Meaning

3 senses
  1. Having curves in alternate directions; meandering.

    We followed every bend of the sinuous river.

    kurvenreich, gewunden

    волнистыйvolnistyj

  2. Moving gracefully and in a supple manner.

    We were entranced by her sinuous dance.

    gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease

  3. (figuratively)Morally crooked; shifty.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. A sinuous coastline makes navigation difficult for inexperienced sailors.

  2. The hikers followed a sinuous path that twisted through the forest.

  3. A sinuous melody rose from the violin, weaving through the orchestra's harmonies.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
having curves in alternate directions; meandering:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
having curves in alternate directions; meandering:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin sinuōsus.

Learned borrowing from Latin sinuōsus.

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Forms

more sinuous, most sinuous
Comparativemore sinuous Lesson
Superlativemost sinuous Lesson

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

4 antonyms

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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