Adjectives:
Adjectives describe the world around us: things and people
(list is not exhaustive)
Qualitative adjectives:
Describe: colour, dimension, shape and the quality of an object
| Colour: | red, blue, black, white, green, orange, yellow, mauve, purple, grey, brown, pink, violet, scarlet, crimson, lemon, gold, silver, bronze, greenish, bluish, opaque, transparent , striped, spotted, mottled, cream, dark, light |
| Size / Weight : | light , heavy, big, small, large, little, tall, short, fat, thick, thin, high, low, narrow, broad, tiny, slim, wide, enormous, huge, vast, gigantic, miniscule, microscopic, dense, weighty, hefty, giant, fat, obese, plump |
| Shape : | round, square, trctangular, triangular, oval, oblong, circular, flat, spherical, straight, wavy, cylindrical, elliptical, crooked, oblique |
| Emotion and personality: | happy, sad, funny, cheerful, lonely, friendly, friendless, scared, excited, frightened, jolly, grumpy, adventurous, arduous |
| Speed : | quick, fast, slow, swift, hasty, speedy, rapid, |
| Temperature : | hot, cold, tepid, freezing, frozen, chilly, burning, fiery, steaming, icy, wintry, frosty, |
| Material : | wooden, iron, metallic, fabric, cotton, plastic, glass, leather, metal, cloth, concrete, steel, plastic, paper, liquid, sulphurous, wet, dry |
| Age : | old, young, ancient, modern, antique, new, elderly youthful, recent, old-fashioned |
| Taste : | sweet, savory, bitter, sour, salty, delicious, tasty, bland, tasteless, spicy, acidic |
| Quantity : | one, two, three, four, few, many, little, several, all, some, every, each, no, |
| Opinion : | good, bad, not bad, not good, mediocre, better, best, worse, worst, rich, poor, lovely, difficult, important, unimportant, clean, dirty, pretty, ugly, clever, brave, courageous, smart, intelligent, expensive, cheap, nice, attractive, unattractive, beautiful, attentiveinterestingamusing, amazing, surprising, usual, unusual, wonderful, awful, fantastic, comfortable, uncomfortable, important, unimportant, useful, useless, horrible, terrible, evil, hot |
| Sound : | soft, loud, silent, quiet, noisy, mellifluous |
| Touch : | soft, hard, smooth, coarse, rough, glossy |
| Smell : | smelly, burnt, aromatic, fragrant, perfumed, delicate |
| Distance : | long, short, close, far, nearby, distant, remote |
| Brightness : | bright, dim, light, dark, shiny, dull, luminous |
| Origin : | English, French, Irish, Celtic, Greek Roman, Australian, Spanish, northern, Islamic, European, Antipoidean, South American, oceanic, Martian, Romulan |