Reference List of Adjectives
This is a comprehensive list of adjectives but it may not be the complete list.
Other adjectives
alive =
brave =
beautiful =
busy
calm
careful
cheerful
clean
clear
clever
cloudy
clumsy
colorful
comfortable
crazy
creepy
cruel
cute
dark
dead
different
difficult
easy
evil
expensive
More sentences with Adjectives
arrogant
attractive =
adorable =
adventurous =
aggressive =
agreeable =
alert =
amused
annoyed
anxious
ashamed
average
awful
better
bewildered
black
bloody
blue
blue-eyed
blushing
bored
brainy
brave
breakable
bright
busy
calm
careful
cautious
charming
cheerful
clean
clear
clever
cloudy
clumsy
colorful
combative
comfortable
concerned
condemned
confused
cooperative
courageous
crazy
creepy
crowded
cruel
curious
cute
dangerous
dark
dead
defeated
defiant
delightful
depressed
determined
different
difficult
disgusted
distinct
disturbed
dizzy
doubtful
drab
dull
eager
easy
elated
elegant
embarrassed
enchanting
encouraging
energetic
enthusiastic
envious
evil
excited
expensive
exuberant
fair
faithful
famous
fancy
fantastic
fierce
filthy
fine
foolish
fragile
frail
frantic
friendly
frightened
funny
gentle
gifted
glamorous
gleaming
glorious
good
gorgeous
graceful
grieving
grotesque
grumpy
handsome
happy
healthy
helpful
helpless
hilarious
homeless
homely
horrible
hungry
hurt
ill
important
impossible
inexpensive
innocent
inquisitive
itchy
jealous
jittery
jolly
joyous
kind
lazy
light
lively
lonely
long
lovely
lucky
magnificent
misty
modern
motionless
muddy
mushy
mysterious
nasty
naughty
nervous
nice
nutty
obedient
obnoxious
odd
old-fashioned
open
outrageous
outstanding
panicky
perfect
plain
pleasant
poised
poor
powerful
precious
prickly
proud
putrid
puzzled
quaint
real
relieved
repulsive
rich
scary
selfish
shiny
shy
silly
sleepy
smiling
smoggy
sore
sparkling
splendid
spotless
stormy
strange
stupid
successful
super
talented
tame
tasty
tender
tense
terrible
thankful
thoughtful
thoughtless
tired
tough
troubled
ugliest
ugly
uninterested
unsightly
unusual
upset
uptight
vast
victorious
vivacious
wandering
weary
wicked
wide-eyed
wild
witty
worried
worrisome
wrong
zany
zealous
Use of the — the good girl
The naughty boy
Adjectives also have comparative and superlative
The fattest boy
The tallest man
The shortest woman is —
He is famous
He is more famous
He is most famous
As talented as
He is a talented boy
Adi is as talented as Amit
Some questions
Few answers
A lot of water
Some adjectives come before nouns
Common adjective = elder, eldest, live, main
My elder sister = dont use = my sister is elder – you cannot say that my sister is elder to me it is wrong … you should say my sister is older to me
There are live fishes in the aquarium = the fishes are liveXX
This is the main road = The is main XXX
Ashamed afraid alone asleep awake are some adjectives we cannot use before noun
Ashamed man
Afraid boy
Alone girl
Asleep baby
Awake brother
There are many others… how should we say this without creating confusion – should we even say this.
Adjectives after find / make / keep
I find this artifact interesting
Reading makes me sleepy / or reading makes him sleepy
Coffee keeps me awake or her awake
Any every some = thing, body, one, where
After = anything exciting
Let’s go somewhere quiet
Did you do anything exciting yesterday
Was there anybody famous at the party
The + adjectives
The unemployed
The blind
The disabled
The old
The poor
The rich
We help the blind
Give money to the poor =
Always plural
Use with pronouns:
There is a small dog in the garden
I have new shoes
My new shoes are on the rack
The shoes are on the rack
Use later with verbs
Feeling cold
Smells nice etc
Jane is feeling cold = Jane noun | cold = adjective | is feeling = verb === this could also be part of present continuous.
The flower smells nice: = The = article | flower = noun | smells = verb | nice = adjective
Common Adjectives
Size
Big small
Tall short
Long
Colours
Black
Blue
Green
Red
Yellow
Brown
Orange
White
Feeling
Hot cold
Warm cool
Humid dry
Wet
Clean
Dirty
Taste
Sweet
Bitter
Sour
Spicy
Hot
Salty
Speed
Fast
Slow
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh
Eighth
Ninth
Tenth
Eleventh
Twelfth
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve