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Adjectives
An adjective is a word that describes something (a noun or a pronoun). In the phrase, "the black cat" the word black is an adjective because it describes the cat.A list of adjectives:
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-a- able adorable adventurous acidic afraid aggressive aggreeable ajar alert alive amazing amused amusing ancient ashamed attractive average awesome awful -b- bad beautiful beneficial better best big bite-sized bitter black black-and-white blushing boiling bouncy brave breakable brief bright broken brown bumpy bustling busy -c- calculating calm careful careless caring charming chubby cheap cheerful clean clear closed cloudy clumsy cluttered cold colorful comfortable concerned cool cooperative coordinated courageous crazy creepy |
crooked crowded cuddly cumbersome curly curvy cute -d- damaged dangerous dark dazzling dead deep defiant delicious delightful delirious descriptive deserted disastrous disgusting dreary different difficult dirty distinct dizzy drab dry dull -e- eager early easy elated elderly elegant embarrassed empty enchanted enchanting energetic envious equal even evil excellent excited exciting expensive extra-large extra-small -f- fair familiar famous fancy far far-flung fast fat fearful fearless filthy fine first flaky |
flat flimsy fluffy foolish frail free fresh friendly frightened frightening full fumbling funny fuzzy -g- giant gigantic gifted glamorous gleaming glistening glorious good gorgeous graceful grateful gray great greedy green grotesque gruesome grumpy gullible -h- handy happy hard hard-to-find hateful healthy heavenly heavy helpful helpless hideous high homely horrible hot hungry husky -i- icky icy ignorant ill-fated ill-informed impolite important incredible infamous insidious intelligent interesting irritating itchy |
-j- jealous jittery jolly joyous juicy jumpy -k- keen kind kindly -l- lame large last late lazy lean light limping little long long-term loose loud lovely loving low lucky lumpy -m- magnificent marvelous mammoth massive meaty meek mellow melodic messy milky miniature misty modern motionless mountainous muddy mundane murky mushy mysterious -n- narrow natural naughty near neat new next nice nimble nippy noisy normal nutritious nutty |
-o- obedient obese odd old old-fashioned open orange ordinary outgoing outrageous outstanding -p- pale paltry perfect plain plastic pleasant polite poised poor powerful precious pretty precious previous pricey prickly proud puny purple pushy puzzled puzzling -q- quaint quick quiet quirky -r- rapid rare real red remarkable rich rigid right ripe roasted robust rotten rough round rude -s- sad safe scared scary scrawny second second-hand selfish serious |
sharp shiny short shrill shy sick silent silky silly simple simplistic skinny sleepy slim slimy slippery slow small smart smoggy smooth soft solid sophisticated sore sour sparkling spicy spiffy spiteful spotless spotted square stale steep sticky stingy stormy strange straight striped strong stupendous stupid sturdy substantial super superb superficial sweet -t- tall tame tan tart tasty tedious tender tense terrific testy thankful thin third thirsty thoughtful tidy tight |
tiny tired tough tremendous tricky troubled truthful -u- ugly unequal uneven unhealthy unique unkempt unknown unnatural unruly unsightly untidy unused unusual unwieldy unwritten upset used useful useless -v- valuable vast victorious violet vivacious -w- warm watery wealthy weak weary well-groomed well-made well-off well-to-do wet white whole wicked wide wide-eyed wiggly wild windy witty wonderful wooden worried wrong -y- yellow young yummy -z- zany zealous zesty |
Related Reference Pages, Activities and Worksheets:
Adjectives: Little Explorers Picture Dictionary A page of adjectives from the Little Explorers Picture Dictionary in English. |
Find an Adjective for Each Letter See if you can think of and write down words that describe a person, place or thing (a noun) for each letter of the alphabet. Or go to a sample answer page. |
Circle Adjective, Underline Noun it Describes Circle the adjective and underline the noun it describes in the sentences in this printable worksheet. Or go to the answers. |
Find 8 Adjectives Describing a Cat Write eight adjectives describing a cat and then use each adjective in a sentence. |
Find 8 Adjectives Describing a Character Think of a fictional character or make up one of your own. Write your character's name and draw a picture of your character in the center oval. Write eight adjectives that describe the character. Then use each adjective in a sentence. |
Find 8 Adjectives Describing a Dog Write eight adjectives describing a dog and then use each adjective in a sentence. |
Find 8 Adjectives Describing a Hat Write eight adjectives describing a hat and then use each adjective in a sentence. |
Find 8 Adjectives Describing an Ice Cream Cone Write eight adjectives describing an ice cream cone and then use each adjective in a sentence. |
Find 8 Adjectives Describing Yourself Write your name and draw a picture of yourself in the center oval. Write eight adjectives describing yourself. Then use each adjective in a sentence. |
Find 8 Adjectives Describing Your Father Write your father's name and draw a picture of your father in the center oval. Write eight adjectives describing your father. Then use each adjective in a sentence. |
Find 8 Adjectives Describing Your Mother Write your mother's name and draw a picture of your mother in the center oval. Write eight adjectives describing your mother. Then use each adjective in a sentence. |
Senses: Write Eight Hearing-Related Words Think of and write eight hearing-related adjectives, describing how things sound. Sample answers: loud, soft, quiet, noisy, raspy, high-pitched, low-pitched, rumblng. |
Senses: Write Eight Smell-Related Words Think of and write eight smell-related adjectives, describing odors, how things smell. Sample answers: rotten, flowery, burnt, delicious, putrid, bad, good, sweaty. |
Senses: Write Eight Sight-Related Words Think of and write eight sight-related adjectives, describing how things look. Sample answers: bright, dark, shiny, dull, colorful, purple, clear, twinkling. |
Find 8 Adjectives Describing Your Teacher Write your teacher's name and draw a picture of your teacher in the center oval. Write eight adjectives describing your teacher. Then use each adjective in a sentence. |
Senses: Write Eight Taste-Related Words Think of and write eight taste-related adjectives, describing how things feel. Sample answers: sweet, sour, bitter, gooey, salty, syrupy, lemony, tart. |
Senses: Write Eight Touch-Related Words Think of and write eight touch-related adjectives, describing how things feel. Sample answers: hard, soft, hot, cold, rough, smooth, grainy, sharp. |
Find a Substitute for the Word "Good" for Each Letter See if you can think of and write down a substitute or synonym for "good" for each letter of the alphabet. These words can be useful for less repetitive writing. Or go to a sample answer page. |
Which Senses Do You Use Printable Worksheets Students use these printable worksheets to write which senses they use to examine objects, with charts to fill in. The students describe how they sense various everyday objects. |
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