Words Ending With IOUS
Explore the intriguing collection of words that conclude with the letter IOUS. This section emphasizes how the final placement of IOUS influences the tone and character of each word. Whether it's common vocabulary or less familiar terms, uncover the unique impact of ending with IOUS in the world of words.
5 letter words
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| pious | 7 | having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity | pious readings |
6 letter words
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| odious | 7 | unequivocally detestable | consequences odious to those you govern |
7 letter words
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|---|---|---|---|
| serious | 7 | appealing to the mind | a serious book |
| obvious | 12 | easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind | obvious errors |
| curious | 9 | beyond or deviating from the usual or expected | a curious hybrid accent |
| various | 10 | distinctly dissimilar or unlike | animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth |
| anxious | 14 | eagerly desirous | anxious to see the new show at the museum |
| furious | 10 | marked by extreme and violent energy | a furious battle |
| vicious | 12 | having the nature of vice | - |
| envious | 10 | showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages | envious of their art collection |
| tedious | 8 | so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness | tedious days on the train |
| dubious | 10 | open to doubt or suspicion | he has a dubious record indeed |
| devious | 11 | indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading | used devious means to achieve success |
| noxious | 14 | injurious to physical or mental health | noxious chemical wastes |
| copious | 11 | affording an abundant supply | copious provisions |
| impious | 11 | lacking due respect or dutifulness | impious toward one's parents |
| bilious | 9 | suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress | - |
| carious | 9 | (of teeth) affected with cavities or decay | - |
| corious | 9 | - | - |
| osmious | 9 | - | - |
| nimious | 9 | - | - |
| invious | 10 | - | - |
| folious | 10 | - | - |
| cesious | 9 | - | - |
| bivious | 12 | - | - |
| binious | 9 | - | - |
| badious | 10 | - | - |
| vitious | 10 | - | - |
| rubious | 9 | - | - |
| simious | 9 | - | - |
| sanious | 7 | of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies | the sanious discharge from an ulcer |
8 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| precious | 12 | obviously contrived to charm | an insufferably precious performance |
| previous | 13 | just preceding something else in time or order | the previous owner |
| glorious | 9 | having great beauty and splendor | a glorious spring morning |
| gracious | 11 | characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects | - |
| cautious | 10 | people who are fearful and cautious | - |
| spacious | 12 | (of buildings and rooms) having ample space | a spacious ballroom |
| luscious | 10 | having strong sexual appeal | - |
| studious | 9 | characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading | a quiet studious child |
| specious | 12 | plausible but false | a specious claim |
| spurious | 10 | plausible but false | spurious inferences |
| uxorious | 15 | foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife | - |
| pervious | 13 | admitting of passage or entrance | pervious soil |
| captious | 12 | tending to find and call attention to faults | a captious pedant |
| caesious | 10 | - | - |
| diecious | 11 | - | - |
| oragious | 9 | - | - |
| fiddious | 13 | - | - |
| factious | 13 | dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion) | - |
| fashious | 14 | - | - |
| eximious | 17 | - | - |
| edacious | 11 | devouring or craving food in great quantities | edacious vultures |
| ovarious | 11 | - | - |
| pluvious | 13 | - | - |
| scorious | 10 | - | - |
| scabious | 12 | any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa | - |
| scarious | 10 | - | - |
| ructious | 10 | - | - |
| tortious | 8 | of or pertaining to the nature of a tort | tortious acts |
| tenuious | 8 | - | - |
| stotious | 8 | - | - |
| stocious | 10 | - | - |
| yttrious | 11 | - | - |
| usurious | 8 | greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation | usurious interest rate |
9 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| delicious | 12 | greatly pleasing or entertaining | a delicious joke |
| religious | 10 | concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church | religious texts |
| conscious | 13 | intentionally conceived | a conscious effort to speak more slowly |
| hilarious | 12 | marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter | hilarious broad comedy |
| ambitious | 13 | requiring full use of your abilities or resources | ambitious schedule |
| notorious | 9 | known widely and usually unfavorably | a notorious gangster |
| ferocious | 14 | marked by extreme and violent energy | a ferocious beating |
| delirious | 10 | marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion | a crowd of delirious baseball fans |
| luxurious | 16 | displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses | enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs |
| ingenious | 10 | showing inventiveness and skill | an ingenious solution to the problem |
| obnoxious | 18 | causing disapproval or protest | - |
| malicious | 13 | having the nature of or resulting from malice | malicious gossip |
| oblivious | 14 | failing to keep in mind | oblivious old age |
| atrocious | 11 | provoking horror | an atrocious automobile accident |
| tenacious | 11 | sticking together | tenacious burrs |
| nefarious | 12 | extremely wicked | nefarious schemes |
| insidious | 10 | working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way | glaucoma is an insidious disease |
| voracious | 14 | devouring or craving food in great quantities | voracious sharks |
| melodious | 12 | containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody | the melodious song of a meadowlark |
| audacious | 12 | invulnerable to fear or intimidation | audacious explorers |
| egregious | 11 | conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible | an egregious lie |
| laborious | 11 | characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | spent many laborious hours on the project |
| salacious | 11 | suggestive of or tending to moral looseness | salacious limericks |
| vivacious | 17 | vigorous and animated | a charming and vivacious hostess |
| bodacious | 14 | unrestrained by convention or propriety | the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim |
| judicious | 19 | marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters | judicious use of one's money |
| felonious | 12 | involving or being or having the nature of a crime | felonious intent |
| injurious | 16 | harmful to living things | - |
| fractious | 14 | stubbornly resistant to authority or control | a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness |
| facetious | 14 | cleverly amusing in tone | facetious remarks |
| rapacious | 13 | devouring or craving food in great quantities | a rapacious appetite |
| imperious | 13 | having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | - |
| officious | 17 | intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner | bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself |
| litigious | 10 | inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits | a litigious and acrimonious spirit |
| seditious | 10 | in opposition to a civil authority or government | - |
| bumptious | 15 | offensively self-assertive | - |
| vicarious | 14 | experienced at secondhand | read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement |
| uncurious | 11 | - | - |
| invidious | 13 | containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice | invidious comparisons |
| vexatious | 19 | causing irritation or annoyance | a vexatious child |
| veracious | 14 | precisely accurate | a veracious account |
| bicurious | 13 | - | - |
| adoptious | 12 | - | - |
| ambagious | 14 | roundabout and unnecessarily wordy | - |
| arsenious | 9 | relating to compounds in which arsenic is trivalent | - |
| aphidious | 15 | - | - |
| astucious | 11 | - | - |
| autecious | 11 | - | - |
| cilicious | 13 | - | - |
| capacious | 15 | large in capacity | she carried a capacious bag |
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10 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| mysterious | 15 | of an obscure nature | the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms |
| suspicious | 14 | not as expected | suspicious behavior |
| contagious | 13 | (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection | - |
| auspicious | 14 | auguring favorable circumstances and good luck | an auspicious beginning for the campaign |
| victorious | 15 | experiencing triumph | - |
| infectious | 15 | caused by infection or capable of causing infection | - |
| rebellious | 12 | discontented as toward authority | - |
| nutritious | 10 | of or providing nourishment | - |
| fictitious | 15 | adopted in order to deceive | a fictitious address |
| capricious | 16 | determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason | a capricious refusal |
| precarious | 14 | not secure; beset with difficulties | - |
| harmonious | 15 | exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities | - |
| precocious | 16 | appearing or developing early | precocious flowers appear before the leaves as in some species of magnolias |
| lascivious | 15 | driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires | - |
| impervious | 17 | not admitting of passage or capable of being affected | a material impervious to water |
| amphibious | 19 | relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia | - |
| prodigious | 14 | far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree | the young Mozart's prodigious talents |
| pernicious | 14 | working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way | - |
| fastidious | 14 | having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures | fastidious microorganisms |
| perfidious | 16 | tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans | the perfidious Judas |
| obsequious | 21 | attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery | - |
| gregarious | 12 | instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others | he is a gregarious person who avoids solitude |
| licentious | 12 | lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained | coarse and licentious men |
| avaricious | 15 | immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | they are avaricious and will do anything for money |
| salubrious | 12 | promoting health; healthful | the salubrious mountain air and water |
| propitious | 14 | presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success | propitious omens |
| fallacious | 15 | intended to deceive | fallacious testimony |
| ungracious | 13 | lacking social graces | - |
| euphonious | 15 | having a pleasant sound | a euphonious trill of silver laughter |
| loquacious | 21 | full of trivial conversation | - |
| pugnacious | 15 | ready and able to resort to force or violence | pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance |
| factitious | 15 | not produced by natural forces | brokers created a factitious demand for stocks |
| mendacious | 15 | given to lying | a mendacious child |
| uproarious | 12 | uncontrollably noisy | - |
| incautious | 12 | carelessly failing to exercise proper caution | an incautious step sent her headlong down the stairs |
| nonserious | 10 | - | - |
| robustious | 12 | noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline | a robustious group of teenagers |
| inglorious | 11 | (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame | inglorious defeat |
| flagitious | 14 | shockingly brutal or cruel | - |
| exceptious | 21 | - | - |
| marlacious | 14 | - | - |
| lugubrious | 13 | excessively mournful | - |
| lubricious | 14 | characterized by lust | eluding lubricious embraces |
| palladious | 13 | - | - |
| outdacious | 13 | - | - |
| nonobvious | 15 | - | - |
| multivious | 15 | - | - |
| monoecious | 14 | having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal | - |
| mollitious | 12 | - | - |
| mordacious | 15 | capable of wounding | - |
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