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ADJECTIVES IN GENERAL

An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words.

An adjective often precedes the noun or the pronoun which it modifies. In the following
examples, the highlighted words are adjectives:
The car-shaped balloon floated over the treetops.
Mrs. Smith papered her living room walls with hideous wall paper.
The large boat foundered on the wine dark sea.
The coal mines are dark and dank.
Many stores have already begun to play irritating Christmas music.
A battered music box sat on the mahogany sideboard.
The back room was filled with large, green rain boots.

Appearance Appearance Condition Condition Feelings (Bad) Feelings

Contd. Contd. (Bad)
Contd.
adorable glamorous alive impossible angry
adventurous gleaming annoying inexpensive annoyed grumpy
aggressive gorgeous bad innocent anxious helpless
alert graceful better inquisitive arrogant homeless
attractive grotesque beautiful modern ashamed hungry
average handsome brainy mushy awful hurt
beautiful homely breakable odd bad ill
blue-eyed light busy open bewildered itchy
bloody long careful outstanding black jealous
blushing magnificent cautious poor blue jittery
bright misty clever powerful bored lazy
clean motionless clumsy prickly clumsy lonely
clear muddy concerned puzzled combative mysterious
cloudy old-fashioned crazy real condemned nasty
colorful plain curious rich confused naughty
crowded poised dead shy crazy, flipped- nervous
cute precious different sleepy out nutty
dark quaint difficult stupid creepy obnoxious
drab shiny doubtful super cruel outrageous
distinct smoggy easy talented dangerous panicky
dull sparkling expensive tame defeated repulsive
elegant spotless famous tender defiant scary
excited stormy fragile tough depressed selfish
fancy strange frail uninterested disgusted sore
filthy ugly gifted vast disturbed tense
ugliest helpful wandering dizzy terrible
unsightly helpless wild dull testy
unusual horrible wrong embarrassed thoughtless
wide-eyed important envious tired
evil troubled
fierce upset
foolish uptight
frantic weary
frightened wicked
grieving worried
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Feelings Feelings Shape Size Sound Time

(Good) (Good)
Contd.
broad big cooing ancient
agreeable happy chubby colossal deafening brief
amused healthy crooked fat faint Early
brave helpful curved gigantic harsh fast
calm hilarious deep great high-pitched late
charming jolly flat huge hissing long
cheerful joyous high immense hushed modern
comfortable kind hollow large husky old
cooperative lively low little loud old-fashioned
courageous lovely narrow mammoth melodic quick
delightful lucky round massive moaning rapid
determined nice shallow miniature mute short
eager obedient skinny petite noisy slow
elated perfect square puny purring swift
enchanting pleasant steep scrawny quiet young
encouraging proud straight short raspy
energetic relieved wide small resonant
enthusiastic silly tall screeching
excited smiling teeny shrill
exuberant splendid teeny-tiny silent
fair successful tiny soft
faithful thankful squealing
fantastic thoughtful thundering
fine victorious voiceless
friendly vivacious whispering
funny witty
gentle wonderful
glorious zealous
good zany
Taste/Touch Taste/Touch Touch Quantity
Contd.

bitter melted boiling abundant

delicious nutritious breezy empty
fresh plastic broken few
juicy prickly bumpy heavy
ripe rainy chilly light
rotten rough cold many
salty scattered cool numerous
sour shaggy creepy substantial
spicy shaky crooked
stale sharp cuddly
sticky shivering curly
strong silky damaged
sweet slimy damp
tart slippery dirty
tasteless smooth dry
tasty soft dusty
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thirsty solid filthy

fluttering steady flaky
fuzzy sticky fluffy
greasy tender freezing
grubby tight hot
hard uneven warm
hot weak wet
icy wet
loose wooden
yummy

PERSONALITY ADJECTIVES

Positive Personality Adjectives

The following positive Personality Adjectives are in common use in the English
language. Negative personality adjectives are listed in a separate table below:

Positive Personality Adjectives

A-E E-P P-Z
Personality Personality Personality
Adjectives Adjectives Adjectives
adaptable exuberant productive
adorable fabulous protective
agreeable fair proud
alert faithful punctual
alluring fantastic quiet
ambitious fearless receptive
amused fine reflective
boundless frank relieved
brave friendly resolute
bright funny responsible
calm generous rhetorical
capable gentle righteous
charming glorious romantic
cheerful good sedate
coherent happy seemly
comfortable harmonious selective
confident helpful self-assured
cooperative hilarious sensitive
courageous honorable shrewd
credible impartial silly
cultured industrious sincere
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dashing instinctive skilful

dazzling jolly smiling
debonair joyous splendid
decisive kind steadfast
decorous kind-hearted stimulating
delightful knowledgeable successful
detailed level succinct
determined likeable talented
diligent lively thoughtful
discreet lovely thrifty
dynamic loving tough
eager lucky trustworthy
efficient mature unbiased
elated modern unusual
eminent nice upbeat
enchanting obedient vigorous
encouraging painstaking vivacious
endurable peaceful warm
energetic perfect willing
entertaining placid wise
enthusiastic plausible witty
excellent pleasant wonderful
excited pleasant zany
exclusive plucky zealous
A-E E-P P-Z
Personality Personality Personality
Adjectives Adjectives Adjectives

Positive Personality Adjectives

Negative Personality Adjectives
The following positive Personality Adjectives are in common use in the English
language. Negative personality adjectives are listed in a separate table below:

Negative Personality Adjectives

A-F F-R R-W
Personality Personality Personality
Adjectives Adjectives Adjectives
abrasive fierce ruthless
abrupt filthy sad
abusive finicky scary
afraid flashy secretive
aloof flippant selfish
ambiguous foolish silly
angry forgetful slow
annoyed frantic sneaky
anxious fretful snobbish
arrogant frightened sore
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ashamed furtive spendthrift

awful greedy squeamish
bad grieving stingy
belligerent grouchy strange
bewildered gruesome sulky
boorish grumpy tacky
bored guarded tense
boring gullible terrible
callous helpless testy
careless hesitant thick-skinned
clumsy homeless thoughtless
combative horrible threatening
confused hungry tight
cowardly hurt timid
crazy ignorant tired
creepy ill tiresome
cruel irresolute troubled
cynical jealous truculent
dangerous jittery typical
deceitful lacking undesirable
defeated lazy unsuitable
defective lonely unsure
defiant malicious upset
demonic materialistic uptight
depressed mean vague
deranged mysterious vengeful
disagreeable naive venomous
disillusioned nasty volatile
disturbed naughty voracious
domineering nervous vulgar
draconian noisy wary
embarrassed obnoxious wasteful
envious outrageous weak
erratic panicky weary
evasive pathetic wicked
evil possessive worried
faded quarrelsome worthless
fanatical repulsive wretched
A-F F-R R-W
Personality Personality Personality