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    The document provides examples of different types of adjectives used to describe nouns and pronouns. It lists adjectives describing appearance, condition, feelings (both good and bad), shape, size, sound, time, taste/touch, and quantity. Adjectives often provide important context and details about the nouns they modify.

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    The document provides examples of different types of adjectives used to describe nouns and pronouns. It lists adjectives describing appearance, condition, feelings (both good and bad), shape, size, sound, time, taste/touch, and quantity. Adjectives often provide important context and details about the nouns they modify.

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    An Adjective Modifies A Noun or A Pronoun by Describing

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

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