-ious, -eous, -ous

This vocabulary list features words with the common prefixes -ious, -eous, -ous that turn nouns into adjectives and meaning "having the qualities of, full of."
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  1. curious
    eager to investigate and learn or learn more
  2. delicious
    extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
  3. famous
    widely known and esteemed
  4. anxious
    causing or fraught with or showing nervousness
  5. dangerous
    involving or causing risk; liable to hurt or harm
  6. fabulous
    extremely pleasing
  7. mysterious
    beyond ordinary understanding
  8. nervous
    of or relating to a system of sensory apparatus
  9. precious
    of high worth or cost
  10. cautious
    showing careful forethought
  11. conscious
    having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts
  12. courteous
    characterized by politeness and gracious good manners
  13. furious
    marked by extreme anger
  14. generous
    willing to give and share unstintingly
  15. glorious
    having or deserving or conferring high honor
Created on Fri May 09 17:18:09 EDT 2025 (updated Tue Jun 10 12:07:38 EDT 2025)

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