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The document lists various adjectives grouped into categories such as appearance, personality, size, sound, taste, touch, and more. Adjectives are generally listed in an order moving from quantity to opinion to other descriptive qualities.

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Adjectives

The document lists various adjectives grouped into categories such as appearance, personality, size, sound, taste, touch, and more. Adjectives are generally listed in an order moving from quantity to opinion to other descriptive qualities.

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Appearance Color Speed Condition Shape

adorable long red fast alive mushy broad narrow


beautiful magnificent orange quick better odd curved round
clean old- yellow rapid clever rich deep shallow
drab fashioned green slow gifted shy flat skinny
elegant plain blue swift inexpe tender high square
fancy sparkling purple nsive powerful hollow steep
handsome ugliest gray vast important low straight
uns ightly black wrong helpful even wide
wide-eyed white easy careful hilly crooked
glamorous famous uninterest jagged triangular
dead ed thick uneven
thin
Personality – Negative Personality– Positive Size Sound
clumsy my sterious nice obedient big miniature faint quiet
defe ated nervous brave proud fat petite hissing screeching
fierce obnoxious calm relieved huge wide loud thundering
grumpy panicky eager thankful large colossal melodic voiceless
helpless repulsive faithful victorious little average noisy whispering
itchy scary gentle witty long massive purring deafening
jealous thoughtless happy zealous short gigantic harsh squealing
annoyed uptight jolly lively small immense silent
anxious worried kind agreeable tall mammoth soft
arrogant bewildered silly delightful teeny narrow squeaky
ashamed emb arrassed bright charming teeny- skinny
bored concerned excited cheerful tiny
confused depressed healthy comfortable
creepy disgusted helpful cooperative
doubtful emb arrassed kind courageous Condition
envious repulsive lucky charming alive cautious poor outstanding
foolish scared perfect cheerful brainy difficult shy powerful
guilty shy proud comfortable broken famous sleepy important
helpless strange relaxed cooperative busy fragile stupid impossible
hungry tens e relieved courageous careful guilty super infamous
hurt terrible silly encouraging clever helpful tame innocent
ill tired smiling energetic crazy helpless thick inquisitive
jealous trou bled fantastic enthusiastic dead right tired mad
lonely upset hilarious successful easy robust wild
mad uptight innocent thoughtful fake scary wrong
naughty wicked obedient wonderful real puzzled
nervous worried
Time Taste Touch Quantity
ancient old- bitter rotten boiling damp empty many
brief fashioned fresh salty breeze dirty few numerous
early quick greasy sticky broken dry full sparse
fast rapid juicy strong bumpy dusty heavy substantial
late short hot sweet chilly filthy light nutritious
long slow icy tasteless cold flaky
modern swift loose wet cool fluffy
old young melted wooden creepy freezing
bland yummy cuddly prickly
repulsi nutritious curly damaged
ve delicious hot crooked
ripe spicy warm
sour stale wet
terrible wonderful
Adjec tives are generally used in the order:
Quantity-->Opinion-->Size-->Age-->Shape-->Color-->Origin-->Material-->Purpose .
Quantity - few, no, one, two, three, four, little, several, many, all, some, every, each
Opinion - good, worse, wonderful, splendid, mediocre, awful, wasteful, uncomfortable, valuable,
worthy, worthless, useful, usele ss, rare, scarce, unusual, usual, pointless
Personality/Emotion - excited, scared, frightened, funny, grumpy, cheerful, jolly, carefree, lonely.
Sound - loud, soft, silent, screaming, shou ting, thunderous, quiet, noisy, deafening, faint, whispered
Taste - sweet, sour, bitter, salty, tasty, delicious, yummy, bland, tasteless, tasteless, spicy, watery
Touch - hard, soft, silky, bumpy, smooth, grainy, coarse, scaly, polished, glossy, lumpy, rou gh
Size, Weight - heavy, light, big, small, little, tiny, tall, short, fat, thin, underweight, lanky, wide
Smell - burnt, smelly, pungent, aromatic, fragrant, scented, sweet-smelling
Speed - quick, fast, slow, speeding, rushing, rapid, swift
Temperature - hot, cold, freezing, icy, frozen, nippy, chilly, burning, feverish
Age - young, old, baby, babyish, teenage, ancient, antique, old-fashioned, youthful, elderly, mature
Distance - short, long, far, distant, nearby, close, faraway, remote, far-flung, neighboring
Shape - round, circular, square, triangular, oval, flat, spherical, cylindrical, elliptical, crooked,
distorted
Miscellaneous Qualities - full, empty, wet, dry, open, closed
Brightness - light, dark, bright, shadowy, shining, pale, dull, glowing
Color - yellowish, tanned, pastel, metallic, silver, colorless, transparent, translucent
Time - early, late, morning, night, evening, overdue, belated, long-term, delayed, punctual
Origin/Location - northern, American, Spanish, Canadian, Mexican, French, Irish,
Material - glass, wooden, cloth, concrete, cotton, plastic, leather, ceramic, metal, steel
Purpose - folding, swinging, work, racing, cooking, sleeping, dance, rolling, walking

eager adorable perfect alert alive beautiful better important


evil clumsy strange average awful cooperative angry handsome
filthy creepy thankful blushing bored disturbed clever agreeable
gifted delightful cheerful unusual amused enchanting brave attractive
hurt enthusiastic horrible confused bad gorgeous clear blue-eyed
jolly fantastic jealous cute brainy hilarious dizzy aggressive
nice combative naughty di fficult clean powerful dead comfortable
funny depressed bloody elated elegant annoyed famous condemned
l ovely determined anxious foolish fragile courageous friendly different
s leepy thoughtless colorful healthy helpful defeated faithful expensive
super outstanding crowded helpless dark encouraging frantic victorious
tired thoughtful grumpy kind lazy graceful lonely motionless
vast magnificent envious modern light homeless innocent glamorous
Calm successful hungry obedient muddy inquisitive lively disgusted
black concerned panicky pleasant odd mysterious mushy exuberant
busy charming puzzled re lieved sore fancy selfish impossible
proud adventurous cautious smoggy tame spotless wicked embarrassed
shy important ashamed talented fair terrible scary inexpensive
wild upset blue tough frail uninterested splendid obnoxious
dull witty careful distinct good precious tense wandering
cruel misty arrogant wrong poor breakable ugly repulsive
fierce nutty uptight troubled rich annoying weary sparkling
gentle plain nervous glorious bright bewildered zealous gleaming
jittery real excited homely cloudy doubtful crazy nasty
silly fine joyous itchy energetic defiant prickly
easy ill curious long frightened tender shiny
lucky open smiling grieving ugliest stormy
happy stupid worried outrageous
Choose the Apt Adjective For each picture, choose the adjective that best describes it.

invisible
red
soft serious
far hollow
green yellow
silly harsh
ugly
icy

near slow pointy


light
warm black dry
heavy
heavy gleeful scary
sharp

clean pointy lazy


fast fast informative pretty
deep tasty young smart
mean

near soft alien


ugly high moist
wide
sweet comfortable fast
early
steep
ADJECTIVES
Answer is "What kind of ...?"
Some adjectives give us factual information about the noun - age, size colour etc (fact adjectives -
can't be argued with).
Some adjectives show what somebody thinks about something or somebody - nice, horrid, beautiful
etc (opinion adjectives - not everyone may agree).
If you are asked questions with which, whose, what kind, or how many, you need an adjective to be
able to answer.
There are different types of adjectives in the English language:
 Numeric: six, one hundred and one etc.
 Quantitative: more, all, some, half, more than enough etc.
 Qualitative: colour, size, smell etc.
 Possessive: my, his, their, your etc.
 Interrogative: which, whose, what etc.
 Demonstrative: this, that, those, these etc.
Note - The articles a, an, and the are a special kind of adjective called articles, and the possessives
my, our, your, and their are sometimes known as possessive adjectives.
Colour Opinion
blue, red, green, brown, yellow, black, good, pretty, right, wrong, funny,
white, etc. light, happy, sad, full, soft, hard
Example: He was a silly boy.
Size Age
big, small, little, long, tall, short, Example: "He was an old man."
same as, etc.
Example: "The big man."

Shape Origin
round, circular, triangular, Example:- "It was a German flag." or
rectangular, square, oval, etc. "They were German flags."
Example: "It was a square box."
Material Distance
to identify the material something l -- o -- n -- g / short
is made of. long, short, far, around, start, high, low, etc
"A wooden cupboard." Example: "She went for a long walk." or "They
went for lots of long walks."

Temperature Time
cold, warm, hot, cool, etc. late, early, bed, nap, dinner, lunch,
Example: "It was a hot day" or "We eat day, morning, night, etc.
ice cream on hot days." Example: "She had an early start."

Purpose
These adjectives often end with "-ing". Example: "She gave them a sleeping bag."

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