This list of adjectives contains 9947 adjectives listed alphabetically from A to Z.
What's an adjective ?
In English grammar, adjective's job is to qualify or modify or describe a noun. There are 3 types of adjectives: positive adjectives, negative adjectives and comparatives adjectives.
Adjectives can be modified by adverbs or by a clause or a phrase with similar role as an adverb.
- quantity or number
- proper adjective
- purpose or qualifier
Adjectives categorised by the type of attribute they describe:
- Appearance Adjectives
adorable, beautiful, clean, drab, elegant, fancy, glamorous, handsome, long, magnificent, old-fashioned, plain, quaint, sparkling, ugliest, unsightly, wide-eyed
- Color Adjectives
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, gray, black, white
- Feelings (Bad) Adjectives
angry, bewildered, clumsy, defeated, embarrassed, fierce, grumpy, helpless, itchy, jealous, lazy, mysterious, nervous, obnoxious, panicky, repulsive, scary, thoughtless, uptight, worried
- Feelings (Good) Adjectives
agreeable, brave, calm, delightful, eager, faithful, gentle, happy, jolly, kind, lively, nice, obedient, proud, relieved, silly, thankful, victorious, witty, zealous
- Shape Adjectives
broad, chubby, crooked, curved, deep, flat, high, hollow, low, narrow, round, shallow, skinny, square, steep, straight, wide
- Size Adjectives
big, colossal, fat, gigantic, great, huge, immense, large, little, mammoth, massive, miniature, petite, puny, scrawny, short, small, tall, teeny, teeny-tiny, tiny
- Sound Adjectives
cooing, deafening, faint, hissing, loud, melodic, noisy, purring, quiet, raspy, screeching, thundering, voiceless, whispering
- Time Adjectives
ancient, brief, early, fast, late, long, modern, old, old-fashioned, quick, rapid, short, slow, swift, young
- Taste/Touch Adjectives
bitter, delicious, fresh, greasy, juicy, hot, icy, loose, melted, nutritious, prickly, rainy, rotten, salty, sticky, strong, sweet, tart, tasteless, uneven, weak, wet, wooden, yummy
- Touch Adjectives
boiling, breeze, broken, bumpy, chilly, cold, cool, creepy, crooked, cuddly, curly, damaged, damp, dirty, dry, dusty, filthy, flaky, fluffy, freezing, hot, warm, wet
- Quantity Adjectives
abundant, empty, few, full, heavy, light, many, numerous, sparse, substantial
As an interesting fact, you should know that famous Grammarians consider the following articles :"the," + "a +" "an" to be adjectives as well.