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380 Words with the Suffix-ous

List of Word with -Ous Ending

The ending -ous is a Latin suffix? Meaning – having, full of, characterized by  
Examples -impervious, unctuous, perilous. If you are looking for words that end with the suffix “ous,” This is the complete list for you. This list contains 380 words that end with the suffix “ous.” The words end with the word -ous in this list are mostly adjectives.
 

Words with the Suffix-ous Starting With A

  • Abstemious 
  • Acrimonious 
  • Adulterous 
  • Advantageous 
  • Adventitious 
  • Adventurous 
  • Ambidextrous 
  • Ambiguous 
  • Ambitious  
  • Amorphous 
  • Amphibious 
  • Amorous 
  • Amanous 
  • Analogous 
  • Androgynous 
  • Anomalous 
  • Anonymous 
  • Anxious 
  • Aqueous 
  • Arduous 
  • Assiduous 
  • Atrocious 
  • Audacious 
  • Autonomous 
  • Avaricious 

Words with the suffix -ous Starting With B

  • Barbarous 
  • Beauteous 
  • Bigamous 
  • Boisterous
  • Blasphemous 
  • Bodacious 
  • Boisterous 
  • Bootylicious 

Words with the suffix -ous Starting With C

  • Curious 
  • Cacophonous 
  • Caribous 
  • Cadaverous 
  • Callous 
  • Cantankerous 
  • Capacious 
  • Carnivorous 
  • Censorious 
  • Ceremonious 
  • Clamorous
  • Coniferous 
  • Consanguineous
  • Conscientious
  • Capricious 
  • Captious 
  • Carboniferous 
  • Cavernous 
  • Cautious 
  • Cavernous 
  • Ceremonious 
  • Chivalrous 
  • Circuitous 
  • Clamorous 
  • Class-Conscious 
  • Commodious 
  • Coniferous 
  • Conscientious 
  • Conscious 
  • Conspicuous 
  • Contagious 
  • Contiguous 
  • Continuous
  • Contumacious
  • Copious
  • Courageous 
  • Credulous
  • Crustaceous 
  • Contemporaneous 
  • Contemptuous 
  • Contentious 
  • Contiguous 
  • Continuous 
  • Copious 
  • Coterminous 
  • Courageous 
  • Courteous 
  • Couscous Noun
  • Covetous 
  • Curvaceous 
Words Starting With D
  • Dangerous 
  • Deciduous
  • Delicious 
  • Decorous 
  • Deleterious 
  • Delirious 
  • Desirous 
  • Devious 
  • Dexterous 
  • Diaphanous 
  • Dicotyledonous
  • Disadvantageous
  • Disastrous 
  • Discontinuous 
  • Discourteous 
  • Disingenuous 
  • Dolorous 
  • Dubious
  • Duplicitous 
  • Duteous
Words Starting With E
  • Efficacious
  • Egregious
  • Enormous 
  • Entre Nous 
  • Envious
  • Eponymous
  • Erroneous
  • Euphonious
  • Expeditious
  • Extraneous

Words Starting With F

  • Facetious
  • Factitious
  • Fallacious
  • Famous
  • Fastidious 
  • Fatuous
  • Felicitous 
  • Ferocious
  • Fibrous
  • Fictitious 
  • Flirtatious
  • Fortuitous
  • Frivolous
  • Furious

Words Starting With G

  • Gangrenous
  • Garrulous
  • Gelatinous 
  • Generous
  • Ginormous 
  • Glamorous
  • Glorious
  • Gluttonous
  • Gorgeous
  • Gracious
  • Gratuitous
  • Gregarious
  • Grievous
Words Starting With H
  • Harmonious
  • Hazardous
  • Herbaceous
  • Herbivorous
  • Heterogeneous
  • Heterozygous
  • Hilarious
  • Homogeneous 
  • Homologous
  • Homozygous
  • Horrendous
  • Humorous
  • Humungous
Words Starting With I
  • Igneous
  • Ignominious
  • Illustrious
  • Impecunious
  • Impetuous
  • Imperious
  • Impious
  • Incautious
  • Incestuous
  • Incongruous
  • Inconspicuous
  • Incredulous 
  • Indecorous
  • Indigenous
  • Industrious
  • Infectious
  • Infelicitous
  • Ingenious
  • Ingenuous
  • Inglorious
  • Iniquitous
  • Injudicious
  • Injurious
  • Innocuous
  • Insalubrious
  • Insectivorous
  • Insidious
  • Instantaneous
  • Intravenous
  • Invidious
  • Irreligious
Words Starting With J & L
  • Jealous
  • Joyous
  • Judicious
  • Laborious
  • Languorous
  • Larcenous
  • Lascivious
  • Lecherous
  • Leguminous
  • Libelous
  • Libidinous
  • Licentious
  • Litigious
  • Loquacious
  • Lubricious
  • Ludicrous
  • Lugubrious
  • Luminous
  • Luscious
  • Lustrous
  • Luxurious
Words Starting With M
  • Magnanimous
  • Malicious
  • Mutinous 
  • Malodorous
  • Marvelous
  • Mellifluous
  • Melodious
  • Mendacious
  • Meretricious
  • Meritorious
  • Meticulous
  • Miraculous
  • Miscellaneous
  • Mischievous
  • Momentous
  • Monogamous
  • Monotonous
  • Monstrous
  • Mountainous
  • Multifarious
  • Murderous
  • Mutinous
  • Mysterious
  • Mellifluous 
  • Melodious 
  • Meticulous 
  • Milieus 
  • Miscellaneous 
  • Mischievous 
  • Monogamous 
  • Monotonous 
  • Monstrous 
  • Mountainous 
  • Murderous 
Words Starting With N
  • Nauseous
  • Nebulous
  • Nefarious
  • Nervous
  • Notorious
  • Noxious
  • Numerous
  • Nutritious
Words Starting With O
  • Oblivious
  • Obnoxious
  • Obsequious
  • Obvious
  • Odious
  • Officious
  • Ominous
  • Omnivorous
  • Opprobrious
  • Ostentatious
  • Outrageous
Words Starting With P
  • Parlous
  • Parsimonious
  • Pendulous
  • Perfidious
  • Perilous
  • Perspicacious
  • Pertinacious
  • Pious
  • Piteous
  • Poisonous
  • Polygamous
  • Polymorphous
  • Polysemous
  • Pompous
  • Ponderous
  • Populous
  • Porous
  • Portentous
  • Posthumous
  • Precancerous
  • Precarious
  • Precious
  • Precipitous
  • Precocious
  • Preposterous
  • Prestigious
  • Presumptuous
  • Pretentious
  • Previous
  • Prodigious
  • Promiscuous
  • Propitious
  • Prosperous
  • Pseudonymous
  • Pugnacious
  • Pulchritudinous
  • Punctilious
  • Pusillanimous
Words Starting With R
  • Rancorous
  • Rapacious
  • Rapturous
  • Raucous
  • Ravenous
  • Rebellious
  • Religious
  • Rendezvous
  • Resinous
  • Ridiculous
  • Righteous
  • Rigorous
  • Riotous
  • Ruinous
Words Starting With S
  • Sacrilegious
  • Sagacious
  • Salacious
  • Salubrious
  • Sanctimonious
  • Scabrous
  • Scandalous
  • Scrumptious
  • Scrupulous 
  • Scurrilous
  • Seditious
  • Sensuous
  • Sententious
  • Serendipitous
  • Simultaneous
  • Sinuous
  • Slanderous
  • Solicitous
  • Sonorous
  • Spacious
  • Specious 
  • Splendiferous
  • Spontaneous
  • Spurious
  • Strenuous
  • Studious
  • Stupendous
  • Subconscious
  • Subcutaneous
  • Sulfurous
  • Sumptuous
  • Supercilious
  • Superfluous
  • Superstitious
  • Surreptitious
  • Suspicious
  • Synonymous
Words Starting With T
  • Tedious
  • Tempestuous
  • Tenacious
  • Timorous
  • Traitorous
  • Treacherous
  • Tremendous
  • Tremulous
  • Tumultuous
Words Starting with U, V and W
  • Unscrupulous
  • Uproarious
  • Usurious
  • Various
  • Venomous
  • Verminous
  • Vertiginous
  • Vexatious
  • Vicarious
  • Victorious
  • Vigorous
  • Villainous
  • Virtuous
  • Viscous
  • Vitreous
  • Vivacious
  • Viviparous
  • Vociferous
  • Voluminous
  • Voluptuous
  • Voracious
  • Wondrous

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