Adjectives Ending With IOUS

Here's the list of all the 341 Adjectives Ending With IOUS in the English Language.

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previous
1. just preceding something else in time or order
2. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past
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various
1. of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity
2. considered individually
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serious
1. of great consequence
2. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
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religious
1. concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
2. extremely scrupulous and conscientious
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obvious
1. easily perceived and understood
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precious
1. characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for
2. of high worth or cost
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curious
1. beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
2. eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns)
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delicious
1. greatly pleasing or entertaining
2. extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
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infectious
1. easily spread
2. of or relating to infection
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conscious
1. intentionally conceived
2. (followed by `of') showing realization or recognition of something
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mysterious
1. of an obscure nature
2. having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
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spacious
1. very large in expanse or scope
2. (of buildings and rooms) having ample space
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luxurious
1. displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
2. ostentatiously rich and superior in quality
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prestigious
1. having an illustrious reputation; respected
2. exerting influence by reason of high status or prestige
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glorious
1. characterized by grandeur
2. having great beauty and splendor
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hilarious
1. marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter
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ambitious
1. having a strong desire for success or achievement
2. requiring full use of your abilities or resources
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notorious
1. known widely and usually unfavorably
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malicious
1. having the nature of or resulting from malice
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anxious
1. eagerly desirous
2. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
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suspicious
1. openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
2. not as expected
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vicious
1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
2. having the nature of vice
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furious
1. marked by extreme and violent energy
2. marked by extreme anger
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unconscious
1. without conscious volition
2. (followed by `of') not knowing or perceiving
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tenacious
1. good at remembering
2. stubbornly unyielding
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cautious
1. avoiding excess
2. showing careful forethought
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gracious
1. characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
2. characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects
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tedious
1. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
2. using or containing too many words
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devious
1. indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading
2. characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive
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dubious
1. fraught with uncertainty or doubt
2. open to doubt or suspicion
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contagious
1. easily diffused or spread as from one person to another
2. (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
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victorious
1. having won
2. experiencing triumph
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luscious
1. having strong sexual appeal
2. extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
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fictitious
1. formed or conceived by the imagination
2. adopted in order to deceive
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contentious
1. inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
2. involving or likely to cause controversy
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nutritious
1. of or providing nourishment
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ingenious
1. showing inventiveness and skill
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spurious
1. ostensibly valid, but not actually valid
2. plausible but false
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harmonious
1. musically pleasing
2. exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities
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conscientious
1. guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong
2. characterized by extreme care and great effort
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obnoxious
1. causing disapproval or protest
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subconscious
1. just below the level of consciousness
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noxious
1. injurious to physical or mental health
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pious
1. having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
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rebellious
1. resisting control or authority
2. discontented as toward authority
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oblivious
1. (followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of
2. failing to keep in mind
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illustrious
1. widely known and esteemed
2. having or conferring glory
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impervious
1. not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
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amphibious
1. relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia
2. operating or living on land and in water
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precarious
1. affording no ease or reassurance
2. fraught with danger
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pretentious
1. making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
2. intended to attract notice and impress others
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ferocious
1. marked by extreme and violent energy
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insidious
1. beguiling but harmful
2. intended to entrap
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delirious
1. experiencing delirium
2. marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
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envious
1. showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
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meritorious
1. deserving reward or praise
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copious
1. large in number or quantity (especially of discourse)
2. affording an abundant supply
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injurious
1. harmful to living things
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egregious
1. conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
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judicious
1. marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
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deleterious
1. harmful to living things
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expeditious
1. marked by speed and efficiency
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capricious
1. changeable
2. determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
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auspicious
1. auguring favorable circumstances and good luck
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nefarious
1. extremely wicked
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pernicious
1. exceedingly harmful
2. working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
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superstitious
1. showing ignorance of the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance
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atrocious
1. shockingly brutal or cruel
2. exceptionally bad or displeasing
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audacious
1. invulnerable to fear or intimidation
2. unrestrained by convention or propriety
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prodigious
1. so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
2. of momentous or ominous significance
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industrious
1. characterized by hard work and perseverance
2. working hard to promote an enterprise
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laborious
1. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
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efficacious
1. marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect
2. producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
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vicarious
1. experienced at secondhand
2. occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function
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precocious
1. characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude)
2. appearing or developing early
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scrumptious
1. extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
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odious
1. unequivocally detestable
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voracious
1. excessively greedy and grasping
2. devouring or craving food in great quantities
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gregarious
1. (of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species
2. (of plants) growing in groups that are close together
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cementitious
1. like or relevant to or having the properties of cement
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unpretentious
1. exhibiting restrained good taste
2. lacking pretension or affectation
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tortious
1. of or pertaining to the nature of a tort
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specious
1. plausible but false
2. based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
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vivacious
1. vigorous and animated
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melodious
1. having a musical sound; especially a pleasing tune
2. containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody
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fallacious
1. containing or based on a fallacy
2. involving deception
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lascivious
1. driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires
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repetitious
1. characterized by repetition
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litigious
1. of or relating to litigation
2. inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
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parsimonious
1. excessively unwilling to spend
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imperious
1. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
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vexatious
1. causing irritation or annoyance
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flirtatious
1. like a coquette
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studious
1. marked by care and effort
2. characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading
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fastidious
1. giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
2. having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures
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impious
1. lacking piety or reverence for a god
2. lacking due respect or dutifulness
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pervious
1. admitting of passage or entrance
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seditious
1. arousing to action or rebellion
2. in opposition to a civil authority or government
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bodacious
1. incorrigible
2. unrestrained by convention or propriety
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