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    List of Adjectives

    Click here for a list of over 1,100 adjectives.

    The list of adjectives is something of wonder. Behold the modest adjective. It can leap tall
    buildings in a single bound. It makes the average citizen smarter and kinder. It keeps you in
    the cleanest car on the block. Such potent words should be used wisely. Read on and learn
    how to use your adjective powers for good.

    An adjective's job is to modify a noun or pronoun. They are always near the noun or
    pronoun they are describing. Be careful how you use adjectives such as interesting, beautiful,
    great, wonderful, or exciting. Many adjectives like these are overused and add little definition
    to a sentence. Instead, show your reader or listener what you are talking about by using verbs
    and nouns creatively. Sprinkle fewer well-chosen adjectives for interest.

    Adjectives are often used to describe the degree of modification.

    The adjective forms are positive, comparative, and superlative.

    This tree is tall. (positive)


    That tree is taller. (comparative)
    The last tree in the row is the tallest. (superlative)

    A handful of adjectives have irregular forms of positive, comparative, and superlative usage.

    These include good/better/best, bad/worse/worst, little/less/least,


    much-many-some/more/most, far/further/furthest.

    My lunch was good, hers was better, and yours was the best.

    Proper adjectives are derived from proper nouns. They commonly describe something in
    terms of nationality, religious affiliation, or culture. Like proper nouns, proper adjectives
    have their first letter capitalized. Some examples of proper adjectives include:

    American
    French
    Japanese
    Latino
    Asian
    Australian
    Catholic
    Lutheran
    Jewish

    The following lists are just a sampling of adjectives in the English language. They are
    categorized by the type of attribute they describe. Use your dictionary or thesaurus to add to
    each list or use the complete list below this one.
    Appearance Color Adjectives Condition Feelings (Bad)
    Adjectives Adjectives Adjectives
    red
    adorable orange alive angry
    beautiful yellow better bewildered
    clean green careful clumsy
    drab blue clever defeated
    elegant purple dead embarrassed
    fancy gray easy fierce
    glamorous black famous grumpy
    handsome white gifted helpless
    long helpful itchy
    magnificent important jealous
    old-fashioned inexpensive lazy
    plain mushy mysterious
    quaint odd nervous
    sparkling powerful obnoxious
    ugliest rich panicky
    unsightly shy repulsive
    wide-eyed tender scary
    uninterested thoughtless
    vast uptight
    wrong worried

    Feelings (Good) Shape Adjectives Size Adjectives Sound Adjectives


    Adjectives
    broad big cooing
    agreeable chubby colossal deafening
    brave crooked fat faint
    calm curved gigantic hissing
    delightful deep great loud
    eager flat huge melodic
    faithful high immense noisy
    gentle hollow large purring
    happy low little quiet
    jolly narrow mammoth raspy
    kind round massive screeching
    lively shallow miniature thundering
    nice skinny petite voiceless
    obedient square puny whispering
    proud steep scrawny
    relieved straight short
    silly wide small
    thankful tall
    victorious teeny
    witty teeny-tiny
    zealous tiny
    Time Adjectives Taste/Touch Touch Quantity
    Adjectives Adjectives Adjectives
    ancient
    brief bitter boiling abundant
    early delicious breeze empty
    fast fresh broken few
    late greasy bumpy full
    long juicy chilly heavy
    modern hot cold light
    old icy cool many
    old-fashioned loose creepy numerous
    quick melted crooked sparse
    rapid nutritious cuddly substantial
    short prickly curly
    slow rainy damaged
    swift rotten damp
    young salty dirty
    sticky dry
    strong dusty
    sweet filthy
    tart flaky
    tasteless fluffy
    uneven freezing
    weak hot
    wet warm
    wooden wet
    yummy

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