'Sinuous' definitions:
Definition of 'sinuous'
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Definition of 'Sinuous'
From: GCIDE
- Sinuous \Sin"u*ous\, a. [L. sinuosus, fr. sinus a bent surface, a curve: cf. F. sinueux. See Sinus.] Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked. -- {Sin"u*ous*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
- Streaking the ground with sinuous trace. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Gardens bright with sinuous rills. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sinuous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambagious,
- anfractuous,
- bent,
- billowing,
- billowy,
- circuitous,
- circumlocutory,
- convoluted,
- convolutional,
- curvaceous,
- curvate,
- curvated,
- curve,
- curved,
- curvesome,
- curviform,
- curvilineal,
- curvilinear,
- curving,
- curvy,
- flexuose,
- flexuous,
- geosynclinal,
- incurvate,
- incurvated,
- incurved,
- incurving,
- involute,
- involuted,
- involutional,
- labyrinthine,
- mazy,
- meandering,
- meandrous,
- recurvate,
- recurvated,
- recurved,
- recurving,
- rivose,
- rivulose,
- roundabout,
- ruffled,
- serpentine,
- sinuate,
- sinuose,
- snake-shaped,
- snaky,
- torsional,
- tortile,
- tortuous,
- turning,
- twisted,
- twisting,
- twisty,
- undulant,
- wavy,
- whorled,
- winding,
- wreathlike,
- wreathy