LIST OF ADJECTIVE

What is an Adjectives?

Adjectives are, quite

simply, descriptive

words. An adjective is a

word which qualifies a

noun, that is, shows or

points out some

distinguishing mark or

feature of the noun.

Glancing at the following

list of common English

adjectives clarifies the

meaning and function of

adjectives.

List of Descriptive

Adjectives

Descriptive adjectives can

be divided into different

categories such as colors,

sizes, sound, taste, touch,

shapes, qualities, time,

personality and ages. The

following lists provide a

few examples of

descriptive adjectives in

each of their categories:

Colors are adjectives - list:

black, blue, white, green,

red

Sizes - list: big, small,

large, thin, thick

Shapes- list: triangular,

round, square, circular

Qualities- list: good, bad,

mediocre

Personality - list: happy,

sad, angry, depressed

Time - list: Yearly ,

monthly, annually

Ages - list: new, young,

old, brand-new, second-

hand

Sound related Adjectives -

list: loud, noisy, quiet,

silent

Touch related Adjectives -

list: slippery, sticky

Taste related Adjectives -

list: juicy, sweet

The following list of

common English

adjectives can be further

sorted into such

categories for ease of use

List of Adjectives

The following List of

Adjectives are in common

usein the English

language:

List of

Adjectives

A - D

List of Adjectives

afraid

agreeable

amused

ancient

angry

annoyed

anxious

arrogant

ashamed

average

awful

bad

beautiful

better

big

bitter

black

blue

boiling

brave

breezy

brief

bright

broad

broken

bumpy

calm

charming

cheerful

chilly

clumsy

cold

colossal

combative

comfortable

confused

cooing

cool

cooperative

courageous

crazy

creepy

cruel

cuddly

curly

curved

damp

dangerous

deafening

deep

A - D

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D - G

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defeated

defiant

delicious

delightful

depressed

determined

dirty

disgusted

disturbed

dizzy

dry

dull

dusty

eager

early

elated

embarrassed

empty

encouraging

energetic

enthusiastic

envious

evil

excited

exuberant

faint

fair

faithful

fantastic

fast

fat

few

fierce

filthy

fine

flaky

flat

fluffy

foolish

frail

frantic

fresh

friendly

frightened

funny

fuzzy

gentle

giant

gigantic

good

D - G

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G - M

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gorgeous

greasy

great

green

grieving

grubby

grumpy

handsome

happy

hard

harsh

healthy

heavy

helpful

helpless

high

hilarious

hissing

hollow

homeless

horrible

hot

huge

hungry

hurt

hushed

husky

icy

ill

immense

itchy

jealous

jittery

jolly

juicy

kind

large

late

lazy

light

little

lively

lonely

long

loose

loud

lovely

low

lucky

magnificent

G - M

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M - R

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mammoth

many

massive

melodic

melted

mighty

miniature

moaning

modern

mute

mysterious

narrow

nasty

naughty

nervous

new

nice

nosy

numerous

nutty

obedient

obnoxious

odd

old

orange

ordinary

outrageous

panicky

perfect

petite

plastic

pleasant

precious

pretty

prickly

proud

puny

purple

purring

quaint

quick

quickest

quiet

rainy

rapid

rare

raspy

ratty

red

relieved

M - R

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R - S

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repulsive

resonant

ripe

roasted

robust

rotten

rough

round

sad

salty

scary

scattered

scrawny

screeching

selfish

shaggy

shaky

shallow

sharp

shivering

short

shrill

silent

silky

silly

skinny

slimy

slippery

slow

small

smiling

smooth

soft

solid

sore

sour

spicy

splendid

spotty

square

squealing

stale

steady

steep

sticky

stingy

straight

strange

striped

strong

R - S

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S - Z

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successful

sweet

swift

tall

tame

tan

tart

tasteless

tasty

tender

tender

tense

terrible

testy

thirsty

thoughtful

thoughtless

thundering

tight

tiny

tired

tough

tricky

troubled

ugliest

ugly

uneven

upset

uptight

vast

victorious

vivacious

voiceless

wasteful

watery

weak

weary

wet

whispering

wicked

wide

wide-eyed

witty

wonderful

wooden

worried

yellow

young

yummy

zany

S - Z

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