11-letter words containing ious
- feloniously — Law. pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a felony: felonious homicide; felonious intent.
- ferociously — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- flirtatious — given or inclined to flirtation.
- fractiously — In a fractious manner.
- furiousness — The state or quality of being furious or outraged; enragement; inflamedness.
- gratuitious — Misspelling of gratuitous.
- hilariously — arousing great merriment; extremely funny: a hilarious story; a hilarious old movie.
- homoiousian — a member of a 4th-century a.d. church party that maintained that the essence of the Son is similar to, but not the same as, that of the Father.
- icteritious — jaundiced; yellow
- ignominious — marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating: an ignominious retreat.
- illustrious — highly distinguished; renowned; famous: an illustrious leader.
- impecunious — having little or no money; penniless; poor.
- imperiously — domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
- impiousness — Quality of being impious.
- incapacious — Not capacious; narrow, small, weak, or foolish.
- inconscious — (obsolete) unconscious.
- incuriously — In an incurious manner.
- indubiously — Synonym of without a doubt.
- industrious — working energetically and devotedly; hard-working; diligent: an industrious person.
- ingeniously — characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction: an ingenious machine.
- injudicious — not judicious; showing lack of judgment; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet: an injudicious decision.
- injuriously — In an injurious manner; in a manner that injures.
- inofficious — being inconsistent with moral duty and natural affection.
- insidiously — intended to entrap or beguile: an insidious plan.
- invidiously — In an invidious manner.
- irreligious — not religious; not practicing a religion and feeling no religious impulses or emotions.
- jocoserious — Simultaneously jocular and serious; mixing mirth with serious matters.
- judiciously — using or showing judgment as to action or practical expediency; discreet, prudent, or politic: judicious use of one's money.
- laboriously — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
- lateritious — of the color of brick; brick-red.
- litigatious — (rare) litigious.
- litigiously — In a litigious manner.
- luxuriously — characterized by luxury; ministering or conducive to luxury: a luxurious hotel.
- maliciously — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- melodiously — of the nature of or characterized by melody; tuneful.
- meritorious — deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy: to receive a gift for meritorious service.
- mischevious — Misconstruction of mischievous.
- nefariously — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- non-bilious — Physiology, Pathology. pertaining to bile or to an excess secretion of bile.
- non-obvious — easily seen, recognized, or understood; open to view or knowledge; evident: an obvious advantage.
- notoriously — widely and unfavorably known: a notorious gambler. Synonyms: infamous, egregious, outrageous, arrant, flagrant, disreputable.
- noxiousness — The state of being noxious.
- obliviously — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
- obnoxiously — In an obnoxious manner.
- obviousness — The characteristic of being obvious.
- octandrious — having eight stamens.
- odious debt — sovereign debt incurred through activities which do not serve the best interests of the nation, esp when incurred by a despotic, tyrannical, or otherwise unjust and oppresive regime. Such debts are typically considered invalid and written off after the regime is deposed
- officiously — objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome: an officious person.
- omnifarious — of all forms, varieties, or kinds.
- opprobrious — conveying or expressing opprobrium, as language or a speaker: opprobrious invectives.