Simple Adjectives

Simple adjectives, as their name suggests, are the most basic kind of descriptive
adjectives. They function to express quality.
Aspects such as feelings, time, sound, quantity, taste, appearance, size, age, color,
shape, and material are expressed through simple adjectives. The following table
highlights some common examples:
aggressive alert alive ancient

anxious arrow attractive average

bad beautiful beige better

big bitter black blue

brown bumpy busy careful

cheap chestnut clear cold

combative cool cotton crazy

crooked crystal dangerous dead

delicious dim drab dry

dull dusty elderly excited

expensive fancy fat few

filthy fresh fuzzy giant

good graceful granite green

handsome happy hard harsh

hollow hot huge hungry

large lazy light long

low massive mellow melodic

miniscule modern new noisy

oak octagonal old orange

oval petite pink plain

plastic poor puny purple

quiet rainy red rich

right round sad safe

salty sane scared shallow

sharp shiny short shrill

shy skinny small soft

 solid sore sour square

steep sticky strong superior

sweet swift tan tart

teak teeny terrible tiny

tired tremendous triangular ugly

unusual weak weary wet

whispering white wild wooden

woolen wrong yellow young

Compound Adjectives
Compound adjectives are created when two words are combined to create a
descriptive adjective.
The two words are typically connected with a hyphen. The following table
provides some common examples of compound adjectives:

baby-faced bow-legged broken-hearted bull-headed

candy-stripped four-sided freckle-faced hard-hearted

hard-nosed heavy-handed high-heeled ice-cold

left-handed life-giving long-legged long-winded

next-door pigeon-toed red-blooded self-centered

short-tempered sure-footed thin-skinned tight-fisted

Proper Adjectives
The following table lists a number of descriptive adjectives that are derived from
proper nouns.
Nations, regions, and religions are common qualities described by proper
adjectives. Because they are derived from proper nouns, proper adjectives are
always capitalized. For example:
 American Antarctic Atlantic Buddhist

Californian Canadian Chinese Christian

Cuban Ecuadorian English French

German Greek Hindu Indonesian

Italian Mayan Mexican Pacific

Peruvian Roman Romanian Satanic

Spanish Turkish Victorian Welsh

DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES VOCABULARY

WORD LIST (460)

A Able, Abundant, Accepting, Accommodating, Active, Addictive,

Adequate, Aggressive, Amazing, Amiable, Amicable, Amusing,

Antagonistic, Anxious, Anxious, Apathetic, Aquatic, Arrogant, Articulate,

 Artistic, Attentive, Attractive, Authoritative, Awesome.

B Barren, Benevolent, Biodegradable, Blase, Bold, Bonding, Boorish,

Bountiful, Braggart, Brave, Brilliant, Buoyancy, Busy, Buzz.

C Callow, Captious, Caring, Celestial, Charm, Chaste, Cheat, Cheerful,

Churlish, Civil, Clean, Clever, Coastal, Cold, Colossal, Combustible,

Comfortable, Commercial, Communicative, Compact, Competitive,

Compulsive, Confident, Conflicted, Congenial, Conscientious,

Conservative, Considerate, Conspicuous, Contemptible, Contiguous,

Cooperative, Cordial, Courageous, Courteous, Covetous, Creative,

Critical, Critical, Crucial, Crude, Culpable, Curious, Current, Curt, Cynical.

D Decent, Decorous, Defensive, Deferential, Deft, Dejected, Delightful,

Demeaning, Demise, Dependable, Deplorable, Depressed, Destructive,

 Devious, Devoted, Dictatorial, Diligent, Diminutive, Diplomatic, Discreet,

Disdainful, Dishonesty, Dishonorable, Disposable, Disrespectful,

Distracted, Docile, Downcast, Dynamic, Dynamic.

E Earnest, Earthy, Ecological, Efficient, Egotistical, Electrifying, Elitist,

Empathetic, Endangered, Endemic, Energetic, Enigmatic, Enthusiastic,

Esteemed, Estimable, Ethical, Euphoric, Evergreen, Exclusive, Expectant,

Explosive, Exquisite, Extravagant, Extrovert, Exuberant.

F Fair, Faithful, Fallow, Falseness, Famous, Fancy, Ferocious, Fertile,

Fervent, Fervid, Fibrous, Fierce, Flexible, Focused, Forgiving, Forlorn,

Frailty.

G Generous, Genial, Genteel, Gentle, Genuine, Gifted, Gigantic, Glib,

Gloomy, Good, Gorgeous, Grace, Gracious, Grand, Grateful, Gravity,

 Green, Grouchy, Guilty, Guilty, Gusty.

H Happy, Hard-Hearted, Healing, Heedless, Helpfulness, Heroic, Honest,

Honorable, Hopeful, Hostile, Humane, Humble, Humorous, Hygienic,

Hysterical.

I Idealistic, Idolize, Ignoble, Ignorant, Ill-Tempered, Impartial, Impolite,

Improper, Imprudent, Impudent, Indecent, Indecorous, Indifference,

Indigenous, Industrious, Ingenuous, Innocent, Innovative, Insightful,

Insolent, Inspirational, Instructive, Insulting, Intense, Intense, Intense,

Intolerant, Introvert, Intuitive, Inventive, Investigative, Irascible,

Irresponsible.

J Jaundiced, Jealous, Jealous, Jocular, Jolly, Jovial, Joyful, Jubilant, Just,

Juvenile.
K Keen, Kind, Kindred, Knowledgeable.

L Liberal, Listener, Loathsome, Loving, Loyal.

M Magical, Magnificence, Magnificent, Malevolent, Malicious, Mammoth,

Manipulative, Marine, Mastery, Meddling, Meritorious, Meticulous,

Migratory, Minuscule, Miserable, Mistrustful, Modest, Moral, Mysterious.

N Naive, Nascent, Native, Natural, Natural, Nature, Needy, Nefarious,

Negative, Neglected, Neglectful, Negligent, Nice, Noble, Notorious.

O Obedient, Observant, Open, Open-Minded, Opinionated, Oppressive,

Orderly, Oriented, Original, Outrageous, Outspoken.

P Parasitic, Partial, Passionate, Patient, Perceptive, Personable, Personal,

Petulant, Pleasant, Poise, Polite, Pollutant, Popular, Popular, Powerful,

Prejudicial, Preposterous, Pretentious, Prideful, Principled, Pristine,

 Prompt, Proper, Punctual, Purposeful.

Q Quaint, Quarrelsome, Quick, Quiet, Quiet, Quirky.

R Radioactive, Rancorous, Rational, Reasonable, Reckless, Refined,

Reflective, Reliant, Remarkable, Remorseful, Renewable, Reproductive,

Repugnant, Resilient, Resilient, Resolute, Resourceful, Respectful,

Responsible, Responsive, Restorative, Reverent, Rotting, Rude, Ruthless.

S Sadness, Safe, Scornful, Scrumptious, Selfish, Sensible, Sensitive,

Sharing, Simple, Sober, Solar, Solemn, Solitary, Soluble, Sour, Spatial,

Special, Splendid, Splendid, Staunch, Staunch, Stern, Stunning,

Successful, Sullen, Superb, Superior, Supportive, Surly, Suspicious,

Sweet, Sympathetic.

T Tactful, Taint, Temperate, Temperate, Tenacious, Terrific, Testy,

 Thoughtful, Thoughtless, Tolerant, Towering, Toxic, Treacherous,

Tropical, Trustworthy, Truthful.

U Ultimate, Ultimate, Uncivil, Uncouth, Undeveloped, Unethical, Unfair,

Unique, Unique, United, Unity, Unmannerly, Unrefined, Unsavory,

Unworthy, Uplifting, Upright, Uproot, Upstanding.

V Valiant, Veracious, Versatile, Vicious, Vigilant, Vigilant, Vigorous, Vile,

Villainous, Virtuous, Visible, Visible, Vivacious, Vocal, Volatile,

Volunteering, Vulnerable.

W Warm, Wary, Waspish, Watchful, Welcoming, Wicked, Wild, Willingness,

Winning, Winsome, Wise, Wishy-Washy, Wistful, Witty, Woeful,

Wonderful, Worldwide, Worrier, Worthwhile, Worthy.

Y Yearning, Yielding, Yielding, Yourself, Youthful.

Z Zany, Zealot, Zealous, Zealous, Zero-Tolerant.