Serpentine synonyms

sûr'pən-tēn', -tīn'

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winding
That winds, turns, coils, spirals, etc.
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straight (related)
Extending continuously in the same direction without curving:
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snaky
Of or like a snake or snakes
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tortuous
Not straightforward; circuitous; devious:
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snakelike
Like that of a snake; as, a snakelike tongue
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bent (related)
Altered from an originally straight or even condition:
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twisted (related)
Mentally disturbed or unsound.
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convoluted
Extremely involved; intricate; complicated
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crooked
The definition of crooked is something not straight, curved or bent or a dishonest person.
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devilish
(Informal) Extremely bad
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devious
Away from a main road or course; distant or removed.
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fiendish
Extremely wicked or cruel.
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serpentlike
Resembling a serpent or some aspect of one; snakelike.
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sly
Playfully mischievous:
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subtle
Delicately skillful or clever; deft or ingenious
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wily
Full of wiles; crafty; sly
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zigzag
Having the form of a zigzag
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snake-shaped
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wormlike
(Chemistry, of the molecules of a polymer) Having a smoothly curved form when heated.
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sculpture (related)
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latticework (related)
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flexuous
Bending or winding alternately from side to side; sinuous.
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meandrous
(Of a path) winding, windy, having many bends.
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repetition (related)
Repeatedly curving in alternate directions
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Serpentine Sentence Examples

  • It consisted of a restaurant area, a large serpentine shaped bar and another room off to the side with two pool tables and a jukebox.

  • A more or less continuous band of serpentine belonging to this series forms the principal watershed, although it nowhere rises to any great height.

  • Granite and serpentine rocks predominate, but the shores of Amboyna Bay are of chalk, and contain stalactite caves.

  • From Bagdad downward, the course of the Tigris is peculiarly serpentine and shifting.

  • In the south and west the sedimentary rocks most largely developed are of ancient, pre-Carboniferous date, interrupted by considerable patches of granite, serpentine and other crystalline rocks.

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