rous: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of rous
- dangerous«Word Popularity Bar5/5
dangerous
- adjective involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
unsafe.
- a dangerous criminal
- a dangerous bridge
- unemployment reached dangerous proportions
- adjective satellite causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
grievous; life-threatening; severe; serious; grave.
- a dangerous operation
- a grave situation
- a grave illness
- grievous bodily harm
- a serious wound
- a serious turn of events
- a severe case of pneumonia
- a life-threatening disease
- adjective involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
- generous5/5
generous
- adjective willing to give and share unstintingly
- a generous donation
- adjective not petty in character and mind
- unusually generous in his judgment of people
- adjective willing to give and share unstintingly
- vigorous5/5
vigorous
- adjective satellite characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity
- a vigorous hiker
- gave her skirt a vigorous shake
- a vigorous campaign
- a vigorous foreign policy
- vigorous opposition to the war
- adjective satellite strong and active physically or mentally
- a vigorous old man who spent half of his day on horseback"- W.H.Hudson
- adjective satellite characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity
- numerous5/5
numerous
- adjective satellite amounting to a large indefinite number
legion.
- numerous times
- the family was numerous
- Palomar's fans are legion
- adjective satellite amounting to a large indefinite number
- monstrous4/5
monstrous
- adjective satellite abnormally large
- adjective satellite shockingly brutal or cruel
grievous; atrocious; 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 abnormally large
- humorous4/5
humorous
- adjective full of or characterized by humor
humourous.
- humorous stories
- humorous cartoons
- in a humorous vein
- adjective full of or characterized by humor
- rigorous4/5
rigorous
- adjective satellite rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
strict.
- rigorous application of the law
- a strict vegetarian
- adjective satellite demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
tight; stringent.
- rigorous discipline
- tight security
- stringent safety measures
- adjective satellite rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
- prosperous4/5
prosperous
- adjective satellite in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
well-to-do; well-heeled; well-off; comfortable; well-fixed; well-situated; easy.
- they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards
- easy living
- a prosperous family
- his family is well-situated financially
- well-to-do members of the community
- adjective satellite very lively and profitable
booming; palmy; thriving; prospering; roaring; flourishing.
- flourishing businesses
- a palmy time for stockbrokers
- a prosperous new business
- doing a roaring trade
- a thriving tourist center
- did a thriving business in orchids
- adjective satellite in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
- disastrous4/5
disastrous
- adjective satellite (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
fatal; calamitous; black; fateful.
- the stock market crashed on Black Friday
- a calamitous defeat
- the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign
- such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin
- it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur
- a fateful error
- adjective satellite (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
- porous4/5
porous
- adjective satellite able to absorb fluids
- the partly porous walls of our digestive system
- compacting the soil to make it less porous
- adjective full of pores or vessels or holes
poriferous.
- adjective satellite able to absorb fluids
- fibrous4/5
fibrous
- adjective satellite having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute
hempen.
- adjective satellite (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
unchewable; stringy; sinewy.
- adjective satellite having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute
- treacherous4/5
treacherous
- adjective satellite dangerously unstable and unpredictable
unreliable.
- treacherous winding roads
- an unreliable trestle
- adjective satellite tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans
punic; perfidious.
- Punic faith
- the perfidious Judas
- the fiercest and most treacherous of foes
- treacherous intrigues
- adjective satellite dangerously unstable and unpredictable
- wondrous4/5
wondrous
- adjective satellite extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
fantastic; marvelous; marvellous; grand; terrific; howling; wonderful; rattling; tremendous.
- a fantastic trip to the Orient
- the film was fantastic!
- a howling success
- a marvelous collection of rare books
- had a rattling conversation about politics
- a tremendous achievement
- adverb (used as an intensifier) extremely well
wondrously; marvellously; terrifically; superbly; toppingly; wonderfully; marvelously.
- her voice is superbly disciplined
- the colors changed wondrously slowly
- adjective satellite extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
- murderous4/5
murderous
- adjective satellite characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being
homicidal.
- a homicidal rage
- murderous thugs
- adjective satellite characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being
- adventurous4/5
adventurous
- adjective willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
adventuresome.
- adventurous pioneers
- the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy
- adjective willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
- desirous4/5
desirous
- adjective having or expressing desire for something
wishful.
- desirous of high office
- desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem
- adjective having or expressing desire for something
- barbarous4/5
barbarous
- adjective satellite (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
savage; vicious; 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 primitive in customs and culture
- adjective satellite (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- cancerous3/5
cancerous
- adjective satellite relating to or affected with cancer
- a cancerous growth
- adjective satellite like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads
- remorse was cancerous within him
- pornography is cancerous to the moral development of our children
- adjective satellite relating to or affected with cancer
- carnivorous3/5
carnivorous
- adjective relating to or characteristic of carnivores
- the lion and other carnivorous animals
- adjective (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals
- carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects
- adjective relating to or characteristic of carnivores
- anhydrous3/5
anhydrous
- adjective without water; especially without water of crystallization
- adjective without water; especially without water of crystallization
- coniferous3/5
coniferous
- adjective satellite of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves
cone-bearing.
- adjective satellite of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves
- ludicrous3/5
ludicrous
- adjective satellite broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
ridiculous; farcical.
- the wild farcical exuberance of a clown
- ludicrous green hair
- adjective satellite incongruous; inviting ridicule
derisory; idiotic; preposterous; cockeyed; ridiculous; absurd; laughable; nonsensical.
- the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework
- that's a cockeyed idea
- ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer
- a contribution so small as to be laughable
- it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion
- a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history
- her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous
- adjective satellite broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
- glamorous3/5
glamorous
- adjective satellite having an air of allure, romance and excitement
glamourous.
- glamorous movie stars
- adjective satellite having an air of allure, romance and excitement
- onerous3/5
onerous
- adjective satellite not easily borne; wearing; I only had to greet the guests"
burdensome; taxing.
- the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return
- my duties weren't onerous
- a taxing schedule
- adjective satellite not easily borne; wearing; I only had to greet the guests"
- amorous3/5
amorous
- adjective satellite inclined toward or displaying love
amative.
- feeling amorous
- adjective satellite expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance
amatory; romantic.
- her amatory affairs
- amorous glances
- a romantic adventure
- a romantic moonlight ride
- adjective satellite inclined toward or displaying love
- boisterous3/5
boisterous
- adjective satellite noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
rambunctious; rumbustious; robustious; unruly.
- 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 full of rough and exuberant animal spirits
knockabout.
- boisterous practical jokes
- knockabout comedy
- adjective satellite noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
- thunderous3/5
thunderous
- adjective satellite loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
earsplitting; thundery; deafening.
- adjective satellite extremely ominous
- world events of thunderous import
- adjective satellite loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
- lustrous3/5
lustrous
- adjective satellite made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow
bright; burnished; shiny; shining.
- bright silver candlesticks
- a burnished brass knocker
- she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves
- rows of shining glasses
- shiny black patents
- adjective satellite brilliant
- set a lustrous example for others to follow
- lustrous actors of the time
- adjective satellite made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow
- adulterous3/5
adulterous
- adjective satellite characterized by adultery
extramarital; extracurricular.
- an adulterous relationship
- extramarital affairs
- the extracurricular activities of a philandering husband
- adjective satellite not faithful to a spouse or lover
cheating; two-timing.
- adulterous husbands and wives
- a two-timing boyfriend
- adjective satellite characterized by adultery
- carboniferous3/5
carboniferous
- adjective of or relating to the Carboniferous geologic era
- carboniferous rock system
- noun from 345 million to 280 million years ago
Carboniferous period.
- adjective of or relating to the Carboniferous geologic era
- ferrous3/5
ferrous
- adjective of or relating to or containing iron
ferric.
- adjective of or relating to or containing iron
- nitrous3/5
nitrous
- adjective of or containing nitrogen
azotic; nitric.
- nitric acid
- adjective of or containing nitrogen
- ponderous3/5
ponderous
- adjective satellite slow and laborious because of weight
heavy; lumbering.
- the heavy tread of tired troops
- moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot
- ponderous prehistoric beasts
- a ponderous yawn
- adjective satellite having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
- a ponderous stone
- a ponderous burden
- ponderous weapons
- adjective satellite slow and laborious because of weight
- serous3/5
serous
- adjective of or producing or containing serum
- a serous exudate
- adjective of or producing or containing serum
- chivalrous3/5
chivalrous
- adjective satellite being attentive to women like an ideal knight
gallant; knightly.
- adjective satellite being attentive to women like an ideal knight
- idolatrous3/5
idolatrous
- adjective relating to or practicing idolatry
- idolatrous worship
- adjective satellite blindly or excessively devoted or adoring
- adjective relating to or practicing idolatry
- vociferous3/5
vociferous
- adjective satellite conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
blatant; clamant; clamorous; strident.
- blatant radios
- a clamorous uproar
- strident demands
- a vociferous mob
- adjective satellite conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
- rapturous3/5
rapturous
- adjective satellite feeling great rapture or delight
rhapsodic; enraptured; ecstatic; rapt.
- adjective satellite feeling great rapture or delight
- preposterous3/5
preposterous
- adjective satellite incongruous; inviting ridicule
derisory; ludicrous; idiotic; cockeyed; ridiculous; absurd; laughable; nonsensical.
- the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework
- that's a cockeyed idea
- ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer
- a contribution so small as to be laughable
- it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion
- a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history
- her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous
- adjective satellite incongruous; inviting ridicule
- sonorous3/5
sonorous
- adjective satellite full and loud and deep
heavy.
- heavy sounds
- a herald chosen for his sonorous voice
- adjective satellite full and loud and deep
- phosphorous3/5
phosphorous
- adjective containing or characteristic of phosphorus
phosphoric.
- phosphoric acid
- adjective containing or characteristic of phosphorus
- pestiferous2/5
pestiferous
- adjective satellite contaminated with infecting organisms
dirty.
- dirty wounds
- obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen
- adjective satellite likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
pestilential; plaguey; pestilent.
- a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift
- plaguey fevers
- adjective satellite contaminated with infecting organisms
- tuberous2/5
tuberous
- adjective of or relating to or resembling a tuber
- a tuberous root
- adjective of or relating to or resembling a tuber
- glabrous2/5
glabrous
- adjective satellite having no hair or similar growth; smooth
- glabrous stems
- glabrous leaves
- a glabrous scalp
- adjective satellite having no hair or similar growth; smooth
- hydrous2/5
hydrous
- adjective containing combined water (especially water of crystallization as in a hydrate)
hydrated.
- adjective containing combined water (especially water of crystallization as in a hydrate)
- vaporous2/5
vaporous
- adjective satellite so thin as to transmit light
gauze-like; sheer; see-through; gossamer; cobwebby; vapourous; filmy; diaphanous; transparent; gauzy.
- a hat with a diaphanous veil
- filmy wings of a moth
- gauzy clouds of dandelion down
- gossamer cobwebs
- sheer silk stockings
- transparent chiffon
- vaporous silks
- adjective satellite resembling or characteristic of vapor
vapourous; vapourific; vaporish; vaporific; vapourish.
- vaporous clouds
- adjective satellite so thin as to transmit light
- precancerous2/5
precancerous
- adjective of or relating to a growth that is not malignant but is likely to become so if not treated
- adjective of or relating to a growth that is not malignant but is likely to become so if not treated
- insectivorous2/5
insectivorous
- adjective (of animals and plants) feeding on insects
- adjective (of animals and plants) feeding on insects
- multiparous2/5
multiparous
- adjective producing more than one offspring at a time
- adjective producing more than one offspring at a time
- traitorous2/5
traitorous
- adjective satellite having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor
treasonous; unfaithful; treasonable; faithless.
- the faithless Benedict Arnold
- a lying traitorous insurrectionist
- adjective satellite having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor
- herbivorous2/5
herbivorous
- adjective feeding only on plants
- adjective feeding only on plants
- torturous2/5
torturous
- adjective satellite extremely painful
agonising; excruciating; torturing; agonizing; harrowing; torturesome.
- adjective satellite extremely painful
- omnivorous2/5
omnivorous
- adjective feeding on both plants and animals
- adjective feeding on both plants and animals
- cantankerous2/5
cantankerous
- adjective satellite stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
bloody-minded.
- unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator
- adjective satellite having a difficult and contrary disposition
crotchety; ornery.
- a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers
- adjective satellite stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
- slanderous2/5
slanderous
- adjective satellite (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
denigrating; libelous; denigrative; denigratory; calumnious; libellous; calumniatory; defamatory.
- adjective satellite (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
- lecherous2/5
lecherous
- adjective satellite given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity
- a lecherous gleam in his eye
- a lecherous good-for-nothing
- adjective satellite given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity
- estrous2/5
estrous
- adjective (of lower mammals) showing or in a state of estrus; in heat
- the estrous state
- the estrous cycle
- adjective (of lower mammals) showing or in a state of estrus; in heat
- malodorous2/5
malodorous
- adjective having an unpleasant smell
unpleasant-smelling; stinky; ill-smelling; malodourous.
- adjective having an unpleasant smell
- obstreperous2/5
obstreperous
- adjective satellite noisily and stubbornly defiant
- obstreperous boys
- adjective satellite boisterously and noisily aggressive
- kept up an obstreperous clamor
- adjective satellite noisily and stubbornly defiant
- viviparous2/5
viviparous
- adjective producing living young (not eggs)
live-bearing.
- adjective producing living young (not eggs)
- cruciferous2/5
cruciferous
- adjective of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae
- adjective of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae
- oviparous2/5
oviparous
- adjective egg-laying
- adjective egg-laying
- dexterous2/5
dexterous
- adjective satellite skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
dextrous; deft.
- a deft waiter
- deft fingers massaged her face
- dexterous of hand and inventive of mind
- adjective satellite skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
- sulphurous2/5
sulphurous
- adjective of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur
sulfurous.
- adjective satellite harsh or corrosive in tone
blistering; acerbic; acrid; vitriolic; virulent; acerb; sulfurous; caustic; acid; bitter.
- an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose
- a barrage of acid comments
- her acrid remarks make her many enemies
- bitter words
- blistering criticism
- caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics
- a sulfurous denunciation
- a vitriolic critique
- adjective of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur
- odorous2/5
odorous
- adjective having odor or a characteristic odor
- odorous jasmine flowers
- odorous garbage
- fresh odorous bread
- adjective satellite emitting an odor
odoriferous.
- odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack
- adjective having odor or a characteristic odor
- seminiferous2/5
seminiferous
- adjective bearing or producing seed or semen
- seminiferous tubules
- adjective bearing or producing seed or semen
- sulfurous2/5
sulfurous
- adjective of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur
sulphurous.
- adjective satellite harsh or corrosive in tone
blistering; acerbic; acrid; vitriolic; virulent; sulphurous; acerb; caustic; acid; bitter.
- an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose
- a barrage of acid comments
- her acrid remarks make her many enemies
- bitter words
- blistering criticism
- caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics
- a sulfurous denunciation
- a vitriolic critique
- adjective of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur
- fossiliferous2/5
fossiliferous
- adjective bearing or containing fossils
- fossiliferous strata
- adjective bearing or containing fossils
- odoriferous2/5
odoriferous
- adjective satellite morally offensive
- odoriferous legislation
- adjective satellite emitting an odor
odorous.
- odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack
- adjective satellite morally offensive
- rivalrous2/5
rivalrous
- adjective satellite eager to surpass others
emulous.
- adjective satellite eager to surpass others
- decorous2/5
decorous
- adjective characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct
- the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme
- adjective satellite according with custom or propriety
comme il faut; decent; becoming; seemly; comely.
- her becoming modesty
- comely behavior
- it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money
- a decent burial
- seemly behavior
- adjective characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct
- clamorous2/5
clamorous
- adjective satellite conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
vociferous; blatant; clamant; strident.
- blatant radios
- a clamorous uproar
- strident demands
- a vociferous mob
- adjective satellite conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
- timorous2/5
timorous
- adjective satellite timid by nature or revealing timidity
fearful; trepid.
- timorous little mouse
- in a timorous tone
- cast fearful glances at the large dog
- adjective satellite timid by nature or revealing timidity
- ungenerous2/5
ungenerous
- adjective lacking in magnanimity
meanspirited.
- it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note"- Times Litt. Sup.
- a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive
- adjective unwilling to spend
stingy.
- she practices economy without being stingy
- an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds
- adjective lacking in magnanimity
- petrous2/5
petrous
- adjective satellite (of bone especially the temporal bone) resembling stone in hardness
stonelike.
- adjective satellite (of bone especially the temporal bone) resembling stone in hardness
- languorous2/5
languorous
- adjective satellite lacking spirit or liveliness
dreamy; languid; lackadaisical.
- a lackadaisical attempt
- a languid mood
- a languid wave of the hand
- a hot languorous afternoon
- adjective satellite lacking spirit or liveliness
- cumbrous2/5
cumbrous
- adjective satellite difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
cumbersome.
- a cumbersome piece of machinery
- cumbrous protective clothing
- adjective satellite difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
- leprous2/5
leprous
- adjective relating to or resembling or having leprosy
- adjective relating to or resembling or having leprosy
- cadaverous2/5
cadaverous
- adjective satellite very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
pinched; bony; emaciated; gaunt; skeletal; wasted; haggard.
- emaciated bony hands
- a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
- eyes were haggard and cavernous
- small pinched faces
- kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration
- adjective of or relating to a cadaver or corpse
cadaveric.
- we had long anticipated his cadaverous end
- adjective satellite very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
- dolorous2/5
dolorous
- adjective satellite showing sorrow
tearful; dolourous; weeping; lachrymose.
- adjective satellite showing sorrow
- indecorous2/5
indecorous
- adjective lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct
indelicate.
- indecorous behavior
- adjective satellite not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
unbecoming; uncomely; unseemly; untoward; indecent.
- was buried with indecent haste
- indecorous behavior
- language unbecoming to a lady
- unseemly to use profanity
- moved to curb their untoward ribaldry
- adjective lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct
- unglamorous2/5
unglamorous
- adjective satellite not challenging; dull and lacking excitement
humdrum; prosaic; commonplace; unglamourous.
- an unglamorous job greasing engines
- adjective satellite not challenging; dull and lacking excitement
- cuprous2/5
cuprous
- adjective of or containing divalent copper
cupric.
- adjective of or containing divalent copper
- rancorous2/5
rancorous
- adjective satellite showing deep-seated resentment
- preserve...from rancourous envy of the rich"- Aldous Huxley
- adjective satellite showing deep-seated resentment
- valorous2/5
valorous
- adjective satellite having or showing valor
valiant.
- a valiant attempt to prevent the hijack
- a valiant soldier
- adjective satellite having or showing valor
- ambidextrous2/5
ambidextrous
- adjective equally skillful with each hand
two-handed.
- an ambidextrous surgeon
- adjective satellite marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
double-dealing; two-faced; duplicitous; deceitful; double-faced; Janus-faced; double-tongued.
- she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill
- a double-dealing double agent
- a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray
- adjective equally skillful with each hand
- nonporous2/5
nonporous
- adjective not porous; especially not having vessels that appear as pores
- nonporous wood
- adjective not porous; especially not having vessels that appear as pores
- microporous2/5
- nonferrous2/5
nonferrous
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- nulliparous2/5
nulliparous
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- metalliferous2/5
metalliferous
Producing metals; yielding metals.
- ulcerous1/5
ulcerous
- adjective satellite having an ulcer or canker
cankerous; ulcerated.
- adjective satellite having an ulcer or canker
- cankerous1/5
cankerous
- adjective satellite having an ulcer or canker
ulcerous; ulcerated.
- adjective satellite having an ulcer or canker
- scabrous1/5
scabrous
- adjective satellite rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
scurfy; leprose; lepidote; scaly.
- adjective satellite dealing with salacious or indecent material
- a scabrous novel
- adjective satellite rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
- primiparous1/5
primiparous
- adjective of or relating to a woman who has given birth only once
- adjective of or relating to a woman who has given birth only once
- parous1/5
parous
- adjective having given birth to one or more viable children
- adjective having given birth to one or more viable children
- fissiparous1/5
fissiparous
- adjective satellite reproducing by fission
- adjective satellite having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude
separatist; breakaway.
- a breakaway faction
- adjective satellite reproducing by fission
- mercurous1/5
mercurous
- adjective of or containing mercury
mercuric.
- adjective of or containing mercury
- feverous1/5
feverous
- adjective satellite having or affected by a fever
feverish.
- adjective satellite having or affected by a fever
- humourous1/5
humourous
- adjective full of or characterized by humor
humorous.
- humorous stories
- humorous cartoons
- in a humorous vein
- adjective full of or characterized by humor
- piscivorous1/5
piscivorous
- adjective satellite feeding on fishes
- adjective satellite feeding on fishes
- slumberous1/5
slumberous
- adjective satellite quiet and tranquil
slumbrous.
- a slumberous June morning
- adjective satellite inclined to or marked by drowsiness
slumbery; somnolent; slumbrous.
- slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes
- `slumbery' is archaic
- the sound had a somnolent effect
- adjective satellite quiet and tranquil
- stertorous1/5
stertorous
- adjective satellite of breathing having a heavy snoring sound
- adjective satellite of breathing having a heavy snoring sound
- ovoviviparous1/5
ovoviviparous
- adjective producing living young from eggs that hatch within the body
- adjective producing living young from eggs that hatch within the body
- slumbrous1/5
slumbrous
- adjective satellite quiet and tranquil
slumberous.
- a slumberous June morning
- adjective satellite inclined to or marked by drowsiness
slumbery; somnolent; slumberous.
- slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes
- `slumbery' is archaic
- the sound had a somnolent effect
- adjective satellite quiet and tranquil
- innumerous1/5
innumerous
- adjective satellite too numerous to be counted
unnumbered; numberless; unnumerable; innumerable; unnumberable; uncounted; myriad; multitudinous; infinite; countless.
- incalculable riches
- countless hours
- an infinite number of reasons
- innumerable difficulties
- the multitudinous seas
- myriad stars
- untold thousands
- adjective satellite too numerous to be counted
- pentamerous1/5
pentamerous
- adjective satellite divided into five parts; specifically, having each floral whorl consist of five (or a multiple of five) members
- pentamerous flowers
- adjective satellite divided into five parts; specifically, having each floral whorl consist of five (or a multiple of five) members
- umbelliferous1/5
umbelliferous
- adjective relating to or belonging to plants of the family Umbelliferae
- adjective relating to or belonging to plants of the family Umbelliferae
- calciferous1/5
calciferous
- adjective bearing or producing or containing calcium or calcium carbonate or calcite
- adjective bearing or producing or containing calcium or calcium carbonate or calcite
- somniferous1/5
somniferous
- adjective satellite sleep inducing
hypnagogic; hypnogogic; soporiferous; soporific; somnific.
- adjective satellite sleep inducing
- ichorous1/5
ichorous
- adjective of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies
sanious.
- an ichorous discharge
- the sanious discharge from an ulcer
- adjective of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies
- anestrous1/5
anestrous
- adjective of or relating to anestrus
anoestrous; anestric.
- adjective (of lower mammals) not in a state of estrus; not in heat
- an anestrous bitch
- adjective of or relating to anestrus
- dextrous1/5
dextrous
- adjective satellite skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
dexterous; deft.
- a deft waiter
- deft fingers massaged her face
- dexterous of hand and inventive of mind
- adjective satellite skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
- sorcerous1/5
sorcerous
- adjective satellite possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
magic; wizard; magical; witching; wizardly; charming.
- charming incantations
- magic signs that protect against adverse influence
- a magical spell
- 'tis now the very witching time of night"- Shakespeare
- wizard wands
- wizardly powers
- adjective satellite possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
- glamourous1/5
glamourous
- adjective satellite having an air of allure, romance and excitement
glamorous.
- glamorous movie stars
- adjective satellite having an air of allure, romance and excitement
- splendiferous1/5
splendiferous
- adjective satellite having great beauty and splendor
splendid; glorious; resplendent.
- a glorious spring morning
- a glorious sunset
- splendid costumes
- a kind of splendiferous native simplicity
- adjective satellite having great beauty and splendor
- inodorous1/5
inodorous
- adjective having no odor
odorless; odourless.
- odorless gas
- odorless flowers
- adjective having no odor
- brachypterous1/5
brachypterous
- adjective satellite (especially of certain insects) having very short or rudimentary wings
short-winged.
- adjective satellite (especially of certain insects) having very short or rudimentary wings
- auriferous1/5
auriferous
- adjective satellite containing gold
gold-bearing.
- auriferous quartz veins
- adjective satellite containing gold
- stuporous1/5
stuporous
- adjective satellite stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
foggy; groggy; logy; dazed.
- adjective satellite stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
- unadventurous1/5
unadventurous
- adjective lacking in boldness
- adjective lacking in boldness
- venturous1/5
venturous
- adjective satellite disposed to venture or take risks
audacious; daring; venturesome.
- audacious visions of the total conquest of space
- an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas
- the most daring of contemporary fiction writers
- a venturesome investor
- a venturous spirit
- adjective satellite disposed to venture or take risks
- tenebrous1/5
tenebrous
- adjective satellite dark and gloomy
tenebrious; tenebrific.
- a tenebrous cave
- adjective satellite dark and gloomy
- argentiferous1/5
argentiferous
- adjective satellite containing or yielding silver
- argentiferous ore
- adjective satellite containing or yielding silver
- overgenerous1/5
overgenerous
- adjective satellite very generous
unstinting; unstinted; lavish; munificent; too-generous; unsparing.
- distributed gifts with a lavish hand
- the critics were lavish in their praise
- a munificent gift
- his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent
- prodigal praise
- unsparing generosity
- his unstinted devotion
- called for unstinting aid to Britain
- adjective satellite very generous
- clangorous1/5
clangorous
- adjective satellite having a loud resonant metallic sound
clanging.
- the clangorous locomotive works
- a clanging gong
- adjective satellite having a loud resonant metallic sound
- hymenopterous1/5
hymenopterous
- adjective of or relating to insects of the order Hymenoptera
- adjective of or relating to insects of the order Hymenoptera
- dipterous1/5
dipterous
- adjective of or relating to or belonging to the Diptera
- adjective of or relating to or belonging to the Diptera
- polyandrous1/5
polyandrous
- adjective satellite having more than one husband at a time
- adjective satellite having more than one husband at a time
- murmurous1/5
murmurous
- adjective satellite characterized by soft sounds
susurrous; soughing; rustling.
- a murmurous brook
- a soughing wind in the pines
- a slow sad susurrous rustle like the wind fingering the pines"- R.P.Warren
- adjective satellite characterized by soft sounds
- unchivalrous1/5
unchivalrous
- adjective satellite offensively discourteous
ungallant; caddish.
- adjective satellite offensively discourteous
- stoloniferous1/5
stoloniferous
- adjective producing stolons
- adjective producing stolons
- heterosporous1/5
heterosporous
- adjective characterized by heterospory
- adjective characterized by heterospory
- homosporous1/5
homosporous
- adjective characterized by homospory
- adjective characterized by homospory
- apterous1/5
apterous
- adjective satellite (of insects) without wings
apteral.
- adjective satellite (of insects) without wings
- hypochlorous1/5
hypochlorous
(Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, chlorine having a valence lower than in chlorous compounds.
- frugivorous1/5
frugivorous
Feeding on fruit, as birds and other animals. Pennant.
- oestrous1/5
oestrous
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- noncancerous1/5
noncancerous
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- tumorous1/5
tumorous
Swelling; protuberant. R. Sir H. Wotton.
- lactiferous1/5
lactiferous
Bearing or containing milk or a milky fluid; as, the .lactiferous vessels, cells, or tissue of various vascular plants
- dentigerous1/5
dentigerous
Bearing teeth or toothlike structures.
- sacrotuberous1/5
- luminiferous1/5
luminiferous
Producing light; yielding light; transmitting light; as, the .luminiferous ether
- fluorous1/5
fluorous
Pertaining to fluor.
- organophosphorous1/5
organophosphorous
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- wonderous1/5
wonderous
Same as Wondrous .
- odiferous1/5
- lepidopterous1/5
lepidopterous
(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Lepidoptera.
- ovigerous1/5
- unprosperous1/5
- floriferous1/5
floriferous
Producing flowers. Blount.
- diamondiferous1/5
- splendorous1/5
splendorous
Splendid. Drayton.
- sudoriferous1/5
sudoriferous
(Physiol.) Producing, or secreting, sweat; sudoriparous.
- granivorous1/5
granivorous
Eating grain; feeding or subsisting on seeds; seed-eating. not same as graminivorous? = feeding on grass or the seeds of grass. latter is for beasts. Gay.as, granivorous birds .
- goitrous1/5
goitrous
Pertaining to the goiter; affected with the goiter; of the nature of goiter or bronchocele. Let me not be understood as insinuating that the inhabitants in general are either goitrous or idiots. W. Coxe.
- semelparous1/5
- nondangerous1/5
- anarthrous1/5
anarthrous
(Gr. Gram.) Used without the article; as, an .anarthrous substantive
- verdurous1/5
verdurous
Covered with verdure; clothed with the fresh green of vegetation; verdured; verdant; Milton.as, .verdurous pastures
- viperous1/5
viperous
Having the qualities of a viper; malignant; venomous; "This viperous slander." Shak. --as, a .viperous tongueVi"per*ous*ly , adv.
- iteroparous1/5
- protandrous1/5
protandrous
(Bot.) Proterandrous.
- subserous1/5
subserous
(Anat.) Situated under a serous membrane.
- gypsiferous1/5
gypsiferous
Containing gypsum.
- petroliferous1/5
- uriniferous1/5
uriniferous
Bearing or conveying urine; as, .uriniferous tubules
- graminivorous1/5
graminivorous
Feeding or subsisting on grass, and the like food; -- said of horses, cattle, and other animals.
- osteofibrous1/5
- viruliferous1/5
- detritivorous1/5
- unfossiliferous1/5
- concolorous1/5
concolorous
(Zoöl.) Of the same color throughout.
- proliferous1/5
proliferous
(Bot.) Bearing offspring; -- applied to a flower from within which another is produced, or to a branch or frond from which another rises, or to a plant which is reproduced by buds or gemmæ.
- macropterous1/5
macropterous
(Zoöl.) Having long wings.
- torous1/5
- titaniferous1/5
titaniferous
Containing or affording titanium; as, .titaniferous magnetite
- seleniferous1/5
seleniferous
Containing, or impregnated with, selenium; as, .seleniferous pyrites
- nectarivorous1/5
- coleopterous1/5
coleopterous
(Zoöl.) Having wings covered with a case or sheath; belonging to the Coleoptera.
- pedigerous1/5
pedigerous
(Zoöl.) Bearing or having feet or legs.
- semibarbarous1/5
semibarbarous
Half barbarous.
- armigerous1/5
armigerous
Bearing arms. R.They belonged to the armigerous part of the population, and were entitled to write themselves Esquire. De Quincey.
- mammiferous1/5
mammiferous
Having breasts; of, pertaining to, or derived from, the Mammalia.
- nonfibrous1/5
Suffixes of rous
- rousseau«Word Popularity Bar4/5
rousseau
- noun French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society; ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
- noun French primitive painter (1844-1910)
Henri Rousseau; Le Douanier Rousseau.
- noun French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society; ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778)
- roused4/5
rouse
- verb become active
bestir.
- He finally bestirred himself
- verb force or drive out
force out; rout out; drive out.
- The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M.
- verb become active
- rouse4/5
rouse
- verb become active
bestir.
- He finally bestirred himself
- verb force or drive out
force out; rout out; drive out.
- The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M.
- verb become active
- rousing3/5
rousing
- noun the act of arousing
arousal.
- the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions
- verb become active
bestir; rouse.
- He finally bestirred himself
- noun the act of arousing
- rouses2/5
rouse
- verb become active
bestir.
- He finally bestirred himself
- verb force or drive out
force out; rout out; drive out.
- The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M.
- verb become active
- roussillon2/5
- roust2/5
roust
To rouse; to disturb; Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.as, to .roust one out
- rousseaus1/5
rousseau
- noun French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society; ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
- noun French primitive painter (1844-1910)
Henri Rousseau; Le Douanier Rousseau.
- noun French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society; ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778)
- rousseauan1/5
rousseauan
- adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
- adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
- rouser1/5
rouser
- noun someone who rouses others from sleep
arouser; waker.
- noun someone who rouses others from sleep
- rousers1/5
rouser
- noun someone who rouses others from sleep
arouser; waker.
- noun someone who rouses others from sleep
- roustabout1/5
roustabout
- noun a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor
deckhand.
- noun a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor
- roustabouts1/5
roustabout
- noun a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor
deckhand.
- noun a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor
- rousted1/5
roust
To rouse; to disturb; Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.as, to .roust one out
- rousseauian1/5
- rousting1/5
roust
To rouse; to disturb; Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.as, to .roust one out
- rousseauist1/5
rousseauist
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- rousseauistic1/5
- rousseauesque1/5
- rousseauism1/5
Derived words of rous
- aroused«Word Popularity Bar4/5
aroused
- adjective satellite aroused to action
- the aroused opposition
- verb call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
raise; fire; enkindle; elicit; arouse; evoke; kindle; provoke.
- arouse pity
- raise a smile
- evoke sympathy
- adjective satellite aroused to action
- arousal4/5
arousal
- noun the act of arousing
rousing.
- the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions
- noun a state of heightened physiological activity
- noun the act of arousing
- arouse4/5
arouse
- verb call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
raise; fire; enkindle; elicit; evoke; kindle; provoke.
- arouse pity
- raise a smile
- evoke sympathy
- verb stop sleeping
waken; come alive; wake; awake; awaken; wake up.
- She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock
- verb call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- dangerously4/5
dangerously
- adverb in a dangerous manner
perilously; hazardously.
- he came dangerously close to falling off the ledge
- adverb in a dangerous manner
- trousers4/5
trouser
- noun (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately
pant.
- he had a sharp crease in his trousers
- noun a garment (or part of a garment) designed for or relating to trousers
- in his trouser's pocket
- he ripped his left trouser on the fence
- noun (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately
- vigorously4/5
vigorously
- adverb with vigor; in a vigorous manner
smartly.
- he defended his ideas vigorously
- adverb with vigor; in a vigorous manner
- generously4/5
generously
- adverb in a generous manner
munificently; liberally.
- he gave liberally to several charities
- adverb in a generous manner
- arousing3/5
arouse
- verb call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
raise; fire; enkindle; elicit; evoke; kindle; provoke.
- arouse pity
- raise a smile
- evoke sympathy
- verb stop sleeping
waken; come alive; wake; awake; awaken; wake up.
- She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock
- verb call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- arouses3/5
arouse
- verb call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
raise; fire; enkindle; elicit; evoke; kindle; provoke.
- arouse pity
- raise a smile
- evoke sympathy
- verb stop sleeping
waken; come alive; wake; awake; awaken; wake up.
- She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock
- verb call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- grouse3/5
grouse
- noun flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
- noun popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet
- noun flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
- humorously3/5
humorously
- adverb in a humorous manner
- Dickens had humorously suggested a special service of intercession at St. Paul's Cathedral
- adverb in a humorous manner
- rigorously3/5
rigorously
- adverb in a rigorous manner
strictly.
- he had been trained rigorously by the monks
- adverb in a rigorous manner
- proust3/5
proust
- noun French novelist (1871-1922)
Marcel Proust.
- noun French novelist (1871-1922)
- carousel3/5
carousel
- noun a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers
luggage carrousel; luggage carousel; carrousel.
- noun a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement
roundabout; whirligig; carrousel; merry-go-round.
- noun a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers
- trouser3/5
trouser
- noun (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately
pant.
- he had a sharp crease in his trousers
- noun a garment (or part of a garment) designed for or relating to trousers
- in his trouser's pocket
- he ripped his left trouser on the fence
- noun (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately
- monstrously2/5
monstrously
- adverb in a hideous manner
horridly; hideously.
- her face was hideously disfigured after the accident
- adverb in a terribly evil manner
heinously.
- the child was heinously murdered
- adverb in a hideous manner
- arousals2/5
arousal
- noun the act of arousing
rousing.
- the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions
- noun a state of heightened physiological activity
- noun the act of arousing
- dangerousness2/5
dangerousness
- noun the quality of not being safe
- noun the quality of not being safe
- murderously2/5
murderously
- adverb as if bent on murder
- the huge dog bore down on them with bared fangs and barking murderously
- adverb in a murderous frenzy
amok; amuck.
- rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones
- adverb as if bent on murder
- parousia2/5
parousia
The nativity of our Lord.
- treacherously2/5
treacherously
- adverb in a disloyal and faithless manner
faithlessly; false; treasonably; traitorously.
- he behaved treacherously
- his wife played him false
- adverb in a disloyal and faithless manner
- larousse2/5
larousse
- noun French lexicographer (1817-1875)
Pierre Larousse; Pierre Athanase Larousse.
- noun French lexicographer (1817-1875)
- crouse2/5
crouse
Brisk; lively; bold; self-complacent. Scot. Burns.
- disastrously2/5
disastrously
- adverb in a disastrous manner
- the real value of the trust capital may be disastrously less than when the trust began
- adverb in a disastrous manner
- trousseau2/5
trousseau
- noun the personal outfit of a bride; clothes and accessories and linens
- noun the personal outfit of a bride; clothes and accessories and linens
- carousing2/5
carousing
- adjective satellite used of riotously drunken merrymaking
bacchic; orgiastic; bacchanalian; bacchanal.
- a night of bacchanalian revelry
- carousing bands of drunken soldiers
- orgiastic festivity
- verb engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
carouse; riot; roister.
- They were out carousing last night
- adjective satellite used of riotously drunken merrymaking
- ludicrously2/5
ludicrously
- adverb so as to arouse or deserve laughter
ridiculously; preposterously; laughably.
- her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well
- adverb so as to arouse or deserve laughter
- wondrously2/5
wondrously
- adverb (used as an intensifier) extremely well
marvellously; terrifically; superbly; wondrous; toppingly; wonderfully; marvelously.
- her voice is superbly disciplined
- the colors changed wondrously slowly
- adverb (used as an intensifier) extremely well
- dexterously2/5
dexterously
- adverb with dexterity; in a dexterous manner
deftly; dextrously.
- dextrously he untied the knots
- adverb with dexterity; in a dexterous manner
- groused2/5
grouse
- noun flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
- noun popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet
- noun flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
- barbarously2/5
barbarously
- adverb in a barbarous manner
- they were barbarously murdered
- adverb in a barbarous manner
- preposterously2/5
preposterously
- adverb so as to arouse or deserve laughter
ridiculously; ludicrously; laughably.
- her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well
- adverb so as to arouse or deserve laughter
- carouse2/5
carouse
- noun revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
carousal; toot; bender; booze-up.
- verb engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
riot; roister.
- They were out carousing last night
- noun revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
- prosperously2/5
prosperously
- adverb in the manner of prosperous people
- adverb in the manner of prosperous people
- carrousel2/5
carrousel
- noun a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers
luggage carrousel; luggage carousel; carousel.
- noun a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement
roundabout; whirligig; carousel; merry-go-round.
- noun a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers
- vociferously2/5
vociferously
- adverb in a vociferous manner
- he complained vociferously
- adverb in a vociferous manner
- rapturously2/5
rapturously
- adverb in an ecstatic manner
ecstatically; rhapsodically.
- he reacted ecstatically to my plan to travel to Africa
- adverb in an ecstatic manner
- ponderously2/5
ponderously
- adverb in an uninterestingly ponderous manner
- the play was staged with ponderously realistic sets
- adverb in a heavy ponderous manner
- he moves ponderously
- adverb in an uninterestingly ponderous manner
- boisterously2/5
boisterously
- adverb in a carefree manner
rollickingly.
- she was rollickingly happy
- adverb in a carefree manner
- decorously2/5
decorously
- adverb in a proper and decorous manner
- he pretended to be pleased and applauded decorously
- adverb in a proper and decorous manner
- proustian2/5
proustian
- adjective of or relating to or in the manner of Marcel Proust
- adjective of or relating to or in the manner of Marcel Proust
- hyperarousal2/5
- rigorousness1/5
rigorousness
- noun something hard to endure
hardship; rigourousness; severeness; rigor; rigour; asperity; grimness; severity.
- the asperity of northern winters
- noun excessive sternness
harshness; stiffness; severity; severeness; inclemency; rigor; rigour; hardness; rigourousness.
- severity of character
- the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
- the rigors of boot camp
- noun something hard to endure
- adventurousness1/5
adventurousness
- noun the trait of being adventurous
venturesomeness.
- noun the trait of being adventurous
- clamorously1/5
clamorously
- adverb in manner that attracts attention
obstreperously; loudly.
- obstreperously, he demanded to get service
- adverb in manner that attracts attention
- traitorously1/5
traitorously
- adverb in a disloyal and faithless manner
faithlessly; false; treacherously; treasonably.
- he behaved treacherously
- his wife played him false
- adverb in a disloyal and faithless manner
- torturously1/5
torturously
- adverb in a very painful manner
excruciatingly; agonizingly.
- the progress was agonizingly slow
- adverb in a very painful manner
- labrouste1/5
labrouste
- noun French architect who was among the first to use metal construction successfully (1801-1875)
Henri Labrouste.
- noun French architect who was among the first to use metal construction successfully (1801-1875)
- amorousness1/5
amorousness
- noun a feeling of love or fondness
enamoredness.
- noun the arousal of feelings of sexual desire
eroticism; sexiness; erotism; amativeness.
- noun a feeling of love or fondness
- grouses1/5
grouse
- noun flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
- noun popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet
- noun flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
- slanderously1/5
slanderously
- adverb in a false and slanderous and defamatory manner; with slander or calumny
calumniously.
- adverb in a false and slanderous and defamatory manner; with slander or calumny
- ponderousness1/5
ponderousness
- noun an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency
heaviness.
- a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness
- his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition
- noun the property of being large in mass
massiveness; heft; heftiness; ponderosity.
- noun an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency
- retrousse1/5
retrousse
- adjective satellite (used of noses) turned up at the end
tip-tilted; upturned.
- a retrousse nose
- a small upturned nose
- adjective satellite (used of noses) turned up at the end
- stertorously1/5
stertorously
- adverb in a noisy and stertorous manner
- he was breathing stertorously
- adverb in a noisy and stertorous manner
- obstreperously1/5
obstreperously
- adverb in manner that attracts attention
clamorously; loudly.
- obstreperously, he demanded to get service
- adverb in manner that attracts attention
- broussonetia1/5
broussonetia
- noun paper mulberry
genus Broussonetia.
- noun paper mulberry
- humorousness1/5
humorousness
- noun the trait of merry joking
merriness; jocoseness; jocosity.
- noun the trait of merry joking
- grousing1/5
grouse
- noun flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
- noun popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet
- noun flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
- carousels1/5
carousel
- noun a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers
luggage carrousel; luggage carousel; carrousel.
- noun a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement
roundabout; whirligig; carrousel; merry-go-round.
- noun a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers
- trousered1/5
trousered
- adjective satellite dressed in trousers
breeched; pantalooned.
- adjective satellite dressed in trousers
- caroused1/5
carouse
- noun revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
carousal; toot; bender; booze-up.
- verb engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
riot; roister.
- They were out carousing last night
- noun revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
- boisterousness1/5
boisterousness
- noun a turbulent and stormy state of the sea
- noun the property of being noisy and lively and unrestrained
- noun a turbulent and stormy state of the sea
- porousness1/5
porousness
- noun the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids
porosity.
- noun the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids
- murderousness1/5
murderousness
- noun a bloodthirsty hatred arousing murderous impulses
- noun cruelty evidence by a capability to commit murder
- noun a bloodthirsty hatred arousing murderous impulses
- dextrously1/5
dextrously
- adverb with dexterity; in a dexterous manner
deftly; dexterously.
- dextrously he untied the knots
- adverb with dexterity; in a dexterous manner
- timorousness1/5
timorousness
- noun fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions
timidness; timidity.
- noun fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities
timidity.
- noun fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions
- sonorousness1/5
sonorousness
- noun having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
ringing; plangency; reverberance; resonance; vibrancy; sonority.
- noun having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
- trousseaux1/5
trousseau
- noun the personal outfit of a bride; clothes and accessories and linens
- noun the personal outfit of a bride; clothes and accessories and linens
- numerousness1/5
numerousness
- noun a large number
multiplicity; numerosity.
- noun a large number
- carousers1/5
carouser
- noun someone who enjoys riotous drinking
wassailer.
- noun someone who enjoys riotous drinking
- carouses1/5
carouse
- noun revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
carousal; toot; bender; booze-up.
- verb engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
riot; roister.
- They were out carousing last night
- noun revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
- carouser1/5
carouser
- noun someone who enjoys riotous drinking
wassailer.
- noun someone who enjoys riotous drinking
- languorously1/5
languorously
- adverb in a languorous manner
- he was sprawling languorously on the sofa
- adverb in a languorous manner
- timorously1/5
timorously
- adverb in a timorous and trepid manner
trepidly.
- adverb in a timorous and trepid manner
- amorously1/5
amorously
- adverb in an amorous manner
- he looked at her amorously
- adverb in an amorous manner
- chivalrously1/5
chivalrously
- adverb in a gallant manner
gallantly.
- he gallantly offered to take her home
- adverb in a gallant manner
- carousal1/5
carousal
- noun revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
carouse; toot; bender; booze-up.
- noun revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
- sandgrouse1/5
sandgrouse
- noun pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young
sand grouse.
- noun pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young
- carousals1/5
carousal
- noun revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
carouse; toot; bender; booze-up.
- noun revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
- indecorously1/5
indecorously
- adverb without decorousness
unbecomingly.
- adverb without decorousness
- idolatrously1/5
idolatrously
- adverb in an idolatrous manner
- the people idolatrously worshipped the Golden Calf
- adverb in an idolatrous manner
- sonorously1/5
sonorously
- adverb in a sonorous manner
rotundly.
- the congregation consisted chiefly of a few young folk, who snored sonorously
- adverb in a sonorous manner
- valorously1/5
valorously
- adverb with valor; in a valiant manner
valiantly.
- he fought valiantly until the end
- adverb with valor; in a valiant manner
- numerously1/5
numerous
- adjective satellite amounting to a large indefinite number
legion.
- numerous times
- the family was numerous
- Palomar's fans are legion
- adjective satellite amounting to a large indefinite number
- thunderously1/5
thunderous
- adjective satellite loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
earsplitting; thundery; deafening.
- adjective satellite extremely ominous
- world events of thunderous import
- adjective satellite loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
- gerousia1/5
- adventurously1/5
adventurous
- adjective willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
adventuresome.
- adventurous pioneers
- the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy
- adjective willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
- ludicrousness1/5
ludicrousness
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- monstrousness1/5
monstrousness
The state or quality of being monstrous, unusual, extraordinary. Shak.
- ungenerously1/5
ungenerous
- adjective lacking in magnanimity
meanspirited.
- it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note"- Times Litt. Sup.
- a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive
- adjective unwilling to spend
stingy.
- she practices economy without being stingy
- an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds
- adjective lacking in magnanimity
- glamorously1/5
glamorous
- adjective satellite having an air of allure, romance and excitement
glamourous.
- glamorous movie stars
- adjective satellite having an air of allure, romance and excitement
- preposterousness1/5
preposterousness
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- arousable1/5
- overarousal1/5
- dolorously1/5
dolorous
- adjective satellite showing sorrow
tearful; dolourous; weeping; lachrymose.
- adjective satellite showing sorrow
- lecherously1/5
lecherous
- adjective satellite given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity
- a lecherous gleam in his eye
- a lecherous good-for-nothing
- adjective satellite given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity
- unaroused1/5
- humourously1/5
humourous
- adjective full of or characterized by humor
humorous.
- humorous stories
- humorous cartoons
- in a humorous vein
- adjective full of or characterized by humor
- cantankerousness1/5
cantankerousness
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- rancorously1/5
rancorous
- adjective satellite showing deep-seated resentment
- preserve...from rancourous envy of the rich"- Aldous Huxley
- adjective satellite showing deep-seated resentment
- omnivorously1/5
omnivorous
- adjective feeding on both plants and animals
- adjective feeding on both plants and animals
- lustrously1/5
lustrous
- adjective satellite made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow
bright; burnished; shiny; shining.
- bright silver candlesticks
- a burnished brass knocker
- she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves
- rows of shining glasses
- shiny black patents
- adjective satellite brilliant
- set a lustrous example for others to follow
- lustrous actors of the time
- adjective satellite made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow
- overaroused1/5
- trousse1/5
trousse
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- wondrousness1/5
wondrousness
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- vociferousness1/5
vociferousness
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `rous`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
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