“the curved tusks of a walrus”
“his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard”
- Synonyms:
- curving
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arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed
forming or resembling an arch
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curvilineal, curvilinear
characterized by or following a curved line
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eellike
resembling an eel in being long and thin and sinuous
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falcate, falciform, sickle-shaped
curved like a sickle
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curvey, curvy
having curves
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flexuous
having turns or windings
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hooked, hooklike
having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold)
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incurvate, incurved
bent into or having an inward curve
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recurvate, recurved
curved backward or inward
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semicircular
curved into a half circle
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serpentine, snakelike, snaky
resembling a serpent in form
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sinuate, sinuous, wiggly
curved or curving in and out
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sinusoidal
having a succession of waves or curves
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upcurved
curving upward
- Antonyms:
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straight
free from curves or angles
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trabeate, trabeated
not arcuate; having straight horizontal beams or lintels (rather than arches)
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uncurved, uncurving
having no curves
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