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List of Descriptive Words: Adjectives, Adverbs, & Participles

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Which is more intriguing — a dark, spooky night or a pitch-black, starless, ominous night? Would you rather eat a delicious cake or a mouthwatering, sugar-sweet chocolate cake? Using descriptive words makes readers feel like they’re in your scene instead of just reading it. When you’ve got the proper list of descriptive words, you can easily turn handsome into chiseled or pretty into dazzling.

Adjectives as Descriptive Words

Adjectives are descriptive words that modify nouns. They’re what you need to tell the difference between an acrobatic cat, a delirious cat, and a precious cat (or maybe a cat that’s all three). 

acrobatic

adorable

adventurous

bitter

boundless

bright

brilliant

brittle

delirious

diminutive

exultant

filthy

foolhardy

gregarious

intrepid

jocular

joyful

jubilant

keen

kooky

lanky

lazy

limp

lush

luxurious

macabre

magnanimous

mellow

miserable

nimble

nocturnal

opulent

ornate

ordinary

palatial

parsimonious

peevish

picturesque

potent

practical

precious

putrid

questionable

quirky

radiant

raspy

rustic

scornful

scrumptious

silky

sly

spider-like

spectacular

tentacular

tense

thorny

verdant

whimsical

woeful

zesty

Adverbs as Descriptive Words

Use an adverb to describe an action rather than a noun, or if you want to add even more detail to an adjective. Most adverbs end in -ly (though not all of them), and they’re helpful ways to strengthen your writing.

amusingly

angrily

apathetically

assertively

begrudgingly

blissfully

blithely

boldly

boisterously

chillingly

coyly

darkly

dazzlingly

deafeningly

dutifully

eagerly

facetiously

faintly

falteringly

frivolously

greedily

grimly

gloweringly

guiltily

hastily

hungrily

intelligently

kindly

lavishly

lazily

listlessly

masterfully

meagerly

methodically

naively

narrowly

neglectfully

nerve-wrackingly

numbly

offensively

passionately

pleasantly

pointlessly

quickly

rapidly

rashly

secretly

seriously

swiftly

tactfully

teasingly

tenderly

timorously

tragically

underhandedly

vacantly

vividly

weirdly

youthfully

zealously

Participles as Descriptive Words

You can even use verbs as describing words — although they’re called participles in that context. Past participles end in -ed or -en, present participles end in -ing, and they all look like descriptive words that you probably use all the time.

acclaimed

accomplished

amazing

amused

baby-faced

battered

beaten

bleeding

boring

broken

blushing

bow-legged

captivating

cluttered

confusing

chosen

complicated

condemned

crystallized

customized

dazzling

depressed

disgusting

distressing

disturbing

dreaming

driven

dyed

embarrassing

exciting

far-reaching

fascinated

freckled

frustrating

hard-hearted

humiliating

interesting

irritating

lying

melted

mouthwatering

peaked

puzzling

relaxing

riveting

satisfied

scared

scented

shocking

sickening

side-splitting

staggering

sweeping

tattered

threatening

thrilled

tired

towering

weathered

wrinkled

Using Descriptive Words in Your Writing

Descriptive words help paint a picture in the reader's mind. The sentence "It was windy," might give the reader information, but it's not very descriptive. Consider how much imagery you can add with the words gusty, torrential, breezy, or windswept in front of your nouns.

Using descriptive words can:

  • bring characters to life in a novel or short story
  • sell an item in a product advertisement
  • convince an audience in a persuasive writing piece
  • explain the setting of a news story
  • provide instructions for a DIY project

Using illustrative descriptors makes your writing impossible to put down. Whether you're using descriptive words in poetry or informational writing, there are always opportunities to make sentences more vivid.

Describing Our World With Words

When it comes to using descriptive words, variety is key. Go beyond the list of adjectives, adverbs, and participles above to help you set the scene with just the right imagery.

  • Appeal to your readers' senses with a list of strong sensory words.
  • Use descriptive words for scents to describe pleasant (or unpleasant) smells.
  • Describe an aquatic scene with water words for descriptive writing.
  • Learn to describe a person’s (or character’s) physical appearance.
  • Choose the right descriptive words to describe someone’s personality.
  • Paint a delicious picture with descriptive language for food.

700+ Describing Words in English (with Useful Examples) • 7ESL

When speaking or writing in the English language you are going to need to use descriptive words. But what are these types of describing words and how can we use them? We will look at the answers to these questions and look at examples of the different types of descriptive words.

You may be tired of always using the same adjectives and are in desperate need to add some new ones to your vocabulary. If that’s the case, then you’re in the right place! Here we will be sharing with you, the most common descriptive words and describing words. As well as, how to use gerunds, verbs, and nouns as descriptive words.

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Descriptive Words,

Describing Words

What Is A Descriptive Word?

A descriptive word is a word that is used to describe something, that something could be a person, a place, a situation, or an item amongst other things. These words enable you to better explain the condition of something, for example, if you were talking about a person, you might use descriptive words to explain how that person looks. If you were talking about a country, you would use descriptive words to talk about the size of the country for example.

A descriptive word can also help you to intensify the meaning of a word or phrase.

Learn 250 Useful Descriptive Words to Improve Your General Fluency in English

Types of Describing Words

What types of descriptive words are there? There are two main types of descriptive words. Adjectives and adverbs. Adjectives are extremely important and useful in the English language. They have been around for many years, largely influential people like Shakespeare invented many during his time on Earth. They provide us with the access to describe the things around us, which comes in handy in many situations. For example, if you’re going to see a doctor about a specific issue, you’ll need to be able to describe it. If you’re writing a story, adjectives will help your audience to visualize your story more vividly. If you looking to complement or describe someone, adjectives are crucial.

Gerunds, verbs, and nouns can also be used as descriptive words. Let’s look at each of these types of descriptive words in a little more detail.

Descriptive Adjectives

An adjective is used to modify or describe a noun. The adjective can give more information about a noun such as things like its size, shape, texture, or color.

An adjective is useful when there is a selection of the same objects which have subtle differences, for example, if there were a group of fish, each one a different color. You are asked ‘which fish do you like?’ You can reply to this question by simply using the adjective, and you could say ‘the blue one.’

Here are a few examples of adjectives in use:

  • The woman is tall.
  • That car is rather large.
  • There is a red card on the table.
  • I prefer the hot weather.
  • It is a bit damp in the garden shed.
  • The man is American.
  • We like to go to the pretty forest.
  • The beach is clean.
  • Our hotel was luxurious.
  • I found the subject to be tiresome.
  • The Harry Potter books were magical.
  • The bird is beautiful.
  • There will be a solar eclipse next week.

It is worth noting that an adjective is likely end with the following letters:

  • -al-typical, maniacal
  • -an-Australian, urban
  • -ar-popular, clear, lunar
  • -ent-decent, magnificent
  • -ful-beautiful, blissful
  • -ic-athletic, majestic
  • -ical-magical, fantastical
  • -ine-feminine, ovine
  • -ile-immobile, juvenile
  • -ive-aggressive, adaptive
  • -less-colourless, thoughtless
  • -ous-ginormous, luminous
  • -some-awesome, boresome

However, as with many grammar rules there are exceptions and so sometimes an adjective might not fall into one of these categories. Some of the less common endings for adjectives can be -ing, -er, -y, -ary, -ate.

These types of descriptive words can appear anywhere in a sentence.

Descriptive Adverbs

An adverb is the other type of descriptive word that we are going to look at. An adverb is a word which can further explain an adjective or many other types of words such as verbs, phrases, sentences or even other adverbs. This type of descriptive word is more often than not, placed directly before or after the verb in the sentence you are creating. Usually, you will find that an adverb ends in the letters -ly, but as with the adjectives, this rule can waiver from time to time and not all adverbs will end in these letters.

Here are some examples of adverbs in a sentence:

  • The supercar drives quickly.
  • My cat mewed hungrily.
  • The girls sang happily.
  • Parrots speak noisily.
  • Farmers work messily.
  • He rapidly swam across the ocean.
  • My daughter dutifully brings me my slippers every night.
  • The girl sang the opera beautifully.
  • I find that he draws terribly.
  • The cow is enormously heavy.
  • She always drives her car carefully.

You can also use two adverbs together to form an adverb phrase, here are some examples of this.

  • I saw a dog walking very carefully along a beam.
  • I find language learning incredibly easy.

The words many, much, very, and more can also be used as adverbs, in an example like one of the following;

  • Many people will visit the park today.
  • I find it very annoying.
  • Much of the food was eaten.
  • I like to have more time to sleep.

An adverb is used to intensify the meaning of a word, quite often an adjective, and to add more information about it.

Gerunds, Verbs, Nouns Used As Descriptive Words

Gerunds Used As Descriptive Words

Encase you’re unfamiliar with gerunds; a gerund is verb ending in -ing, which acts as a noun. Some examples of gerunds are: asking and running. If used correctly, these words can be used as adjectives by modifying adverbs.

Here are some examples of how to use gerunds as descriptive words:

– “Many countries still do not have access to running water”

– “I love Autumn because of all the falling leaves”

– “Do you have any interesting book suggestions”

– “My family is buying a swimming pool for the Summer”

– “The food at school is disgusting

Verbs Used As Descriptive Words

Verbs are used to describe actions, states and occurrences. Commonly used verbs include: achieve, limit and receive. Verbs ending in -ed and -ing used to describe, can be disguised as adjectives. Another way would be to use a verb to modify a noun or a pronoun.

Here are some examples of how to use verbs as descriptive words:

– “Her story was extremely puzzling

– “I am so satisfied with my work”

– “I’m just always bored for some reason”

– “Never go near a smiling crocodile”

– “My dad is going to repair our broken porch”

Nouns Used As Descriptive Words

A noun is a word which is used to identify specific things, this could be a place or an animal, even an object. To use a noun as a descriptive word, you will have to use it to modify another noun. This is called an adjectival noun or noun modifying.

Here are some examples of how to use nouns as descriptive words:

– “I love race cars”

– “I bought my son a bed in the shape of a sports car”

– “Good always wins and bad always loses”

– “The ugly is on its way”

– “The rich should help the poor

Descriptive Words

Most Common Descriptive Words/Describing Words From A-Z

Descriptive Words that Start with A
  • Abandoned
  • Abnormal
  • Abundant
  • Abusive
  • Academic
  • Acceptable
  • Accomplished
  • Achy
  • Active
  • Adaptable
  • Adorable
  • Adventurous
  • Affordable
  • Alert
  • Ambitious
  • Amused
  • Arrogant
Descriptive Words that Start with B
  • Babyish
  • Baffling
  • Baggy
  • Balanced
  • Basic
  • Beaming
  • Beautified
  • Beneficial
  • Bewildered
  • Blue-Eyed
  • Blushing
  • Boisterous
  • Bookish
  • Brainy
  • Brash
  • Brilliant
  • Brittle
Descriptive Words that Start with C
  • Calculating
  • Calm
  • Captivating
  • Carefree
  • Casual
  • Cautious
  • Cerulean
  • Charismatic
  • Charming
  • Cheerful
  • Clever
  • Combative
  • Comfortable
  • Courageous
  • Creative
  • Crisp
  • Cyan
Descriptive Words that Start with D
  • Damaged
  • Dangerous
  • Dark
  • Decent
  • Deep
  • Defeated
  • Delicious
  • Delighted
  • Deluxe
  • Depressed
  • Determined
  • Different
  • Discreet
  • Diverse
  • Divine
  • Dominant
  • Dynamic
Descriptive Words that Start with E
  • Eager
  • Earthly
  • Easy-Going
  • Efficacious
  • Effortless
  • Elegant
  • Emotional
  • Empty
  • Enchanting
  • Enraged
  • Enthusiastic
  • Equable
  • Evanescent
  • Exciting
  • Exemplary
  • Exuberant
  • Eye-catching
Descriptive Words that Start with F
  • Fabulous
  • Factual
  • Faithful
  • Fake
  • Famous
  • Fancy
  • Fascinating
  • Fashionable
  • Fearless
  • Feisty
  • Fierce
  • Fine
  • Flawless
  • Flustered
  • Foreign
  • Free
  • Frightened
Descriptive Words that Start with G
  • Gaping
  • Generic
  • Generous
  • Gentle
  • Giant
  • Gifted
  • Glamorous
  • Gleaming
  • Gloomy
  • Glowing
  • Glum
  • Goal-oriented
  • Good-looking
  • Graceful
  • Grieving
  • Grumpy
  • Guarded
Descriptive Words that Start with H
  • Handed
  • Handsome
  • Harmful
  • Harmonious
  • Hasty
  • Hated
  • Hazel
  • Headstrong
  • Healthy
  • Heavenly
  • Helpful
  • Heroic
  • Hideous
  • High-spirited
  • Hilarious
  • Homely
  • Humongous
Descriptive Words that Start with I
  • Iconic
  • Icy
  • Ideal
  • Idealistic
  • Idolised
  • Illegal
  • Immortal
  • Immune
  • Impervious
  • Impossible
  • Improper
  • Inclined
  • Inexpensive
  • Inquisitive
  • Intense
  • Intriguing
  • Introverted
Descriptive Words that Start with J
  • Jaded
  • Jagged
  • Jam-packed
  • Jangling
  • Jarring
  • Jaunty
  • Jealous
  • Jeering
  • Jesting
  • Jewelled
  • Jittery
  • Jolly
  • Joyful
  • Joyous
  • Jubilant
  • Jumpy
  • Juvenile
Descriptive Words that Start with K
  • Kaleidoscopic
  • Kaput
  • Keeled
  • Keen
  • Keyless
  • Kind
  • Kindhearted
  • Kindly
  • Kindred
  • Kinetic
  • Kingly
  • Kissable
  • Klutzy
  • Knockout
  • Knotted
  • Knowledgeable
  • Known
Descriptive Words that Start with L
  • Ladylike
  • Lame
  • Lanky
  • Lawful
  • Lazy
  • Legendary
  • Lesser
  • Liberated
  • Licit
  • Lively
  • Livid
  • Lonely
  • Loud
  • Lovable
  • Lucky
  • Luxurious
  • Lyrical
Descriptive Words that Start with M
  • Macabre
  • Machiavellian
  • Mad
  • Magical
  • Magnanimous
  • Maladapted
  • Malefic
  • Malleable
  • Marvellous
  • Memorable
  • Mindful
  • Modern
  • Motionless
  • Motivated
  • Motivational
  • Musical
  • Mysterious
Descriptive Words that Start with N
  • Naive
  • Narcissistic
  • Narrow
  • Nasty
  • Native
  • Natural
  • Naughty
  • Nauseated
  • Nauseating
  • Nauseous
  • Neat
  • Necessary
  • Needed
  • Needy
  • Nervous
  • New
  • Nice
Descriptive Words that Start with O
  • Obedient
  • Obnoxious
  • Obscure
  • Observant
  • Odd
  • Odorous
  • Official
  • Old-fashioned
  • Openhearted
  • Open-minded
  • Original
  • Outgoing
  • Out-of-this-world
  • Outrageous
  • Overjoyed
  • Overprotective
  • Overthinker
Descriptive Words that Start with P
  • Panicky
  • Participant
  • Passionate
  • Patient
  • Peaceful
  • Perceptive
  • Perfect
  • Persistent
  • Personable
  • Petty
  • Placid
  • Playful
  • Powerful
  • Precious
  • Pretty
  • Professional
  • Proud
Descriptive Words that Start with Q
  • Quaint
  • Qualified
  • Quality
  • Quarrelsome
  • Queasy
  • Queer
  • Quenched
  • Querulous
  • Questionable
  • Questioning
  • Quick
  • Quiet
  • Quirky
  • Quiver
  • Quixotic
  • Quotable
Descriptive Words that Start with R
  • Rabid
  • Racy
  • Radiant
  • Radical
  • Radioactive
  • Rakish
  • Rampant
  • Rare
  • Raspy
  • Rational
  • Reachable
  • Real
  • Relieved
  • Repulsive
  • Respectable
  • Responsible
  • Romantic
Descriptive Words that Start with S
  • Sad
  • Safe
  • Salty
  • Sanctimonious
  • Sanguine
  • Sarcastic
  • Sassy
  • Scented
  • Scintillating
  • Sedentary
  • Self-assertive
  • Selfless
  • Sensitive
  • Silky
  • Sparkling
  • Splendid
  • Strange
Descriptive Words that Start with T
  • Talented
  • Talkative
  • Tall
  • Tantalising
  • Tasteful
  • Tasty
  • Tempting
  • Tenacious
  • Tender
  • Terrible
  • Thankful
  • Thoughtless
  • Tinted
  • Tolerant
  • Tremendous
  • Trustful
  • Trustworthy
Descriptive Words that Start with U
  • Uber
  • Ugly
  • Ulterior
  • Ultimate
  • Unaffected
  • Unbelievable
  • Unbroken
  • Uninterested
  • Universal
  • Unlucky
  • Unpleasant
  • Unused
  • Unusual
  • Up-front
  • Uptight
  • Useful
  • Utter
Descriptive Words that Start with V
  • Vainglorious
  • Valiant
  • Valid
  • Validatory
  • Valorous
  • Valuable
  • Vast
  • Vaulting
  • Versatile
  • Vibrant
  • Victorious
  • Vigilant
  • Vigorous
  • Vivacious
  • Vivid
  • Vociferous
Descriptive Words that Start with W
  • Wacky
  • Wanted
  • Warm
  • Warmhearted
  • Wasteful
  • Weak
  • Wealthy
  • Well-behaved
  • Whole
  • Wicked
  • Wide-awake
  • Wild
  • Witty
  • Wordy
  • Worrisome
  • Worshipful
  • Wrong
Descriptive Words that Start with X
  • Xanthospermous
  • Xanthous
  • Xebec
  • Xeme
  • Xenial
  • Xenodochial
  • Xenogeneic
  • Xeric
  • Xerothermic
  • Xylographic
  • Xystus
Descriptive Words that Start with Y
  • Yappy
  • Yawning
  • Yearly
  • Yeasty
  • Yellow
  • Yellowish
  • Yern
  • Yiddish
  • Yodelling
  • Young
  • Young-at-heart
  • Youthful
  • Yummy
Descriptive Words that Start with Z
  • Zaftig
  • Zany
  • Zazzy
  • Zealand
  • Zealful
  • Zealous
  • Zenithal
  • Zestful
  • Zesty
  • Zigzag
  • Zingy
  • Zionist
  • Zippy
  • Zoological
  • Zootrophic
  • Zymotic

List of Descriptive Words
Descriptive Adjectives

Here is a comprehensive list of descriptive adjectives.

  • abandoned
  • able
  • academic
  • active
  • admirable
  • adorable
  • adventurous
  • acclaimed
  • accomplished
  • acrobatic
  • afraid
  • aggresive
  • agile
  • alarmed
  • ample
  • amused
  • ancient
  • angelic
  • angry
  • babyish
  • bad
  • baggy
  • beloved
  • bewitched
  • bitter
  • blank
  • bleak
  • blind
  • boring
  • bouncy
  • brave
  • bright
  • brilliant
  • buoyant
  • burly
  • busy
  • buttery
  • buzzing
  • calm
  • carefree
  • careful
  • cautious
  • cavernous
  • chubby
  • classic
  • clean
  • clear
  • clever
  • cloudy
  • cluttered
  • coarse
  • clumsy
  • cold
  • colourful
  • comfortable
  • common
  • composed
  • concerned
  • conventional
  • crowded
  • cuddly
  • curly
  • damaged
  • dangerous
  • dark
  • dazzling
  • dear
  • decent
  • deep
  • defiant
  • delicious
  • delirious
  • demanding
  • dense
  • devoted
  • dim
  • dirty
  • disfigured
  • early
  • easy
  • adible
  • elastic
  • elderly
  • electric
  • elementary
  • embellished
  • emotional
  • empty
  • enchanted
  • energetic
  • ethical
  • euphoric
  • everlasting
  • evil
  • exotic
  • fashionable
  • faithful
  • famous
  • fancy
  • fatal
  • fearful
  • female
  • filthy
  • firm
  • flat
  • flawed
  • flustered
  • focused
  • foolhardy
  • gregarious
  • grim
  • handsome
  • handy
  • intelligent
  • intrepid
  • joyful
  • jubilant
  • keen
  • kooky
  • lanky
  • lazy
  • limp
  • luxurious
  • mediocre
  • mellow
  • miserable
  • nocturnal
  • naive
  • nasty
  • nautical
  • neat
  • needy
  • negative
  • nervous
  • nice
  • organic
  • ornate
  • ordinary
  • powerless
  • practical
  • precious
  • puzzled
  • questionable
  • quirky
  • ragged
  • rapid
  • ready
  • recent
  • red
  • regal
  • reliable
  • sad
  • sandy
  • sane
  • scarce
  • scented
  • scornful
  • secret
  • selfish
Descriptive Adverbs

Now we have a list of adverbs.

  • accidentally
  • awkwardly
  • always
  • anxiously
  • angrily
  • apathetically
  • amusingly
  • assertively
  • badly
  • blindly
  • boastfully
  • boldly
  • bravely
  • brightly
  • begrudgingly
  • blissfully
  • cheerfully
  • coyly
  • cooly
  • crazily
  • defiantly
  • deftly
  • deliberately
  • devotedly
  • doubtfully
  • dramatically
  • dutifully
  • eagerly
  • elegantly
  • enormously
  • evenly
  • eventually
  • exactly
  • faithfully
  • finally
  • foolishly
  • faintly
  • frequently
  • frivolously
  • gleefully
  • gracefully
  • greedily
  • happily
  • hastily
  • honestly
  • hopelessly
  • hourly
  • hungrily
  • innocently
  • inquisitively
  • irritably
  • intelligently
  • jealously
  • justly
  • kindly
  • lazily
  • loosely
  • madly
  • merrily
  • mortally
  • mysteriously
  • meagerly
  • methodically
  • neglectfully
  • nervously
  • never
  • normally
  • obediently
  • obnoxiously
  • occasionally
  • often
  • only
  • perfectly
  • politely
  • poorly
  • powerfully
  • promptly
  • pointlessly
  • quickly
  • rapidly
  • rarely
  • regularly
  • rashly
  • rudely
  • safely
  • seldom
  • selfishly
  • seriously
  • shakily
  • sharply
  • silently
  • slowly
  • solemnly
  • sometimes
  • speedily
  • sternly
  • tactfully
  • tragically
  • technically
  • tediously
  • unexpectedly
  • usually
  • vacantly
  • victoriously
  • vivaciously
  • vividly
  • warmly
  • wearily
  • weekly
  • wildly
  • weirdly
  • yearly
  • youthfully
  • zealously

Synonyms for Common Descriptive Words

INTERESTING
  • Absorbing
  • Amusing
  • Captivating
  • Compelling
  • Diverting
  • Engaging
  • Engrossing
  • Entertaining
  • Enthralling
  • Fascinating
  • Gripping
  • Intriguing
  • Riveting
  • Striking
AMAZING
  • Astonishing
  • Awesome
  • Breathtaking
  • Brilliant
  • Extraordinary
  • Fabulous
  • Fantastic
  • Incredible
  • Marvelous
  • Overwhelming
  • Phenomenal
  • Prodigious
  • Remarkable
  • Significant
  • Spectacular
  • Staggering
  • Stunning
  • Stupendous
  • Tremendous
  • Unbelievable
  • Unexpected
  • Unimaginable
  • Wonderful
NICE
  • Admirable
  • Amiable
  • Charming
  • Congenial
  • Considerate
  • Courteous
  • Delightful
  • Enjoyable
  • Gracious
  • Kind
  • Lovely
  • Pleasant
  • Pleasing
  • Pleasurable
GREAT
  • Awesome
  • Excellent
  • Exceptional
  • Extraordinary
  • Incredible
  • Magnificent
  • Marvelous
  • Outstanding
  • Phenomenal
  • Spectacular
  • Superb
  • Superior
  • Terrific
  • Wonderful
HAPPY
  • Amused
  • Blissful
  • Bright
  • Charmed
  • Cheerful
  • Contented
  • Delighted
  • Eager
  • Ecstatic
  • Elated
  • Enthusiastic
  • Excited
  • Exultant
  • Glad
  • Gleeful
  • Hopeful
  • Joyful
  • Loving
  • Marvelous
  • Merry
  • Optimistic
  • Overjoyed
  • Pleased
  • Positive
  • Satisfied
  • Thrilled
GOOD
  • Amazing
  • Excellent
  • Exceptional
  • Fantastic
  • Marvelous
  • Outstanding
  • Pleasant
  • Splendid
  • Stupendous
  • Super
  • Terrific
  • Wonderful
FUNNY
  • Amusing
  • Comical
  • Droll
  • Entertaining
  • Farcical
  • Gleeful
  • Goofy
  • Hilarious
  • Humorous
  • Hysterical
  • Jocular
  • Laughable
  • Ludicrous
  • Nonsensical
  • Sidesplitting
  • Whimsical
BAD
  • Awful
  • Crummy
  • Despicable
  • Disagreeable
  • Disgraceful
  • Dreadful
  • Horrible
  • Lousy
  • Nasty
  • Naughty
  • Outrageous
  • Rotten
  • Terrible
  • Unpleasant
  • Wicked
  • Wretched
SMALL
  • Diminutive
  • Little
  • Mini
  • Miniature
  • Minute
  • Petite
  • Skimpy
  • Slight
  • Teeny-weeny
  • Tiny
  • Wee
IMPORTANT
  • Consequential
  • Critical
  • Crucial
  • Decisive
  • Essential
  • Eventful
  • Extensive
  • Far-reaching
  • Fundamental
  • Great
  • Imperative
  • Key
  • Major
  • Paramount
  • Serious
  • Significant
  • Substantial
  • Urgent
  • Vital
RICH
  • Affluent
  • Deep-pocketed
  • Fat cat
  • Flush
  • In the money
  • Loaded (Slang)
  • Moneyed
  • Opulent
  • Prosperous
  • Wealthy
  • Well-fixed
  • Well-heeled
  • Well-off/better off (informal)
  • Well-to-do
SAD
  • Blue
  • Cheerless
  • Dejected
  • Depressed
  • Desperate
  • Discouraged
  • Disgusted
  • Downcast
  • Forlorn
  • Frustrated
  • Gloomy
  • Hateful
  • Heartbroken
  • Heavy
  • Melancholy
  • Miserable
  • Mournful
  • Somber
  • Sorrowful
  • Tearful
  • Unhappy
  • Upset
  • Weepy
  • Woeful
  • Wretched
KIND
  • Amiable
  • Attentive
  • Avuncular
  • Benevolent
  • Benign (formal)
  • Caring
  • Compassionate
  • Congenial
  • Considerate
  • Friendly
  • Generous
  • Gentle
  • Gracious
  • Kindhearted
  • Nice
  • Sympathetic
  • Thoughtful
ATTRACTIVE
  • Alluring
  • Beautiful
  • Cute
  • Glamorous
  • Good-looking
  • Gorgeous
  • Handsome
  • Lovely
  • Pretty
  • Stunning
REALLY
  • Certainly
  • Easily
  • Genuinely
  • Honestly
  • Positively
  • Precisely
  • Truly
  • Undoubtedly
  • Unmistakably
  • Unquestionably
  • Verily
VERY
  • Absolutely
  • Acutely
  • Awfully (informal)
  • Decidedly
  • Deeply
  • Eminently
  • Exceedingly
  • Excessively
  • Greatly
  • Highly
  • Jolly (Br. E)
  • Noticeably
  • Particularly
  • Profoundly
EXTREMELY
  • Really
  • Remarkably
  • Seriously
  • Significantly
  • Singularly
  • Supremely
  • Terribly
  • Terrifically
  • Thoroughly
  • Tremendously
  • Truly
  • Uncommonly
  • Unusually
NORMALLY
  • Almost always
  • As a general rule
  • As a rule
  • By and large
  • Commonly
  • For the most part
  • Generally
  • In general
  • In the general run of things
  • Mainly
  • Most of the time
  • Mostly
  • Ordinarily
  • Usually
QUICKLY
  • Swiftly
  • Rapidly
  • Hurriedly
  • Speedily
  • Fast
  • Quick
  • Hastily
  • Briskly
  • At high speed
  • Apace (literary)
  • At full speed
SERIOUSLY
  • All joking aside
  • Honestly
  • In earnest
  • No joking (informal)
  • Sincerely
  • To be serious
  • Truly
  • Truthfully
KINDLY
  • Affectionately
  • Agreeably
  • Cordially
  • Generously
  • Graciously
  • Helpfully
  • Lovingly
  • Obligingly
  • Politely
  • Tenderly
  • Thoughtfully
FINALLY
  • At last
  • At length
  • At long last
  • At the end of the day
  • At the last
  • At the last moment
  • Eventually
  • In the end
  • In the long run
  • Ultimately
  • In conclusion
ONLY
  • At a push
  • At most
  • But
  • Just
  • Merely
  • No more than
  • Nothing but
  • Purely
  • Simply

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150 basic English adjectives

After listing popular English verbs and nouns, we're moving on to commonly used adjectives! Now you have a whole set to build simple English sentences on your own.

The new list consists of 150 adjectives that I propose to master first. I remind you that I choose words using official sources, for example: Oxford Dictionaries, Macmillan Dictionary.

Remember that there is no grammatical gender in English, so the same adjective is suitable for any person, animal, or object.

Listen to the sound of each word and repeat it aloud. If you don’t remember the adjective well or the word is completely new to you, write it down in a notebook and make up your own phrases.

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[eər]

air

air

[ˈænɪməl]

animal

animal

[ˈænsər]

answer

answer

[ˈeəriə]

area

area

[bɜːd]

bird

bird

[ˈbɒdi]

body

body

[bʊk]

book

book

[ˈbɔtəm]

bottom

bottom

[bɔɪ]

boy

boy

[ˈbrʌðər]

brother

brother

[kɑːr]

car

car

[tʃaɪld]

child

child

[ˈtʃɪldrən]

children

children

[ˈsɪti]

city

city

[klɑ:s]

class

class

[ˈkʌlə]

color

color

[ˈkʌntri]

country

country

[deɪ]

day

day

[dɒg]

dog

dog

[dɔːr]

door

door

[iːst]

east

east

[ɪɡˈzɑ:mpl]

example

example

[aɪ]

eye

eye

[feɪs]

face

face

[ˈfæməli]

family

family

[fɑːm]

farm

farm

[ˈfɑːðər]

father

father

[fi:t]

feet [faɪər]

fire

fire

[fɪʃ]

fish

fish

[fuːd]

food

food

[fʊt]

foot [friend]

friend

friend

[gɜːl]

girl

girl

[hænd]

[hed]

head

head

[həum]

home

home

[hɔːs]

horse

horse

[haʊs]

house

dwelling

[aɪˈdɪə]

idea

idea

[kɪŋ]

king

king

[lænd]

land

land

[ˈletə]

letter

letter

[laɪf]

life

life

[laɪn]

line

line

[lɪst]

list

list

[lʌv]

love

love

[men]

men

men

[ˈmʌni]

money

money

[mʌnθ]

month

month

[ˈmʌðər]

mother

mother

[ˈmaʊntɪn]

mountain

mountain

[neɪm]

name

name

[naɪt]

night

night

[nɔːθ]

north

north

[ˈnʌmbər]

number

number

[ˈɔːdər]

order

order

[peɪdʒ]

page

page

[ˈpeɪpər]

paper

paper

[pen]

pen

pen

[ˈpi:pl]

people

people

[ˈpə:sn]

person

person

[fəʊn]

phone

Telephone

[ˈpɪktʃər]

picture

picture

[pi:s]

piece

piece

[pleɪs]

place

seat

[plɑːnt]

plant

plant

[ˈprɔbləm]

problem

Problem

[ˈprɒdʌkt]

product

product

[ˈkwestʃən]

question

question

[ˈrɪvər]

river

river

[rɒk]

rock

Rock

[enːm]

room

room

[skuːl]

school

school

[ˈsaɪ.


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