List of Descriptive Adjectives

List of Descriptive Adjectives:
 Descriptive adjectives can be divided into different categories such as colors, sizes, sound, taste, touch, shapes, qualities, time, personality and ages. The following lists provide a few examples of descriptive adjectives in each of their categories:
•Colors are adjectives - list:
black, blue, white, green, red
•Sizes - list:
big, small, large, thin, thick
•Shapes- list:
triangular, round, square, circular
•Qualities- list:
good, bad, mediocre
•Personality - list:
happy, sad, angry, depressed
•Time - list:
Yearly , monthly, annually
•Ages - list:
new, young, old, brand-new, second-hand
•Sound related Adjectives - list:
loud, noisy, quiet, silent
•Touch related Adjectives - list:
slippery, sticky
•Taste related Adjectives - list:
juicy, sweet
The following list of common English adjectives can be further sorted into such categories for ease of use List of Adjectives


The following List of Adjectives are in common use in the English language:


List of Adjectives

A - D
 List of Adjectives
 afraid
  agreeable
  amused
  ancient
  angry
  annoyed
  anxious
  arrogant
  ashamed
  average
  awful
  bad
  beautiful
  better
  big
  bitter
  black
  blue
  boiling
  brave
  breezy
  brief
  bright
  broad
  broken
  bumpy
  calm
  charming
  cheerful
  chilly
  clumsy
  cold
  colossal
  combative
  comfortable
  confused
  cooing
  cool
  cooperative
  courageous
  crazy
  creepy
  cruel
  cuddly
  curly
  curved
  damp
  dangerous
  deafening
  deep
 
 D - G
 List of Adjectives
 defeated
  defiant
  delicious
  delightful
  depressed
  determined
  dirty
  disgusted
  disturbed
  dizzy
  dry
  dull
  dusty
  eager
  early
  elated
  embarrassed
  empty
  encouraging
  energetic
  enthusiastic
  envious
  evil
  excited
  exuberant
  faint
  fair
  faithful
  fantastic
  fast
  fat
  few
  fierce
  filthy
  fine
  flaky
  flat
  fluffy
  foolish
  frail
  frantic
  fresh
  friendly
  frightened
  funny
  fuzzy
  gentle
  giant
  gigantic
  good
 
G - M
 List of Adjectives
 gorgeous
  greasy
  great
  green
  grieving
  grubby
  grumpy
  handsome
  happy
  hard
  harsh
  healthy
  heavy
  helpful
  helpless
  high
  hilarious
  hissing
  hollow
  homeless
  horrible
  hot
  huge
  hungry
  hurt
  hushed
  husky
  icy
  ill
  immense
  itchy
  jealous
  jittery
  jolly
  juicy
  kind
  large
  late
  lazy
  light
  little
  lively
  lonely
  long
  loose
  loud
  lovely
  low
  lucky
  magnificent

 M - R
 List of Adjectives
 mammoth
  many
  massive
  melodic
  melted
  mighty
  miniature
  moaning
  modern
  mute
  mysterious
  narrow
  nasty
  naughty
  nervous
  new
  nice
  nosy
  numerous
  nutty
  obedient
  obnoxious
  odd
  old
  orange
  ordinary
  outrageous
  panicky
  perfect
  petite
  plastic
  pleasant
  precious
  pretty
  prickly
  proud
  puny
  purple
  purring
  quaint
  quick
  quickest
  quiet
  rainy
  rapid
  rare
  raspy
  ratty
  red
  relieved
 
 R - S
 List of Adjectives
 repulsive
  resonant
  ripe
  roasted
  robust
  rotten
  rough
  round
  sad
  salty
  scary
  scattered
  scrawny
  screeching
  selfish
  shaggy
  shaky
  shallow
  sharp
  shivering
  short
  shrill
  silent
  silky
  silly
  skinny
  slimy
  slippery
  slow
  small
  smiling
  smooth
  soft
  solid
  sore
  sour
  spicy
  splendid
  spotty
  square
  squealing
  stale
  steady
  steep
  sticky
  stingy
  straight
  strange
  striped
  strong
 
 S - Z
 List of Adjectives
 successful
  sweet
  swift
  tall
  tame
  tan
  tart
  tasteless
  tasty
  tender
  tender
  tense
  terrible
  testy
  thirsty
  thoughtful
  thoughtless
  thundering
  tight
  tiny
  tired
  tough
  tricky
  troubled
  ugliest
  ugly
  uneven
  upset
  uptight
  vast
  victorious
  vivacious
  voiceless
  wasteful
  watery
  weak
  weary
  wet
  whispering
  wicked
  wide
  wide-eyed
  witty
  wonderful
  wooden
  worried
  yellow
  young
  yummy
  zany