Definitions for sinuous

sinuous sin·u·ous

Spelling: [sin-yoo-uh s]
IPA: /ˈsɪn yu əs/

Sinuous is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 64 anagrams from letters in sinuous (inossuu).

Definitions for sinuous

adjective

  1. having many curves, bends, or turns; winding:
  2. indirect; devious:
  3. characterized by a series of graceful curving motions:
  4. Botany. sinuate, as a leaf.

Origin of sinuous

From the Latin word sinuōsus, dating back to 1570-80. See sinus, -ous

Examples for sinuous

With a sinuous movement she turned on her elbow to face him.

The sinuous Ravi river was hardly half an English mile distant.

"Snaky" was Belle's thought of the woman; "sinuous" was Garlock's of the man.

I cannot join the general public in admiring the sinuous majesty of the cats.

Their figures are lithe and they walk well, with a sinuous swagger.

sinuous and supple, she was exquisitely feminine to the finger tips.

I love this German team, which is sinuous and brilliant and fluid and youthful.

Like some sinuous sax, we first hear the thoughts of Obersturmfuhrer Angelus (Golo) Thomsen.

Lithe and sinuous as a panther, he rode with a perfect ease that was captivating.

For what end are her fair complexities, her changes of soil, her sinuous coast?

Word Value for sinuous
Scrable

7

Words with friends

10

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