All sinuous synonyms
sinΒ·uΒ·ous
S s adjective sinuous
- wavy β curving alternately in opposite directions; undulating: a wavy course; wavy hair.
- wriggly β twisting; writhing; squirming: a wriggly caterpillar.
- zigzag β a line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.
- wiggly β wiggling: a wiggly child.
- longwinded β Alternative spelling of long-winded.
- meandering β to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course: The stream meandered through the valley.
- fluid β a substance, as a liquid or gas, that is capable of flowing and that changes its shape at a steady rate when acted upon by a force tending to change its shape.
- wormlike β Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
- incurved β Turned inwards.
- wreathed β a circular band of flowers, foliage, or any ornamental work, for adorning the head or for any decorative purpose; a garland or chaplet.
- incurving β Present participle of incurve.
- winding β the act of winding.
adj sinuous
- anfractuous β characterized by twists and turns; convoluted
- knurly β having knurls or knots; gnarled.
- mazy β full of confusing turns, passages, etc.; like a maze; labyrinthine.
- indirect β not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout: an indirect course in sailing.
- agee β awry, crooked, or ajar
- flexuous β full of bends or curves; sinuous.
- daedalean β an Athenian architect who built the labyrinth for Minos and made wings for himself and his son Icarus to escape from Crete.
- complex β Something that is complex has many different parts, and is therefore often difficult to understand.
- crooked β If you describe something as crooked, especially something that is usually straight, you mean that it is bent or twisted.
- catawampus β askew; awry
- circumlocutory β a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea.
- declinate β (esp of plant parts) descending from the horizontal in a curve; drooping
- incurvate β curved, especially inward.
- flowing β moving in or as in a stream: flowing water.
- humped β having a hump.
- curved β A curved object has the shape of a curve or has a smoothly bending surface.
- bent β Bent is the past tense and past participle of bend.
- gordian β pertaining to Gordius, ancient king of Phrygia, who tied a knot (the Gordian knot) that, according to prophecy, was to be undone only by the person who was to rule Asia, and that was cut, rather than untied, by Alexander the Great.
- curving β a continuously bending line, without angles.
- fluidic β the technology dealing with the use of a flowing liquid or gas in various devices, especially controls, to perform functions usually performed by an electric current in electronic devices.
- labyrinthine β of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- cursive β of or relating to handwriting in which letters are formed and joined in a rapid flowing style
- meandrous β meandering; winding; rambling.
noun sinuous
- helix β a spiral.
- curlicue β Curlicues are decorative twists and curls, usually carved or made with a pen.
- coiling β to wind into continuous, regularly spaced rings one above the other: to coil a wire around a pencil.
- convolution β Convolutions are curves on an object or design that has a lot of curves.
- curvity β the state of being curved or bent
- involution β an act or instance of involving or entangling; involvement.
- helices β a native or inhabitant of Corinth.
- crookedness β The state of being crooked.
- flexing β to bend, as a part of the body: He flexed his arms to show off his muscles.
adverb sinuous
adv sinuous
- crinkly β A crinkly object has many small creases or folds in it or in its surface.