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tremendous
extraordinarily large in extent or amount or power
famished
extremely hungry
gorgeous
dazzlingly beautiful
magnificent
characterized by grandeur
resplendent
having great beauty
dazzling
amazingly impressive
spectacular
sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
gigantic
exceedingly large or extensive
splendid
characterized by grandeur
glorious
having or deserving or conferring high honor
fabulous
extremely pleasing
splendiferous
extraordinarily grand or impressive
drop-dead
extremely
ravenous
extremely hungry
outstanding
of major significance or importance
delightful
greatly pleasing or entertaining
gripping
capable of arousing and holding the attention
brilliant
full of light; shining intensely
awesome
inspiring admiration or wonder
amazing
inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
incredible
amazing; extraordinarily good or great
terrific
extraordinarily good or great
fantastic
extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance
ludicrously
so as to arouse or deserve laughter
laughable
inviting ridicule and derision; absurd
marvellous
extraordinarily good or great
appalling
causing shock, dismay, or horror
dreadful
exceptionally bad or displeasing
devastating
wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction
horrible
shockingly frightful or awful
excruciating
extremely painful
feasible
capable of being done with means at hand
compelling
capable of arousing and holding the attention
implausible
highly imaginative but unlikely
incredulous
not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
contentment
happiness with one's situation in life
immense
unusually great in size or amount or extent or scope
invaluable
having incalculable monetary or intellectual worth
fervent
characterized by intense emotion
pushy
marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative
austere
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
taut
pulled or drawn tight
awkward
lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
adverse
in an opposing direction
astonishing
so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
staggering
so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
stupefying
making physically stupid or dull or insensible
amusing
providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining
exhilarating
making lively and joyful
elating
making lively and joyful
thrilling
causing a surge of emotion or excitement
incredibly
exceedingly; extremely
ludicrous
inviting ridicule

Created on November 14, 2011

List of 228 Common Adjectives

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Adjectives modify perhaps the most common words in the English language, nouns. With a list of common adjectives at hand, you can effectively describe your surroundings in detail. The words on this list of 228 adjectives can all be used to describe feelings or the appearance of objects and can also make it easy to describe yourself, your surroundings and your favorite things.

A-D List of Adjective Words

The first part of this list features commonly used adjectives from the first four letters of the alphabet.

adorable	adventurous	aggressive
agreeable	alert	alive
amused	angry	annoyed
annoying	anxious	arrogant
ashamed	attractive	average
awful	bad	beautiful
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

E-K Adjectives List

There are plenty more often-used adjectives that start with letters in the next part of the alphabet. Review these adjective words that begin with the letters “e” through “k.”

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

L-S Adjective Words

Moving forward in alphabetical order, there are still many more adjectives appropriate for use in everyday conversation. Explore these common words that start with the letters between “l” and “s.”

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

T-Z List of Adjectives

There are plenty more common adjectives throughout the remainder of the alphabet. Explore these common words that start with the letters between “t” and “z.”

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

Printable Adjectives List

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Why Use an Adjective List?

Whether you are a native English speaker or you are learning English as a second language, using an adjective list like this one can help you expand your language skills and organize your learning.

Using an adjective list can help you build a more advanced vocabulary and build your ability to use descriptive language. This, in turn, will allow you to become a more effective writer and speaker.
People who are learning a foreign language often make a list of common descriptive words to study in order to expand their vocabulary beyond just basic nouns and verbs in the new language.

Expand Your Descriptive Language Skills

While a list of 228 adjectives sounds like a lot, these are actually just a few examples of the many adjectives in the English language. When you’re ready to build out an even more extensive vocabulary of descriptive words, explore this list of more than 125 positive adjectives. Put a positive spin on your whole day with these uplifting descriptive words. Then, discover adjectives that describe tone, feelings and emotions. Get ready to boost your creativity and start building up your list of adjective words today!

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[əˈfreɪd]

afraid [əˈlaɪv]

alive

[ˈæŋgri]

angry

[ˈɔːfəl]

awful

ugly

[bæd]

bad

[ˈbjuːtɪfəl]

beautiful

garni

[bɪg]

big

great

[bɔːd]

bored

boring

[breɪv]

brave

Khorobry

[braɪt]

bright

[ˈbrəukən]

broken

[ˈbɪzi]

busy

[kɑːm]

calm

[ˈkeəfəl]

careful

[kliːn]

clean

[klɪər]

clear

[ˈklevər]

clever

[kəʊld]

cold

[ˈkʌmpfətəbl̩]

comfortable

handy

[ˈkreɪzi]

crazy

divine

[ˈkruːəl]

cruel

[ˈkjʊəriəs]

curious

drunk

[ˈdeɪndʒərəs]

dangerous

unsafe

[dɑːk]

dark

[ded]

dead

[dɪˈprest]

depressed

[dɪˈtɜːmɪnd]

determined

[ˈdɪfərənt]

different

other

[ˈdɪfɪkəlt]

difficult

important

[ˈdə:tɪ]

dirty

brudny

[dɪˈstɜːbd]

disturbed

[draɪ]

dry

[ˈə:lɪ]

early

[ˈiːzi]

easy

[ɪmˈbærəst]

embarrassed

[ɪnˌθjuːziˈæstɪk]

enthusiastic

[ˈiːvəl]

evil

[ɪkˈsaɪtɪd]

excited

[fɒls]

false

hibny

[ˈfeɪməs]

famous

home

[fɑːst]

fast

[faɪn]

fine

miracle

[ˈfu:lɪʃ]

foolish

[freʃ]

fresh

[ˈfriendli]

friendly

[ˈfʌni]

funny

[gʊd]

good

[ˈhæpi]

happy

[hɑːd]

hard

heavy

[ˈhelθi]

healthy

[ˌhaɪˈpɪtʃt]

high-pitched

[hɒt]

hot

[hjuːdʒ]

huge

[ˈhʌŋgri]

hungry

[ɪmˈpɔːtənt]

important

[ɪmˈpɒsɪbl̩]

impossible

[lɑːdʒ]

large

[leɪt]

late

[ˈlɪtl]

little

[ˈləʊnli]

lonely

self

[lɒŋ]

long

[laud]

loud

[ˈlʌvli]

lovely

charming

[ˈlʌki]

lucky

[ˈnærəʊ]

narrow

[nju:]

new

[naɪs]

nice

[ˈnɔɪzi]

noisy

galaslivy

[əʊld]

old

[ˈpɜːfekt]

perfect

[ˈplezənt]

pleasant

welcome

[pɔːr]

poor

weekday

[praʊd]

proud

[kwɪk]

quick

[kwaɪət]

quiet

[rɪəl]

real

[rɪtʃ]

rich

[seɪf]

safe

careless

[skeəd]

scared

[ʃɔːt]

short

[ʃaɪ]

shy

rubbish

[ˈsaɪlənt]

silent

[ˈsɪli]

silly

bad

[sləʊ]

slow

[smɔːl]

small

[sɔft]

soft

[ˈstjuːpɪd]

stupid

[səkˈsesfəl]

successful

[tɔːl]

tall

[ˈteɪsti]

tasty

[ˈterəbl̩]

terrible

stingy

[ˈtaɪni]

tiny

[taɪəd]

tired

[ˈʌgli]

ugly

indulgence

[ʌnˈhæpɪ]

unhappy

[wi:k]

weak

[ˈwɪkɪd]

wicked

[waɪd]

wide

[ˈwʌrid]

worried

anxious

[jʌŋ]

young

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150 basic English adjectives

After articles with lists of popular English verbs and nouns, we move on to commonly used adjectives! Now you have a whole set to build simple English sentences on your own.