust
- salubrious2/5
salubrious
- adjective satellite promoting health; healthful
healthy; good for you.
- a healthy diet
- clean healthy air
- plenty of healthy sleep
- healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy
- the salubrious mountain air and water"- C.B.Davis
- carrots are good for you
- adjective satellite favorable to health of mind or body
- not the most salubrious campsite
- one of the less salubrious suburbs
- adjective satellite promoting health; healthful
- behaviourism2/5
behaviourism
- noun an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior
behaviorism; behaviouristic psychology; behavioristic psychology.
- noun an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior
- rambunctious2/5
rambunctious
- adjective satellite noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
rumbustious; robustious; unruly; boisterous.
- a boisterous crowd
- a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand
- a robustious group of teenagers
- beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings
- an unruly class
- adjective satellite noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
- punctilious2/5
punctilious
- adjective satellite marked by precise accordance with details
meticulous.
- meticulous research
- punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette
- adjective satellite marked by precise accordance with details
- scrumptious2/5
scrumptious
- adjective satellite extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
pleasant-tasting; yummy; delectable; toothsome; delicious; luscious.
- adjective satellite extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
- ambitiously2/5
ambitiously
- adverb with ambition; in an ambitious and energetic manner
determinedly.
- she pursued her goals ambitiously
- adverb with ambition; in an ambitious and energetic manner
- usurious2/5
usurious
- adjective satellite greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
extortionate; outrageous; exorbitant; unconscionable; steep.
- exorbitant rent
- extortionate prices
- spends an outrageous amount on entertainment
- usurious interest rate
- unconscionable spending
- adjective satellite greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
- vainglorious2/5
vainglorious
- adjective satellite feeling self-importance
big; swelled.
- too big for his britches
- had a swelled head
- he was swelled with pride
- adjective satellite feeling self-importance
- audaciously2/5
audaciously
- adverb in an audacious manner
- an idea so daring and yet so audaciously tempting that a shiver of excitement quivered through him
- adverb in an audacious manner
- tediously2/5
tediously
- adverb in a tedious manner
boringly; tiresomely.
- boringly slow work
- he plodded tediously forward
- adverb in a tedious manner
- lasciviousness2/5
lasciviousness
- noun feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
pruriency; lubricity; prurience; carnality.
- noun feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
- perspicacious2/5
perspicacious
- adjective satellite acutely insightful and wise
sagacious; sapient.
- much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument
- observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions
- a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators
- adjective satellite mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
clear-eyed; clear-sighted.
- too clear-eyed not to see what problems would follow
- chaos could be prevented only by clear-sighted leadership
- much too perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument
- adjective satellite acutely insightful and wise
- injuriously2/5
injuriously
- adverb in an injurious manner
- adverb in an injurious manner
- unsuspicious2/5
unsuspicious
- adjective satellite not suspicious
unsuspecting.
- deceiving the unsuspecting public
- adjective satellite not suspicious
- capriciousness2/5
capriciousness
- noun the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses
unpredictability.
- noun the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
arbitrariness; whimsy; whimsicality; whimsey; flightiness.
- I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory
- noun the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses
- unambitious2/5
unambitious
- adjective having little desire for success or achievement
ambitionless.
- adjective having little desire for success or achievement
- unostentatious2/5
unostentatious
- adjective not ostentatious
unpretentious; unpretending.
- his unostentatious office
- unostentatious elegance
- adjective satellite exhibiting restrained good taste
unpretentious; understated.
- the room is pleasant and understated
- adjective not ostentatious
- unpropitious2/5
unpropitious
- adjective not propitious
- adjective not propitious
- semiprecious2/5
semiprecious
- adjective satellite used of gemstones having less commercial value than precious stones
- such semiprecious stones as amethyst, garnet, jade, and tourmaline
- adjective satellite used of gemstones having less commercial value than precious stones
- penurious2/5
penurious
- adjective satellite not having enough money to pay for necessities
pinched; penniless; in straitened circumstances; impecunious; hard up.
- adjective satellite excessively unwilling to spend
parsimonious.
- parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses
- lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence
- adjective satellite not having enough money to pay for necessities
- veracious2/5
veracious
- adjective satellite habitually speaking the truth
- a veracious witness
- adjective satellite precisely accurate
right.
- a veracious account
- adjective satellite habitually speaking the truth
- pertinacious2/5
pertinacious
- adjective satellite stubbornly unyielding
tenacious; dour; dogged; persistent; unyielding.
- dogged persistence
- dour determination
- the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics
- a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot
- men tenacious of opinion
- adjective satellite stubbornly unyielding
- deviousness2/5
deviousness
- noun the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly
obliqueness.
- noun the quality of being deceitful and underhanded
crookedness.
- noun the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly
- subconsciousness2/5
subconsciousness
- noun a state of mind not immediately available to consciousness
- noun a state of mind not immediately available to consciousness
- spuriously2/5
spuriously
- adverb in a false and spurious manner
- the lawyer argued spuriously that his client knew nothing of the burglary
- adverb in a false and spurious manner
- irreligious2/5
irreligious
- adjective hostile or indifferent to religion
- adjective hostile or indifferent to religion
- factitious2/5
factitious
- adjective satellite not produced by natural forces
- brokers created a factitious demand for stocks
- adjective satellite not produced by natural forces
- dubiously2/5
dubiously
- adverb in a questionable and dubious manner
questionably.
- these were estates his father questionably acquired
- adverb in a doubtful manner
doubtfully.
- Gerald shook his head doubtfully
- adverb in a questionable and dubious manner
- luxuriously2/5
luxuriously
- adverb in an indulgently luxurious manner
- she sprawled out luxuriously on the sofa
- adverb in a rich manner
high; richly.
- he lives high
- adverb in an indulgently luxurious manner
- piously2/5
piously
- adverb in a devout and pious manner
devoutly.
- she was devoutly Catholic
- adverb in a devout and pious manner
- industriously2/5
industriously
- adverb in an industrious manner
- they hoed up weeds industriously all morning
- adverb in an industrious manner
- viciousness2/5
viciousness
- noun the trait of extreme cruelty
savagery; ferociousness; brutality.
- noun the trait of extreme cruelty
- imperiously2/5
imperiously
- adverb in an imperious manner
- imperiously he cut her short
- adverb in an imperious manner
- sanctimonious2/5
sanctimonious
- adjective satellite excessively or hypocritically pious
pharisaic; self-righteous; holier-than-thou; pietistic; pharisaical; pietistical.
- a sickening sanctimonious smile
- adjective satellite excessively or hypocritically pious
- prodigiously2/5
prodigiously
- adverb to a prodigious degree
- the prices of farms rose prodigiously
- adverb to a prodigious degree
- ungracious2/5
ungracious
- adjective lacking charm and good taste
- an ungracious industrial city
- this curt summary is not meant to be ungracious
- ungracious behavior
- adjective satellite lacking social graces
discourteous.
- adjective lacking charm and good taste
- ignominiously2/5
ignominiously
- adverb in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree
shamefully; ingloriously; disgracefully; discreditably; dishonorably; dishonourably.
- his grades were disgracefully low
- adverb in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree
- carious2/5
carious
- adjective satellite (of teeth) affected with cavities or decay
- adjective satellite (of teeth) affected with cavities or decay
- deliriously2/5
deliriously
- adverb as if in a delirium
- he was talking deliriously
- adverb in a delirious manner
- her answer made him deliriously happy
- adverb as if in a delirium
- capriciously2/5
capriciously
- adverb unpredictably
freakishly.
- the weather has been freakishly variable
- adverb in a capricious manner
- there were Turk's head lilies and patches of iris , islands of brilliant blue set capriciously in the green sea
- adverb unpredictably
- impecunious2/5
impecunious
- adjective satellite not having enough money to pay for necessities
pinched; penurious; penniless; in straitened circumstances; hard up.
- adjective satellite not having enough money to pay for necessities
- enviously2/5
enviously
- adverb with jealousy; in an envious manner
jealously; covetously.
- he looked at his friend's new car jealously
- adverb with jealousy; in an envious manner
- cementitious2/5
cementitious
- adjective like or relevant to or having the properties of cement
- the adhesion of cementitious materials
- adjective like or relevant to or having the properties of cement
- unselfconscious2/5
unselfconscious
- adjective satellite not self-conscious
- she grew up with him in unselfconscious friendship
- adjective satellite not self-conscious
- fastidiously2/5
fastidiously
- adverb in a fastidious and painstaking manner
painstakingly.
- it is almost a waste of time painstakingly to learn the routines of selling
- adverb in a fastidious manner
- he writes extremely musical music, of which the sound is fastidiously calculated and yet agreeably spontaneous and imaginative
- adverb in a fastidious and painstaking manner
- unceremonious2/5
unceremonious
- adjective satellite without ceremony or formality
unceremonial.
- an unceremonious speech
- adjective satellite without due formalities
- unceremonious dismissal from office
- adjective satellite without ceremony or formality
- semiconscious2/5
semiconscious
- adjective satellite partially conscious; not completely aware of sensations
- adjective satellite partially conscious; not completely aware of sensations
- obliviousness2/5
obliviousness
- noun total forgetfulness
oblivion.
- he sought the great oblivion of sleep
- noun total forgetfulness
- obsequiousness2/5
obsequiousness
- noun abject or cringing submissiveness
servility; subservience.
- noun abject or cringing submissiveness
- propylthiouracil2/5
propylthiouracil
- noun a crystalline compound used as an antithyroid drug in the treatment of goiter
- noun a crystalline compound used as an antithyroid drug in the treatment of goiter
- ungraciously2/5
ungraciously
- adverb without grace; rigidly
woodenly; ungracefully; gracelessly.
- they moved woodenly
- adverb without grace; rigidly
- obsequiously2/5
obsequiously
- adverb in an obsequious manner
servilely; subserviently.
- she acts obsequiously toward her boss
- adverb in an obsequious manner
- ferociously2/5
ferociously
- adverb in a physically fierce manner
fiercely.
- silence broken by dogs barking ferociously
- they fought fiercely
- adverb in a physically fierce manner
- victoriously2/5
victoriously
- adverb in a victorious manner
- Virginia had defended her land victoriously
- adverb in a victorious manner
- nonconscious2/5
nonconscious
- adjective satellite concerning mental functioning that is not represented in consciousness
- nonconscious psychic processes
- adjective satellite relating to the lack of consciousness of inanimate things
- adjective satellite concerning mental functioning that is not represented in consciousness
- unselfconsciously2/5
unselfconsciously
- adverb in a comfortable unselfconscious manner
- they were naked, unshy, and unselfconsciously beautiful
- adverb in a comfortable unselfconscious manner
- precociously2/5
precociously
- adverb in a precocious manner
- her child behaves precociously
- adverb in a precocious manner
- auspiciously2/5
auspiciously
- adverb in an auspicious manner
propitiously.
- he started his new job auspiciously on his birthday
- adverb in an auspicious manner
- voraciously2/5
voraciously
- adverb in an eagerly voracious manner
- she reads voraciously
- adverb in an eagerly voracious manner
- noninfectious2/5
noninfectious
- adjective not infectious
- adjective not infectious
- dioecious2/5
dioecious
- adjective having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals
dioecian.
- adjective having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals
- nonreligious2/5
nonreligious
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- interreligious2/5
interreligious
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- preconscious2/5
preconscious
Of or pertaining to a state before consciousness.
- egregiously2/5
egregious
- adjective satellite conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
gross; flagrant; rank; crying; glaring.
- a crying shame
- an egregious lie
- flagrant violation of human rights
- a glaring error
- gross ineptitude
- gross injustice
- rank treachery
- adjective satellite conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
- antireligious2/5
antireligious
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- thelonious2/5
thelonious
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- superconscious2/5
superconscious
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- thiourea2/5
thiourea
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- behaviourally2/5
behavioural
- adjective of or relating to behavior
behavioral.
- behavioral sciences
- adjective of or relating to behavior
- malarious2/5
malarious
Of or pertaining, to or infected by, malaria.
- mysteriousness2/5
mysteriousness
The state or quality of being mysterious.
- nonobvious2/5
nonobvious
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- calumnious1/5
calumnious
- adjective satellite (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
denigrating; libelous; denigrative; denigratory; slanderous; libellous; calumniatory; defamatory.
- adjective satellite (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
- infectiously1/5
infectiously
- adverb in a contagious manner
contagiously.
- she was contagiously bubbly
- adverb in a contagious manner
- contagiously1/5
contagiously
- adverb in a contagious manner
infectiously.
- she was contagiously bubbly
- adverb in a contagious manner
- repetitiousness1/5
repetitiousness
- noun verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions
repetitiveness.
- noun verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions
- rebelliously1/5
rebelliously
- adverb in a rebellious manner
defiantly; contumaciously.
- he rejected her words rebelliously
- adverb in a rebellious manner
- supposititious1/5
supposititious
- adjective satellite based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
conjectural; suppositious; suppositional; supposed; hypothetical; hypothetic; divinatory.
- theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural
- the supposed reason for his absence
- suppositious reconstructions of dead languages
- hypothetical situation
- adjective satellite based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
- litigiousness1/5
litigiousness
- noun a quarrelsome disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits
- charges of litigiousness and widespread perjury
- noun a quarrelsome disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits
- contumelious1/5
contumelious
- adjective satellite arrogantly insolent
- adjective satellite arrogantly insolent
- unharmonious1/5
unharmonious
- adjective not in harmony
inharmonious.
- adjective not in harmony
- loquaciousness1/5
loquaciousness
- noun the quality of being wordy and talkative
garrulity; loquacity; garrulousness; talkativeness.
- noun the quality of being wordy and talkative
- suppositious1/5
suppositious
- adjective satellite based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
conjectural; supposititious; suppositional; supposed; hypothetical; hypothetic; divinatory.
- theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural
- the supposed reason for his absence
- suppositious reconstructions of dead languages
- hypothetical situation
- adjective satellite based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
- contumaciously1/5
contumaciously
- adverb in a rebellious manner
defiantly; rebelliously.
- he rejected her words rebelliously
- adverb in a rebellious manner
- curiousness1/5
curiousness
- noun a state of active curiosity
inquisitiveness.
- noun the quality of being alien or not native
foreignness; strangeness.
- the strangeness of a foreigner
- noun a state of active curiosity
- ostentatiousness1/5
ostentatiousness
- noun lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
splashiness; pompousness; pretentiousness; ostentation; puffiness; inflation; pomposity.
- noun lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
- behaviourists1/5
behaviourist
- noun a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism
behaviorist.
- adjective of or relating to behaviorism
behaviorist; behavioristic; behaviouristic.
- behavioristic psychology
- noun a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism
- copiousness1/5
copiousness
- noun the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply
abundance; teemingness.
- an age of abundance
- noun the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply
- melodiously1/5
melodiously
- adverb in a melodious manner
tunefully.
- she sang melodiously
- adverb in a melodious manner
- disharmonious1/5
disharmonious
- adjective satellite lacking in harmony
discordant; dissonant; inharmonic.
- adjective satellite lacking in harmony
- curiouser1/5
curious
- adjective satellite beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
funny; rum; singular; queer; odd; peculiar; rummy.
- a curious hybrid accent
- her speech has a funny twang
- they have some funny ideas about war
- had an odd name
- the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves
- something definitely queer about this town
- what a rum fellow
- singular behavior
- adjective eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns)
- a curious child is a teacher's delight
- a trap door that made me curious
- curious investigators
- traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers
- curious about the neighbor's doings
- adjective satellite beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- officiousness1/5
officiousness
- noun aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation
meddlesomeness; intrusiveness.
- noun aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation
- pretentiously1/5
pretentiously
- adverb in a pretentious manner
- this author writes pretentiously
- adverb in a pretentious manner
- superciliousness1/5
superciliousness
- noun the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior
condescension; disdainfulness.
- noun the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior
- facetiousness1/5
facetiousness
- noun playful humor
- noun playful humor
- bodacious1/5
bodacious
- adjective satellite incorrigible
- a bodacious gossip
- adjective satellite unrestrained by convention or propriety
brassy; insolent; audacious; brazen; bald-faced; barefaced; brazen-faced.
- an audacious trick to pull
- a barefaced hypocrite
- the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times
- bald-faced lies
- brazen arrogance
- the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell
- adjective satellite incorrigible
- judiciousness1/5
judiciousness
- noun good judgment
- noun the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating
sagaciousness; sagacity.
- noun good judgment
- ambitiousness1/5
ambitiousness
- noun a strong drive for success
ambition.
- noun a strong drive for success
- dubiousness1/5
dubiousness
- noun the state of being unsure of something
uncertainty; doubtfulness; doubt; dubiety; incertitude.
- noun uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something
doubtfulness; doubt; question.
- the dubiousness of his claim
- there is no question about the validity of the enterprise
- noun the state of being unsure of something
- efficaciousness1/5
efficaciousness
- noun capacity or power to produce a desired effect
efficacy.
- concern about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine
- noun capacity or power to produce a desired effect
- fractiousness1/5
fractiousness
- noun the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline
unruliness; willfulness; wilfulness.
- noun the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline
- capaciousness1/5
capaciousness
- noun intellectual breadth
roominess.
- the very capaciousness of the idea meant that agreement on fundamentals was unnecessary
- his unselfishness gave him great intellectual roominess
- noun spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building)
spaciousness; commodiousness; roominess.
- the capaciousness of Santa's bag astounded the child
- roominess in this size car is always a compromise
- his new office lacked the spaciousness that he had become accustomed to
- noun intellectual breadth
- tenaciousness1/5
tenaciousness
- noun persistent determination
perseverance; persistency; doggedness; tenacity; pertinacity; persistence.
- noun persistent determination
- unpretentiousness1/5
unpretentiousness
- noun the quality of being natural and without pretensions
- noun the quality of being natural and without pretensions
- fallaciousness1/5
fallaciousness
- noun result of a fallacy or error in reasoning
- noun result of a fallacy or error in reasoning
- gregariously1/5
gregariously
- adverb in a gregarious manner
sociably.
- adverb in a gregarious manner
- odiousness1/5
odiousness
- noun the quality of being offensive
distastefulness; offensiveness.
- noun the quality of being offensive
- perniciousness1/5
perniciousness
- noun grave harmfulness or deadliness
toxicity.
- noun grave harmfulness or deadliness
- audaciousness1/5
audaciousness
- noun fearless daring
temerity; audacity.
- noun aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery
audacity.
- he had the audacity to question my decision
- noun fearless daring
- melodiousness1/5
melodiousness
- noun the property of having a melody
tunefulness.
- noun the property of having a melody
- harmoniousness1/5
harmoniousness
- noun the property of sounding harmonious
consonance.
- noun compatibility in opinion and action
harmony.
- noun the property of sounding harmonious
- penuriousness1/5
penuriousness
- noun a state of lacking money
impecuniousness; pennilessness.
- noun a disposition to be niggardly with money
- noun a state of lacking money
- noxiousness1/5
noxiousness
- noun the quality of being noxious
noisomeness; harmfulness.
- noun the quality of being noxious
- meritoriousness1/5
meritoriousness
- noun the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
deservingness; merit.
- there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded
- noun the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
- efficaciously1/5
efficaciously
- adverb in an effective manner
effectively.
- these are real problems that can be dealt with most effectively by rational discussion
- adverb in an effective manner
- maliciousness1/5
maliciousness
- noun feeling a need to see others suffer
spitefulness; malice; spite; venom.
- noun feeling a need to see others suffer
- euphonious1/5
euphonious
- adjective having a pleasant sound
euphonous.
- a euphonious trill of silver laughter
- adjective satellite (of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident
- her euphonious Southern speech
- adjective having a pleasant sound
- bumptious1/5
bumptious
- adjective satellite offensively self-assertive
self-assertive.
- adjective satellite offensively self-assertive
- officiously1/5
officiously
- adverb in an officious manner
- nothing so fatal as to strive too officiously for an abstract quality like beauty
- adverb in an officious manner
- atrociously1/5
atrociously
- adverb in a terrible manner
rottenly; abominably; awfully; terribly; abysmally.
- she sings terribly
- adverb to an extravagant or immoderate degree
outrageously.
- atrociously expensive
- adverb in a terrible manner
- flirtatiously1/5
flirtatiously
- adverb in a flirtatious manner
coquettishly.
- she smiled coquettishly
- adverb in a flirtatious manner
- inefficacious1/5
inefficacious
- adjective lacking the power to produce a desired effect
- laws that are inefficacious in stopping crime
- adjective lacking the power to produce a desired effect
- invidiously1/5
invidiously
- adverb in a manner arousing resentment
- adverb in a manner arousing resentment
- lasciviously1/5
lasciviously
- adverb in a lascivious manner
salaciously.
- adverb in a lascivious manner
- insalubrious1/5
insalubrious
- adjective satellite detrimental to health
unhealthful; unhealthy.
- adjective satellite detrimental to health
- obnoxiously1/5
obnoxiously
- adverb in an obnoxious manner
offensively; objectionably.
- he said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences
- adverb in an obnoxious manner
- spuriousness1/5
spuriousness
- noun state of lacking genuineness
- noun state of lacking genuineness
- flagitious1/5
flagitious
- adjective satellite extremely wicked, deeply criminal
heinous.
- a flagitious crime
- heinous accusations
- adjective satellite shockingly brutal or cruel
grievous; monstrous; atrocious.
- murder is an atrocious crime
- a grievous offense against morality
- a grievous crime
- no excess was too monstrous for them to commit
- adjective satellite extremely wicked, deeply criminal
- overcautious1/5
overcautious
- adjective satellite unnecessarily cautious
- sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business
- adjective satellite unnecessarily cautious
- predacious1/5
predacious
- adjective satellite hunting and killing other animals for food
predaceous.
- adjective satellite living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain
predatory; predaceous.
- predatory capitalists
- a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott
- a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swinton
- adjective satellite hunting and killing other animals for food
- lugubriously1/5
lugubriously
- adverb in a sorrowful lugubrious manner
- his long face lugubriously reflecting a hidden and unexpressed compassion
- adverb in a sorrowful lugubrious manner
- rapaciousness1/5
rapaciousness
- noun extreme gluttony
edacity; esurience; voracity; rapacity; voraciousness.
- noun an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts)
voraciousness; greediness.
- the greediness of lawyers
- noun extreme gluttony
- perniciously1/5
perniciously
- adverb in a harmfully insidious manner
insidiously.
- these drugs act insidiously
- adverb in a noxiously baneful way
banefully.
- this banefully poisoned climate
- adverb in a harmfully insidious manner
- abstemiousness1/5
abstemiousness
- noun restricted to bare necessities
- noun moderation in eating and drinking
- noun restricted to bare necessities
- tendentiously1/5
tendentiously
- adverb in a tendentious manner
- the paper reported rather tendentiously on the war atrocities
- adverb in a tendentious manner
- vivaciously1/5
vivaciously
- adverb with vivacity
- he describes his adventures vivaciously
- adverb with vivacity
- speciously1/5
speciously
- adverb in a specious manner
- adverb in a specious manner
- luxuriousness1/5
luxuriousness
- noun wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
sumptuousness; luxury; opulence.
- noun wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
- unobvious1/5
unobvious
- adjective not immediately apparent
- in mathematical science connections are exhibited which...are extremely unobvious"- A.N.Whitehead
- adjective not immediately apparent
- behaviouristic1/5
behaviouristic
- adjective of or relating to behaviorism
behaviorist; behavioristic; behaviourist.
- behavioristic psychology
- adjective of or relating to behaviorism
- biliousness1/5
biliousness
- noun gastric distress caused by a disorder of the liver or gall bladder
- noun a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
irritability; pettishness; surliness; snappishness; peevishness; temper.
- his temper was well known to all his employees
- noun gastric distress caused by a disorder of the liver or gall bladder
- precociousness1/5
precociousness
- noun intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules
precocity.
- noun intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules
- vexatiously1/5
vexatiously
- adverb in a vexatious manner
- adverb in a vexatious manner
- pugnaciously1/5
pugnaciously
- adverb in a pugnacious manner
- adverb in a pugnacious manner
- rumbustious1/5
rumbustious
- adjective satellite noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
rambunctious; robustious; unruly; boisterous.
- a boisterous crowd
- a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand
- a robustious group of teenagers
- beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings
- an unruly class
- adjective satellite noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
- insidiousness1/5
insidiousness
- noun subtle and cumulative harmfulness (especially of a disease)
- noun the quality of being designed to entrap
- noun subtle and cumulative harmfulness (especially of a disease)
- studiousness1/5
studiousness
- noun diligent study
- noun diligent study
- tendentiousness1/5
tendentiousness
- noun an intentional and controversial bias
- noun an intentional and controversial bias
- odiously1/5
odiously
- adverb in an offensive and hateful manner
repulsively; abominably; detestably.
- I don't know anyone who could have behaved so abominably
- adverb in an offensive and hateful manner
- incommodious1/5
incommodious
- adjective uncomfortably or inconveniently small
- incommodious hotel accommodations
- adjective uncomfortably or inconveniently small
- meritoriously1/5
meritoriously
- adverb in a meritorious manner
- he served his country meritoriously
- adverb in a meritorious manner
- piousness1/5
piousness
- noun righteousness by virtue of being pious
piety.
- noun righteousness by virtue of being pious
- voraciousness1/5
voraciousness
- noun excessive desire to eat
ravenousness; edacity; esurience; voracity.
- noun extreme gluttony
edacity; esurience; voracity; rapacity; rapaciousness.
- noun excessive desire to eat
- speciousness1/5
speciousness
- noun an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility
meretriciousness.
- the speciousness of his argument
- noun an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility
- multifariousness1/5
multifariousness
- noun noticeable heterogeneity
variety; diversity; diverseness.
- a diversity of possibilities
- the range and variety of his work is amazing
- noun noticeable heterogeneity
- spaciously1/5
spaciously
- adverb with ample room
roomily.
- the furniture was spaciously spread out
- adverb with ample room
- inauspiciousness1/5
inauspiciousness
- noun the quality of suggesting an unsuccessful result
unpropitiousness.
- noun the quality of suggesting an unsuccessful result
- laboriousness1/5
laboriousness
- noun the quality of requiring extended effort
operoseness; toilsomeness.
- noun the quality of requiring extended effort
- ingeniousness1/5
ingeniousness
- noun the power of creative imagination
inventiveness; cleverness; ingenuity.
- noun the property of being ingenious
cleverness; ingenuity.
- a plot of great ingenuity
- the cleverness of its design
- noun the power of creative imagination
- salaciously1/5
salaciously
- adverb in a lascivious manner
lasciviously.
- adverb in a lascivious manner
- obnoxiousness1/5
obnoxiousness
- noun the quality of being hateful
objectionableness; hatefulness.
- noun the quality of being hateful
- perfidiousness1/5
perfidiousness
- noun betrayal of a trust
perfidy; treachery.
- noun betrayal of a trust
- avariciousness1/5
avariciousness
- noun extreme greed for material wealth
avarice; covetousness; cupidity.
- noun extreme greed for material wealth
- burglarious1/5
burglarious
- adjective involving or resembling burglary
- burglarious tools
- adjective involving or resembling burglary
- robustious1/5
robustious
- adjective satellite noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
rambunctious; rumbustious; unruly; boisterous.
- a boisterous crowd
- a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand
- a robustious group of teenagers
- beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings
- an unruly class
- adjective satellite noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
- fugacious1/5
fugacious
- adjective satellite lasting a very short time
short-lived; ephemeral; transitory; transient; passing.
- the ephemeral joys of childhood
- a passing fancy
- youth's transient beauty
- love is transitory but it is eternal
- fugacious blossoms
- adjective satellite lasting a very short time
- temerarious1/5
temerarious
- adjective satellite presumptuously daring
daredevil.
- a daredevil test pilot having the right stuff
- adjective satellite presumptuously daring
- ceremoniousness1/5
ceremoniousness
- noun a ceremonial manner
- noun a ceremonial manner
- ungraciousness1/5
ungraciousness
- noun an offensive lack of good manners
- noun an offensive lack of good manners
- bumptiousness1/5
bumptiousness
- noun offensive boldness and assertiveness
pushiness; cockiness; forwardness.
- noun offensive boldness and assertiveness
- avariciously1/5
avariciously
- adverb in a greedy manner
covetously; greedily.
- adverb in a greedy manner
- contrarious1/5
contrarious
- adjective satellite difficult to deal with
cross-grained.
- adjective satellite difficult to deal with
- uxoriousness1/5
uxoriousness
- noun foolish fondness for or excessive submissiveness to one's wife
- noun foolish fondness for or excessive submissiveness to one's wife
- atrabilious1/5
atrabilious
- adjective satellite irritable as if suffering from indigestion
dyspeptic; liverish; bilious.
- adjective satellite irritable as if suffering from indigestion
- auspiciousness1/5
auspiciousness
- noun the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result
propitiousness.
- noun the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result
- superstitiously1/5
superstitiously
- adverb in a superstitious manner
- superstitiously he refused to travel on Friday the 13th
- adverb in a superstitious manner
- punctiliously1/5
punctiliously
- adverb in a punctilious manner
- he launched into a long history of the birth of communism, giving credit punctiliously to the work of Marx and Engels
- adverb in a punctilious manner
- pertinaciously1/5
pertinaciously
- adverb in a dogged and pertinacious manner
- he struggled pertinaciously for the new resolution
- adverb in a dogged and pertinacious manner
- deviously1/5
deviously
- adverb in a devious manner
- he got the promotion by behaving deviously
- adverb in a devious manner
- injudiciously1/5
injudiciously
- adverb in an injudicious manner
- these intelligence tests were used injudiciously for many years
- adverb in an injudicious manner
- ingloriously1/5
ingloriously
- adverb in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree
shamefully; ignominiously; disgracefully; discreditably; dishonorably; dishonourably.
- his grades were disgracefully low
- adverb in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree
- imperiousness1/5
imperiousness
- noun the trait of being imperious and overbearing
domineeringness; overbearingness.
- noun the trait of being imperious and overbearing
- overambitious1/5
overambitious
- adjective satellite excessively ambitious
- adjective satellite excessively ambitious
- impiously1/5
impiously
- adverb in an impious manner
- the young members challenged their leader impiously
- adverb in an impious manner
- superciliously1/5
superciliously
- adverb with a sneer; in an uncomplimentary sneering manner
sneeringly; snidely.
- `I don't believe in these customs,' he said sneeringly
- adverb with a sneer; in an uncomplimentary sneering manner
- sagaciously1/5
sagaciously
- adverb in a shrewd manner
sapiently; astutely; shrewdly; acutely.
- he invested his fortune astutely
- he was acutely insightful
- adverb in a shrewd manner
- deliciousness1/5
deliciousness
- noun extreme appetizingness
toothsomeness; delectability; lusciousness.
- noun extreme appetizingness
- silicious1/5
silicious
- adjective relating to or containing or resembling silica
siliceous.
- gritrock is siliceous sandstone
- adjective relating to or containing or resembling silica
- arsenious1/5
arsenious
- adjective relating to compounds in which arsenic is trivalent
- adjective relating to compounds in which arsenic is trivalent
- lubricious1/5
lubricious
- adjective satellite having a smooth or slippery quality
- the skin of cephalopods is thin and lubricious
- adjective satellite characterized by lust
lustful; prurient; salacious.
- eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer
- her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature
- prurient literature
- prurient thoughts
- a salacious rooster of a little man
- adjective satellite having a smooth or slippery quality
- uxorious1/5
uxorious
- adjective satellite foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife
- adjective satellite foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife
- inauspiciously1/5
inauspiciously
- adverb in an inauspicious manner
unpropitiously.
- he started his new job inauspiciously on Friday the 13th
- adverb in an inauspicious manner
- punctiliousness1/5
punctiliousness
- noun strict attention to minute details
scrupulousness; meticulosity; meticulousness.
- noun strict attention to minute details
- lusciously1/5
lusciously
- adverb so as to produce a delightful taste
deliciously; scrumptiously.
- I bought some more of these deliciously sweet peaches
- adverb so as to produce a delightful taste
- ferociousness1/5
ferociousness
- noun the trait of extreme cruelty
savagery; viciousness; brutality.
- noun the trait of extreme cruelty
- sacrilegiously1/5
sacrilegiously
- adverb in a sacrilegious manner
- adverb in a sacrilegious manner
- perfidiously1/5
perfidiously
- adverb in a perfidious manner
- he was playing perfidiously one side against the other
- adverb in a perfidious manner
- unmeritorious1/5
unmeritorious
- adjective satellite without merit
- protect...from unmeritorious criticism
- adjective satellite without merit
- semiconsciousness1/5
semiconsciousness
- noun marginal consciousness
grogginess; stupor; stupefaction.
- his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows
- someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor
- noun marginal consciousness
- unpretentiously1/5
unpretentiously
- adverb in an unpretentious manner
- she was unpretentiously dressed even though she was the guest of honor
- adverb in an unpretentious manner
- unconscientious1/5
unconscientious
- adjective not conscientious;
- adjective not conscientious;
- sanctimoniousness1/5
sanctimoniousness
- noun the quality of being hypocritically devout
sanctimony.
- noun the quality of being hypocritically devout
- mendaciously1/5
mendaciously
- adverb in a mendacious and untruthful manner
untruthfully.
- I told him, quite untruthfully, that I had just returned from leave
- adverb in a mendacious and untruthful manner
- lusciousness1/5
lusciousness
- noun extreme appetizingness
toothsomeness; deliciousness; delectability.
- noun extreme appetizingness
- salaciousness1/5
salaciousness
- noun the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
obscenity; salacity; bawdiness; lewdness.
- noun the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
- licentiously1/5
licentiously
- adverb in a licentious and promiscuous manner
wantonly; promiscuously.
- this young girl has to share a room with her mother who lives promiscuously
- adverb in a licentious and promiscuous manner
- thiouracil1/5
thiouracil
- noun depresses the function of the thyroid gland
- noun depresses the function of the thyroid gland
- multifariously1/5
multifariously
- adverb in diverse ways
diversely; variously.
- the alternatives that are variously represented by the participants
- the speakers treated the subject most diversely
- adverb in diverse ways
- nefariously1/5
nefariously
- adverb in a nefarious manner or to a nefarious degree
- nefariously involved in a conspiracy
- adverb in a nefarious manner or to a nefarious degree
- illustriously1/5
illustriously
- adverb in an illustrious manner
- Einstein, the illustriously famous physicist of the 20th century
- adverb in an illustrious manner
- irreligiousness1/5
irreligiousness
- noun the quality of not being devout
irreligion.
- noun the quality of not being devout
- scabious1/5
scabious
- noun any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa
scabiosa.
- noun any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa
- sanctimoniously1/5
sanctimoniously
- adverb in a sanctimonious manner
self-righteously.
- she was sanctimoniously criticizing everybody
- adverb in a sanctimonious manner
- propitiously1/5
propitiously
- adverb in an auspicious manner
auspiciously.
- he started his new job auspiciously on his birthday
- adverb in an auspicious manner
- innoxious1/5
innoxious
- adjective satellite having no adverse effect
- adjective satellite having no adverse effect
- unselfconsciousness1/5
unselfconsciousness
- noun the quality of being not self-conscious; unawareness of yourself or of others' views of yourself
- he had the unselfconsciousness of a child
- noun the quality of being not self-conscious; unawareness of yourself or of others' views of yourself
- overanxious1/5
overanxious
- adjective satellite anxious or nervous to an excessive degree
- adjective satellite anxious or nervous to an excessive degree
- rapaciously1/5
rapaciously
- adverb in a rapacious manner
- adverb in a rapacious manner
- monoecious1/5
monoecious
- adjective having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal
monoicous; monecious.
- adjective having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal
- incurious1/5
incurious
- adjective showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity
- strangely incurious about the cause of the political upheaval surrounding them
- adjective showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity
- preciously1/5
preciously
- adverb extremely
precious.
- there is precious little time left
- adverb extremely
- unmelodious1/5
unmelodious
- adjective not having a musical sound or pleasing tune
untuneful; tuneless.
- adjective lacking melody
unmusical; unmelodic.
- adjective not having a musical sound or pleasing tune
- noncontagious1/5
noncontagious
- adjective satellite (of disease) not capable of being passed on
nontransmissible; noncommunicable.
- adjective satellite (of disease) not capable of being passed on
- noncontentious1/5
noncontentious
- adjective satellite of persons; not given to controversy
- adjective satellite of persons; not given to controversy
- nonobviousness1/5
nonobviousness
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- feloniously1/5
felonious
- adjective satellite involving or being or having the nature of a crime
criminal.
- a criminal offense
- criminal abuse
- felonious intent
- adjective satellite involving or being or having the nature of a crime
- socioreligious1/5
- multireligious1/5
- scious1/5
scious
Knowing; having knowledge. "Brutes may be and are scious." Coleridge.
- infectiousness1/5
infectiousness
The quality of being infectious.
- uncontentious1/5
- parsimoniously1/5
parsimonious
- adjective satellite excessively unwilling to spend
penurious.
- parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses
- lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence
- adjective satellite excessively unwilling to spend
- contentiously1/5
contentious
- adjective satellite inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
disputatious; combative; litigious; disputative.
- a style described as abrasive and contentious
- a disputatious lawyer
- a litigious and acrimonious spirit
- adjective satellite involving or likely to cause controversy
- a central and contentious element of the book"- Tim W.Ferfuson
- adjective satellite inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
- contagiousness1/5
contagiousness
Quality of being contagious.
- unostentatiously1/5
unostentatious
- adjective not ostentatious
unpretentious; unpretending.
- his unostentatious office
- unostentatious elegance
- adjective satellite exhibiting restrained good taste
unpretentious; understated.
- the room is pleasant and understated
- adjective not ostentatious
- nonserious1/5
- obliviously1/5
oblivious
- adjective satellite (followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of
unmindful.
- oblivious of the mounting pressures for political reform
- oblivious to the risks she ran
- not unmindful of the heavy responsibility
- adjective satellite failing to keep in mind
forgetful.
- forgetful of her responsibilities
- oblivious old age
- adjective satellite (followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of
- unserious1/5
- flirtatiousness1/5
flirtatiousness
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- superconsciousness1/5
superconsciousness
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- conciousness1/5
- censoriousness1/5
censoriousness
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- acrimoniously1/5
acrimonious
- adjective satellite marked by strong resentment or cynicism
bitter.
- an acrimonious dispute
- bitter about the divorce
- adjective satellite marked by strong resentment or cynicism
- fallaciously1/5
fallacious
- adjective satellite containing or based on a fallacy
unsound.
- fallacious reasoning
- an unsound argument
- adjective satellite intended to deceive
fraudulent; deceitful.
- deceitful advertising
- fallacious testimony
- smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge
- a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes
- adjective satellite containing or based on a fallacy
- commodiously1/5
commodious
- adjective large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense)
convenient.
- a commodious harbor
- a commodious building suitable for conventions
- adjective large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense)
- hellacious1/5
- adventitiously1/5
adventitious
- adjective satellite associated by chance and not an integral part
- poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson
- they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character
- adjective satellite associated by chance and not an integral part
- deleteriously1/5
deleterious
- adjective satellite harmful to living things
hurtful; injurious.
- deleterious chemical additives
- adjective satellite harmful to living things
- tortiously1/5
tortious
- adjective of or pertaining to the nature of a tort
- tortious acts
- adjective of or pertaining to the nature of a tort
- repetitiously1/5
repetitious
- adjective characterized by repetition
repetitive.
- repetitive movement
- adjective characterized by repetition
- excrementitious1/5
excrementitious
(Physiol.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, excrement; of the nature of excrement.
- sententiousness1/5
sententiousness
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- perjurious1/5
perjurious
Guilty of perjury; containing perjury. Obs. Quarles. B. Johnson.
- variousness1/5
variousness
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- compendiously1/5
compendious
- adjective satellite briefly giving the gist of something
compact; summary; succinct.
- a short and compendious book
- a compact style is brief and pithy
- succinct comparisons
- a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject
- adjective satellite briefly giving the gist of something
- nutritiously1/5
nutritious
- adjective satellite of or providing nourishment
alimentary; alimental; nourishing; nutrient; nutritive.
- good nourishing stew
- adjective satellite of or providing nourishment
- compunctious1/5
compunctious
Of the nature of compunction; caused by conscience; attended with, or causing, compunction. That no compunctious vistings of nature Shake my fell purpose. Shak.
- unreligious1/5
unreligious
Irreligious. Wordsworth.
- nonconsciously1/5
nonconscious
- adjective satellite concerning mental functioning that is not represented in consciousness
- nonconscious psychic processes
- adjective satellite relating to the lack of consciousness of inanimate things
- adjective satellite concerning mental functioning that is not represented in consciousness
- vivaciousness1/5
vivaciousness
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- memorious1/5
- vicariousness1/5
vicariousness
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- incuriously1/5
incurious
- adjective showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity
- strangely incurious about the cause of the political upheaval surrounding them
- adjective showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity
- semireligious1/5
- vitious1/5
vitious
See Vicious ,Viciously ,Viciousness .
- hyperconscious1/5
hyperconscious
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- vaingloriously1/5
vainglorious
- adjective satellite feeling self-importance
big; swelled.
- too big for his britches
- had a swelled head
- he was swelled with pride
- adjective satellite feeling self-importance
- censoriously1/5
censorious
- adjective satellite harshly critical or expressing censure
- was censorious of petty failings
- adjective satellite harshly critical or expressing censure
- haviour1/5
behaviour
- noun the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances
behavior.
- the behavior of small particles can be studied in experiments
- noun (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
demeanour; demeanor; deportment; behavior; conduct.
- noun the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances
- perspicaciously1/5
perspicacious
- adjective satellite acutely insightful and wise
sagacious; sapient.
- much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument
- observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions
- a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators
- adjective satellite mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
clear-eyed; clear-sighted.
- too clear-eyed not to see what problems would follow
- chaos could be prevented only by clear-sighted leadership
- much too perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument
- adjective satellite acutely insightful and wise
- invidiousness1/5
invidiousness
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- preconsciously1/5
preconscious
Of or pertaining to a state before consciousness.
- unsuspiciously1/5
unsuspicious
- adjective satellite not suspicious
unsuspecting.
- deceiving the unsuspecting public
- adjective satellite not suspicious
- seditiously1/5
seditious
- adjective satellite arousing to action or rebellion
rabble-rousing; inflammatory; incitive; incendiary; instigative.
- adjective satellite in opposition to a civil authority or government
subversive; insurgent.
- adjective satellite arousing to action or rebellion
- factiousness1/5
factiousness
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- egregiousness1/5
egregiousness
The state of being egregious.
- unmysterious1/5
- superstitiousness1/5
superstitiousness
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- fictitiousness1/5
- supraconscious1/5
- labourious1/5
- pseudoreligious1/5
- foreconscious1/5
foreconscious
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- noninjurious1/5
noninjurious
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- gynodioecious1/5
gynodioecious
(Bot.) Dioecious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant which bears mostly pistillate flowers.
- gloriousness1/5
gloriousness
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- unanxious1/5
- captiousness1/5
captiousness
Captious disposition or manner.
- demeritorious1/5
- innutritious1/5
innutritious
Not nutritious; not furnishing nourishment.
- nonmalicious1/5
nonmalicious
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- nonmeritorious1/5
- presumptious1/5
- unobviousness1/5
- nonprecious1/5
nonprecious
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- hyperconsciousness1/5
hyperconsciousness
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- thioureas1/5
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