Word List Descriptive adjectives 475 words

Descriptive adjectives Vocabulary Word List (475)

• A

  able, abundant, accepting, accommodating, active, addictive, adequate, aggressive, amazing, amiable, amicable, amusing, antagonistic, anxious, anxious, apathetic, aquatic, arrogant, articulate, artistic, attentive, attractive, authoritative, awesome

• B

  barren, benevolent, biodegradable, blase, bold, bonding, boorish, bountiful, braggart, brave, breathtaking, brilliant, buoyancy, busy, buzz

• C

  callow, captious, CARING, celestial, charm, chaste, cheat, cheerful, churlish, civil, clean, clever, coastal, cold, colossal, combustible, comfortable, commercial, communicative, compact, competitive, compulsive, confident, conflicted, congenial, conscientious, conservative, considerate, conspicuous, contemptible, contiguous, COOPERATIVE, cordial, COURAGEOUS, courteous, covetous, creative, critical, critical, crucial, crude, culpable, curious, current, curt, cynical

• D

  decent, decorous, defensive, deferential, deft, dejected, delightful, deluxe, demeaning, demise, dependable, deplorable, depressed, destructive, devious, devoted, dictatorial, difficult, diligent, diminutive, diplomatic, discreet, disdainful, dishonesty, dishonorable, disposable, disrespectful, distracted, docile, downcast, dynamic, dynamic

• E

  earnest, earthy, ecological, effective, efficient, egotistical, electrifying, elitist, empathetic, enchanting, endangered, endemic, energetic, enigmatic, enthusiastic, esteemed, estimable, ethical, euphoric, evergreen, exclusive, expectant, explosive, exquisite, extra, extravagant, extrovert, exuberant

• F

  FAIR, faithful, fallow, falseness, famous, fancy, fascinating, ferocious, fertile, fervid, fibrous, fierce, firm, flexible, focused, forgiving, forlorn, frailty

• G

  gallant, generous, genial, genteel, gentle, genuine, gifted, gigantic, glib, gloomy, good, gorgeous, grace, gracious, grand, grateful, gravity, green, grouchy, guilty, guilty, gusty

• H

  happy, hard-hearted, healing, heedless, helpfulness, heroic, HONEST, honorable, hopeful, hostile, humane, humble, humorous, hygienic, hysterical

• I

  idealistic, idolize, ignoble, ignorant, ill-tempered, impartial, impeccable, impolite, improper, imprudent, impudent, indecent, indecorous, indifference, indigenous, industrious, ingenuous, innocent, innovative, insightful, insolent, inspirational, instructive, insulting, intense, intense, intense, intolerant, introvert, intuitive, inventive, investigative, irascible, irresponsible

• J

  jaundiced, jealous, jealous, jocular, jolly, jovial, joyful, jubilant, just, juvenile

• K

  keen, kind, kindred, knowledgeable

• L

  liberal, listener, loathsome, loving, LOYAL

• M

  magical, magnificence, magnificent, malevolent, malicious, mammoth, manipulative, marine, mastery, meddling, meritorious, meticulous, migratory, minuscule, miserable, mistrustful, modest, moral, mysterious

• N

  naive, nascent, native, natural, natural, nature, needy, nefarious, negative, neglected, neglectful, negligent, nice, noble, notorious

• O

  obedient, observant, open, open-minded, opinionated, oppressive, orderly, oriented, original, outrageous, outspoken

• P

  parasitic, partial, passionate, patient, perceptive, personable, personal, petulant, pleasant, poise, polite, pollutant, popular, popular, powerful, prejudicial, preposterous, pretentious, prideful, principled, pristine, prompt, proper, PUNCTUAL, purposeful

• Q

  quaint, quarrelsome, quick, quiet, quiet, quirky

• R

  radioactive, rancorous, rational, reasonable, reckless, refined, reflective, RELIANT, remarkable, remorseful, renewable, reproductive, repugnant, resilient, resilient, resolute, resourceful, respectful, responsible, responsive, restorative, reverent, rotting, rude, ruthless

• S

  sadness, safe, scenic, scornful, scrumptious, selfish, sensible, sensitive, sharing, simple, sober, solar, solemn, solitary, soluble, sour, spatial, special, spectacular, splendid, splendid, staunch, staunch, stern, stunning, sublime, successful, sullen, superb, superior, supportive, surly, suspicious, sweet, sympathetic

• T

  tactful, taint, tasteful, temperate, temperate, tenacious, terrific, testy, thoughtful, thoughtless, tolerant, towering, toxic, treacherous, tropical, TRUSTWORTHY, truthful, typical

• U

  ultimate, ultimate, uncivil, uncouth, undeveloped, unethical, unfair, unique, unique, united, unity, unmannerly, unrefined, unsavory, unworthy, uplifting, upright, uproot, upstanding

• V

  valiant, veracious, versatile, vicious, vigilant, vigilant, vigorous, vile, villainous, virtuous, visible, visible, vivacious, vocal, volatile, volunteering, vulnerable

• W

  warm, wary, waspish, watchful, welcoming, wicked, wild, willingness, winning, winsome, wise, wishy-washy, wistful, witty, woeful, wonderful, worldwide, worrier, worthwhile, worthwhile, worthy

• X

• Y

  yearning, yielding, yielding, yourself, youthful

• Z

  zany, zealot, zealous, zealous, zero-tolerant