9-Letter Adjectives Ending With OUS
Here's the list of all the 316 9-Letter Adjectives Ending With OUS in the English Language.
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| religious | 1. concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church 2. extremely scrupulous and conscientious More Definitions → |
| anonymous | 1. having no known name or identity or known source 2. not known or lacking marked individuality More Definitions → |
| dangerous | 1. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm 2. involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm More Definitions → |
| hazardous | 1. involving risk or danger More Definitions → |
| delicious | 1. greatly pleasing or entertaining 2. extremely pleasing to the sense of taste More Definitions → |
| conscious | 1. intentionally conceived 2. (followed by `of') showing realization or recognition of something More Definitions → |
| luxurious | 1. displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses 2. ostentatiously rich and superior in quality More Definitions → |
| hilarious | 1. marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter More Definitions → |
| ambitious | 1. having a strong desire for success or achievement 2. requiring full use of your abilities or resources More Definitions → |
| notorious | 1. known widely and usually unfavorably More Definitions → |
| malicious | 1. having the nature of or resulting from malice More Definitions → |
| unanimous | 1. in complete agreement 2. acting together as a single undiversified whole More Definitions → |
| righteous | 1. morally justified 2. characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice More Definitions → |
| tenacious | 1. good at remembering 2. stubbornly unyielding More Definitions → |
| ambiguous | 1. open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead 2. having more than one possible meaning More Definitions → |
| analogous | 1. corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin 2. similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar More Definitions → |
| erroneous | 1. containing or characterized by error More Definitions → |
| marvelous | 1. extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers 2. too improbable to admit of belief More Definitions → |
| courteous | 1. characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners 2. exhibiting courtesy and politeness More Definitions → |
| glamorous | 1. having an air of allure, romance and excitement More Definitions → |
| poisonous | 1. having the qualities or effects of a poison 2. not safe to eat More Definitions → |
| anomalous | 1. deviating from the general or common order or type More Definitions → |
| exogenous | 1. derived or originating externally More Definitions → |
| ingenious | 1. showing inventiveness and skill More Definitions → |
| obnoxious | 1. causing disapproval or protest More Definitions → |
| amorphous | 1. having no definite form or distinct shape 2. lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies More Definitions → |
| frivolous | 1. not serious in content or attitude or behavior More Definitions → |
| monstrous | 1. abnormally large 2. shockingly brutal or cruel More Definitions → |
| murderous | 1. characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being More Definitions → |
| deciduous | 1. (of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth 2. (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season More Definitions → |
| cutaneous | 1. relating to or existing on or affecting the skin More Definitions → |
| oblivious | 1. (followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of 2. failing to keep in mind More Definitions → |
| sumptuous | 1. ostentatiously rich and superior in quality More Definitions → |
| strenuous | 1. characterized by or performed with much energy or force 2. taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance More Definitions → |
| ludicrous | 1. broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce 2. so unreasonable as to invite derision More Definitions → |
| ferocious | 1. marked by extreme and violent energy More Definitions → |
| insidious | 1. beguiling but harmful 2. intended to entrap More Definitions → |
| delirious | 1. experiencing delirium 2. marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion More Definitions → |
| cancerous | 1. relating to or affected with cancer 2. like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads More Definitions → |
| injurious | 1. harmful to living things More Definitions → |
| momentous | 1. of very great significance More Definitions → |
| egregious | 1. conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible More Definitions → |
| judicious | 1. marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters More Definitions → |
| anhydrous | 1. without water; especially without water of crystallization More Definitions → |
| nefarious | 1. extremely wicked More Definitions → |
| innocuous | 1. not causing disapproval 2. lacking intent or capacity to injure More Definitions → |
| atrocious | 1. shockingly brutal or cruel 2. exceptionally bad or displeasing More Definitions → |
| audacious | 1. invulnerable to fear or intimidation 2. unrestrained by convention or propriety More Definitions → |
| laborious | 1. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort More Definitions → |
| vicarious | 1. experienced at secondhand 2. occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function More Definitions → |
| cavernous | 1. being or suggesting a cavern 2. filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood More Definitions → |
| libellous | 1. (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign More Definitions → |
| humongous | 1. (used informally) very large More Definitions → |
| eponymous | 1. being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym More Definitions → |
| voracious | 1. excessively greedy and grasping 2. devouring or craving food in great quantities More Definitions → |
| barbarous | 1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering 2. primitive in customs and culture More Definitions → |
| siliceous | 1. relating to or containing or resembling silica More Definitions → |
| vivacious | 1. vigorous and animated More Definitions → |
| melodious | 1. having a musical sound; especially a pleasing tune 2. containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody More Definitions → |
| ponderous | 1. slow and laborious because of weight 2. having great mass and weight and unwieldiness More Definitions → |
| impetuous | 1. characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation 2. marked by violent force More Definitions → |
| litigious | 1. of or relating to litigation 2. inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits More Definitions → |
| imperious | 1. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy More Definitions → |
| sebaceous | 1. containing an unusual amount of grease or oil More Definitions → |
| vexatious | 1. causing irritation or annoyance More Definitions → |
| seditious | 1. arousing to action or rebellion 2. in opposition to a civil authority or government More Definitions → |
| bodacious | 1. incorrigible 2. unrestrained by convention or propriety More Definitions → |