An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying

words. An adjective often precedes the noun or the pronoun which it modifies. In the
following examples, the highlighted words are adjectives:
The car-shaped balloon floated over the treetops.
Mrs. Smith papered her living room walls with hideous wall paper.
The large boat foundered on the wine dark sea.
The coal mines are dark and dank.
Many stores have already begun to play irritating Christmas music.
A battered music box sat on the mahogany sideboard.
The back room was filled with large, green rain boots.
Appearance Appearance Condition Condition Feelings Feelings
Contd. Contd. (Bad) (Bad)
Contd.
adorable glamorous alive impossible
adventurous gleaming annoying inexpensive angry grumpy
aggressive gorgeous bad innocent annoyed helpless
alert graceful better inquisitive anxious homeless
attractive grotesque beautiful modern arrogant hungry
average handsome brainy mushy ashamed hurt
beautiful homely breakable odd awful ill
blue-eyed light busy open bad itchy
bloody long careful outstanding bewildered jealous
blushing magnificent cautious poor black jittery
bright misty clever powerful blue lazy
clean motionless clumsy prickly bored lonely
clear muddy concerned puzzled clumsy mysterious
cloudy old-fashioned crazy real combative nasty
colorful plain curious rich condemned naughty
crowded poised dead shy confused nervous
cute precious different sleepy crazy, nutty
dark quaint difficult stupid flipped-out obnoxious
drab shiny doubtful super creepy outrageous
distinct smoggy easy talented cruel panicky
dull sparkling expensive tame dangerous repulsive
elegant spotless famous tender defeated scary
excited stormy fragile tough defiant selfish
fancy strange frail uninterested depressed sore
filthy ugly gifted vast disgusted tense
ugliest helpful wandering disturbed terrible
unsightly helpless wild dizzy testy
unusual horrible wrong dull thoughtless
wide-eyed important embarrassed tired
envious troubled
evil upset
fierce uptight
foolish weary
frantic wicked
frightened worried
grieving
Feelings Feelings Shape Size Sound Time
(Good) (Good)
 Contd.
broad big cooing ancient
agreeable happy chubby colossal deafening brief
amused healthy crooked fat faint Early
brave helpful curved gigantic harsh fast
calm hilarious deep great high-pitched late
charming jolly flat huge hissing long
cheerful joyous high immense hushed modern
comfortable kind hollow large husky old
cooperative lively low little loud old-fashioned
courageous lovely narrow mammoth melodic quick
delightful lucky round massive moaning rapid
determined nice shallow miniature mute short
eager obedient skinny petite noisy slow
elated perfect square puny purring swift
enchanting pleasant steep scrawny quiet young
encouraging proud straight short raspy
energetic relieved wide small resonant
enthusiastic silly tall screeching
excited smiling teeny shrill
exuberant splendid teeny-tiny silent
fair successful tiny soft
faithful thankful squealing
fantastic thoughtful thundering
fine victorious voiceless
friendly vivacious whispering
funny witty
gentle wonderful
glorious zealous
good zany
Taste/Touch Taste/Touch Touch Quantity
Contd.

bitter melted boiling abundant

delicious nutritious breezy empty
fresh plastic broken few
juicy prickly bumpy heavy
ripe rainy chilly light
rotten rough cold many
salty scattered cool numerous
sour shaggy creepy substantial
spicy shaky crooked
stale sharp cuddly
sticky shivering curly
strong silky damaged
sweet slimy damp
tart slippery dirty
tasteless smooth dry
tasty soft dusty
thirsty solid filthy
fluttering steady flaky
fuzzy sticky fluffy
greasy tender freezing
grubby tight hot
hard uneven warm
hot weak wet
icy wet
loose wooden
yummy