adjectives
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adjectives
ADJECTIVES BIENNIO E TRIENNIO (in bold) FORM abandoned absentminded accomplished aching, painful, sore active actual adjoining admirable adopted afraid ( be) aggressive akin alert alive alleged all-female all-in-one allowed amazing ambitious ancient angry annoying – annoyed another anxious arrogant asleep astonished attractive auburn available average automated, automatic awake aware awful, horrible awkward back bad baggy bald bearded beautiful believable beloved MEANING abbandonato sbadato compiuto, abile, esperto doloroso attivo reale adiacente, attiguo ammirevole adottato impaurito aggressivo simile, affine vigile, attento vivo presunto tutto femminile tuttìinsieme autorizzato incredibile ambizioso antico arrabbiato dispettoso – infastidito un altro ansioso arrogante addormentato stupito attraente ramato (hair colour) disponibile medio automatizzato sveglio consapevole orribile, terribile goffo, maldestro retro, dietro cattivo gonfio, cascante pelato barbuto bello credibile diletto amato adorato OPPOSITE precise incomplete painless passive far deplorable fearless quiet, calm different absent-minded dead known all-male separate forbidden credible, believable modest modern calm, peaceful, quiet relaxed, relaxing this-these relaxed, calm awake unattractive fair, black etc. unavailable huge/tiny mechanized asleep, sleepy unaware beautiful front good tight hairy shaven ugly unbelievable hated Carli Sara – A list of Adjectives: form –meaning-possible opposite Pagina 1 best better big big-budget bitter bittersweet blackened blazing bleached bleeding blessed blighted blind blunt boaster boiling bold bonny, skinny bored boring bossy both bottle green bottom brand new brave, courageous breathtaking bright brightly-coloured brilliant broad broadleaf broken-hearted bulky burgeoning burning busy calm capable of careful, watchful careless casual certain, sure charming, fascinating cheap checked chilly china chunky circular il migliore migliore- meglio grande costosissimo amaro agrodolce annerito scoppiettante, furente candeggiato, sbiancato sanguinante benedetto danneggiato frustrato cieco spuntato sbruffone bollente audace, impudente ossuto annoiato noioso prepotente entrambi verde bottiglia inferiore nuovo di zecca coraggioso mozzafiato brillante, intelligente vivacemente colorato eccezionale largo, ampio latifoglia dal cuore spezzato ingombrante, voluminoso fiorente bruciante indaffarato, occupato calmo capace attento disattento informale (clothes) certo, sicuro affascinante economico a quadretti fresco di porcellana a pezzi circolare worst worse small sweet bitter – sweet - tasteless bleached blackened clotty cursed seeing sharp shy freezing fearful plump interested interesting humble single top fearful dull, monotonous dim pale uneventful narrow fire-proof free highly-strung incapable careless careful formal unsure awful, horrible expensive plain warm the whole linear Carli Sara – A list of Adjectives: form –meaning-possible opposite Pagina 2 clean clear clear-cut clever, bright closed clotty cloudy clumsy cold colour blind colourful colourless comic comfortable complaining complementary completed compulsory, obligatory concealed, hidden confident cooked cool cooperative corporate correct countless courageous, brave crazy, mad, insane crimson critical crossed crowded cruel crystal cunning curly curious cute daft damp, humid, wet dangerous dark dead deaf dear deep defenceless delicious delighted denim pulito chiaro ben delineato, netto intelligente - brillante chiuso coagulato, rappreso nuvoloso goffo freddo daltonico colorato incolore comico comodo lamentoso complementare completo obbligatorio nascosto fiducioso cotto fresco, tosto collaborativo societario, collegiale corretto innumerevole coraggioso pazzo rosso cremisi critico triste affollato crudele cristallino astuto riccio curioso carino, grazioso sciocco stupido pazzo umido pericoloso scuro morto sordo caro profondo indifeso delizioso deliziato tela jeans dirty, filthy unclear, misty, foggy dull open bleeding sunny hot plain - colourless colourful tragic uncomfortable uncomplaining unique uncompleted, unfinished optional visible raw warm uncooperative incorrect fearful sane uncritical happy, glad, cheerful deserted mat stupid straight dry safe light alive hearing hateful/ cheap shallow disgusting - Carli Sara – A list of Adjectives: form –meaning-possible opposite Pagina 3 dense dependable, reliable dependent depressing - depressed deserted detailed determined devoted difficult, hard dim dirty, filthy disappointed - disappointing dishonest dissatisfied divorced domestic double doubtful dramatic dreadful drunk dry dry-throated due to dull dumb dusty early easy easygoing ecstatic educated effective efficient egoist, selfish eight-track elderly elongated embroidered empty enabled endangered endless engaged enjoyable, funny enlarged enlightened enormous, huge enthusiastic about entitled denso, fitto affidabile dipendente deprimente - depresso deserto dettagliato determinato dedicato difficile fioco sporco deluso - deludente disonesto insoddisfatto divorziato domestico, interno doppio dubbioso drammatico terribile, spaventoso ubriaco secco a gola asciutta dovuto a grigio, monotono muto polveroso presto facile accomodante estasiato, entusiasta istruito, colto efficace efficiente egoista ad otto piste anziano allungato prolungato ricamato vuoto capace, abilitato in pericolo (estinzione) senza fine, infinito fidanzato divertente ampliato ingrandito illuminato enorme entusiasta che ha la facoltà di unreliable independent cheerful crowded rough easy bright clean honest satisfied married international single sure, certain sober wet colourful, bright talkative clean late difficult, hard intolerant ignorant, uneducated unselfish, open single track young plain full protected single boring dark tiny, little - Carli Sara – A list of Adjectives: form –meaning-possible opposite Pagina 4 evil exact, precise excellent extrovert(ed) excited (about) – exciting expensive expressive extrovert fabulous face-to-face faded - fading faithful fake, false famous, popular, well-known fantastic far fascinated - fascinating fashionable fast, quick fat/ fatty fed up (with) feeble feisty /faisti/ fellow few fine firey fit flaming flared flat fleeting fleshy floating flooded floppy fluent fluffy foggy following fond of forbidden, prohibited forgotten formal former, ex, previous forthcoming foul four legged framed frantic cattivo, malvagio esatto, preciso eccellente estroverso emozionato - emozionante caro, costoso espressivo estroverso favoloso faccia a faccia scolorito – che scolorisce fedele falso famoso fantastico lontano entusiasta - entusiasmante di moda veloce grasso stufo debole, fioco irritabile aggressivo altezzos altro, compagno pochi bello ardente in forma fiammeggiante svasato piatto, piano fugace carnoso, polposo galleggiante inondato floscio, molle fluido, scorrevole soffice nebbioso seguente appassionato di affezionato a proibito dimenticato formale precedente, ex prossimo venturo cattivo, sbagliato che ha 4 zampe incorniciato frenetico cobvulso sconvolto good imprecise poor introverted relaxed cheap inexpressive introvert terrible with fast colours unfaithful true unknown awful, horrible near bored - boring unfashionable slow thin interested in bright too many ugly unfit tight bent skinny sunk dry hard clear preceding permitted, allowed remembered informal, casual current, previous, preceding good, right relaxed Carli Sara – A list of Adjectives: form –meaning-possible opposite Pagina 5 free freed freezing fresh friendly frightened (by) – scared frightening front-line full funky Am E slang funny – fun furry fussy future giant gifted, talented gift-wrapped ginger glad, happy, pleased glamorous, gorgeous global gloomy gloss glowing golden good ( at)) gorge gorgeous graphite greasy, oily greedy grim gross grudging gruesome grungy Am E slang guilty handsome happy, glad, pleased hard hard-working harsh haunted, spooky haunting hazy healthy heavy helpful hidden high-fiber highly-strung libero, gratis liberato gelido fresco amichevole spaventato spaventoso di prima linea pieno eccentrico originale straordin divertente coperto di pelliccia pignolo futuro gigantesco dotato in confezione regalo rosso lieto, felice meraviglioso globale cupo, malinconico lucido brillante animato fervido dorato buono bellissimo di grafite unto goloso sinistro, arcigno, bieco, scuro grezzo volgare a malincuore orribile in sfacelo sporco puzzolente colpevole bello felice duro, faticoso gran lavoratore, studioso aspro, rigido infestato da fantasmi ossessionante, che perseguita annebbiato in buona salute, vigoroso pesante servizievole, di aiutio nascosto con alta quantità di fibra teso engaged, busy boiling old, stale unfriendly brave, courageous empty boring past dwarf sad mat bad innocent ugly sad, miserable, cross easy - soft lazy clear ill light unhelpful calm Carli Sara – A list of Adjectives: form –meaning-possible opposite Pagina 6 high-tech historical hollow holy homespun honest hopeful hopeless horizontal horrible hot huge, enormous human humble humid, wet humorous, hilarious , funny hungry hunky icy ignorant ill immature impatient important impossible impractical impressive inconceivable incorrect independent inexpensive, cheap inexpert informal injured innocent insane insecure intelligent interested in interesting international intertwining invisible isolated itchy jealous jet-black juicy keen on kind, polite ad alto contenuto tecnologico storico cavo santo semplice, senza pretese onesto speranzoso senza speranza orizzontale orribile caldo enorme umano umile umido divertente affamato di corporatura atletica ghiacciato ignorante malato immaturo impaziente importante impossibile non pratico impressionante inconcepibile scorretto indipendente economico inesperto informale ferito innocente pazzo insicuro intelligente interessato a interessante internazionale intrecciante invisibile isolato che prude geloso corvino succoso appassionato gentile modern, new full devilish dishonest hopeless hopeful vertical wonderful cold tiny supernatural heroic dry boring full boiling learned healthy mature patient unimportant possible practical unimpressive conceivable correct dependent expensive expert formal guilty sane stupid boring local visible confident white unkind Carli Sara – A list of Adjectives: form –meaning-possible opposite Pagina 7 large last late latter lazy leap learned leather left left-handed light likely linear little lively local lonely long loose loud – aloud lovely - nice low lower lower case loyal lucky lumbering lunatic, mad, crazy luxurious magnificent main, principal magic male mandatory man-made marble married marked mass-produced mat mature mean, stingy mechanized medieval memorable milky minuscule missing misty mixed- up grande ultimo, scorso ultimo, in ritardo, fu secondo (di due) pigro bisestile colto, istruito di pelle di sinistra mancino leggero, chiaro probabile lineare piccolo – poco socievole, vivace locale solo ( in solitudine) lungo largo, ampio alto volume – a voce alta amabile basso volume inferiore carattere minuscolo leale fortunato pesante goffo sgraziato pazzo lussuoso magnifico principale magico maschile mandatorio, obbligatorio fatto dall’uomo marmoreo sposato (contras)segnato, marcato prodotto in massa opaco maturo avaro meccanico medievale memorabile latteo minuscolo scomparso nebbioso didorientato confuso implicat small next early former active ignorant right right-handed dark unlikely circular much/many lonely international sociable short tight low loud upper upper case cheating unlucky sane modest secondary female optional mechanized single glossy immature generous home-made classical, modern found clear - Carli Sara – A list of Adjectives: form –meaning-possible opposite Pagina 8 modern moody morbid mouldy muddy multiple naked, nude narrow nasty near neat needless nervous new next nice noisy notorious nuts obligatory, compulsory obsessed odd, strange, weird/ even oblivious, forgetful obvious obscene old open optimistic oral other outgoing outrageous oval overcast overweight painful, aching pale parted passionate passive past patent patterned peaceful - pacific perfect perfumed pessimistic petty plain plenty of moderno lunatico morboso ammuffito fangoso multiplo nudo stretto sgradevole vicino nitido / carino inutile ansioso, teso nuovo successivo simpatico rumoroso negativamente noto pazzo obbligatorio ossessionato strano / dispari dimentico ovvio osceno vecchio aperto ottimista orale altro aperto, socievole oltraggioso ovale coperto sovrappeso doloroso pallido separato appassionato passivo passato brevettato a fantasia pacifico perfetto profumato pessimista insignificante a tinta unita, chiaro palese molto tanto abbastanza ancient single dressed wide nice, pleasant far unclear calm old last nasty, unpleasant silent stranger optional even memorable complex new closed pessimistic written reserved round clear, sunny in good shape painless active present plain violent imperfect, faulty smelly, stinking optimistic important patterned - Carli Sara – A list of Adjectives: form –meaning-possible opposite Pagina 9 plastic pleasant pleased plump posh perplexed pointed poisonous polite polluted poor popular, famous, well-known portable possible potential powerful practical preceding precise, exact present pretty previous, former principal, main prickly prohibited, forbidden proper prospective proud punctual purple puzzled, confused pyrotechnic quick, fast quick-tempered quiet rainy random raucous raw ready rebellious recent rectangular refined related (to) relaxed, relaxing religious relieved remarkable remembered di plastica lieto felice cicciottello per bene, elegante perplesso appuntito avvelenato cortese inquinato povero famoso portatile possibile potenziale potente pratico precedente preciso presente, attuale carina precedente principale pungente proibito adatto, appropriato probabile, futuro orgoglioso puntuale porpora confuso pirotecnico veloce irascibile quieto, calmo piovoso casuale, fortuito, a caso rauco crudo pronto ribelle recente rettangolare raffinato connesso, affine imparentato rilassato, rilassante religioso sollevato degno di nota ricordato unpleasant sad thin smooth healthy impolite clean rich unpopular laptop impossible impractical future imprecise future ugly future , next secondary permitted, allowed late clear slow quiet noisy dry cooked untrained old, ancient round, square rough tense, highly-strung civil, lay forgotten Carli Sara – A list of Adjectives: form –meaning-possible opposite Pagina 10 reserved resilient responsible for retail revolting rich right rigid, stiff, hard ripe rocky romantic rotten rough round rude rugged ruthless sad, miserable, unhappy safe salty sane scared stiff scaring, terrifying, scary scarlet scorched / scorching Scotch scrambled scruffy self-employed selfish, egoist sensible sensitive serious several sharp shimmering shining, glowing shivering, trembling short shortened shoulder-length shocked shy, timid sick of – tired of silent silk – silky silly, stupid silver single skeptic riservato elastico responsabile al dettaglio disgustoso ricco giusto rigido maturo roccioso romantico marcio ruvido, rozzo rotondo maleducato, villano accidentato, frastagliato spietato triste sicuro, salvo fuori pericolo salato sano spaventatissimo pauroso scarlatto arso bruciato scottato scozzese strapazzato malconcio che lavora in proprio egoista di buon senso sensibile serio parecchi, alcuni, vari appuntito, affilato brillante, luccicante luccicante, brillante tremante corto accorciato alle spalle (hair) scioccato timido stufo silenzioso setoso sciocco argentato celibe/nubile scettico wholesale delicious poor wrong, left floppy rotten unromantic ripe smooth square polite happy dangerous sweet, saltless insane brave, courageous crimson, purple, ginger funny few blunt mat steady long short outgoing noisy, talkative intelligent, bright, clever golden married - Carli Sara – A list of Adjectives: form –meaning-possible opposite Pagina 11 skilled skinny slant sleepless sleepy slender slick slim slippery slow skilled, gifted, talented small smart smelly smiling / smiley smokeless smooth smug snotty snowy snub sober so-called sociable soft solar solid solitary soon-to-be sore sorry soulful sour spacious special-effects-filled spectral spicy, hot / tasty spiral spooky spotted square stained stainless stale stammering starry startling starving state-of-the-art steady qualificato, specializzato ossuto obliquo insonne addormentato esile snello sottile scivoloso, liscio snello scivoloso lento dotato, abile piccolo elegante, intelligente puzzolente sorridente senza fumo liscio compiaciuto moccioso, spregevole nevoso camuso (nose) sobrio cosiddetto socievole morbido solare solido solitario futuro prossimo dolorante spiacente sentimentale, appassionato acido spazioso pieno di effetti speciali spettrale piccante a spirale spettrale, sinistro a pallini quadrato macchiato inossidabile raffermo balbuziente stellato allarmante very hungry aggiornato all’avanguardia fermo plump straight sleepy awake plump fast, quick unable big casual / dull perfumed sad smoked rough drunk unsociable hard lunar liquid sociable painless tasteless plain, striped round clean stained fresh fluent overcast unsteady Carli Sara – A list of Adjectives: form –meaning-possible opposite Pagina 12 steep sticky stiff, rigid still , unmoving stinking, smelly straight strange, odd, weird stressful strict striped strong stubborn stuck stuffy stupid subtle successful sudden sumptuous sunken sunny sure, certain surprising surprised suspicious sustainable sympathetic sweet swollen talkative tall tasteless terrible terrified terrifying, scaring thick thin thirsty threatening / threatened thrilled – thrilling , exciting tight timeless timid, shy tiny tiring - tired too much / many tough tragic trained transparent ripido appiccicoso rigido immobile puzzolente liscio, diritto (hair) strano stressante severo a strisce forte testardo bloccato, inceppato caldo stupido sottile abile astuto di successo improvviso fastoso sontuoso affondato soleggiato certo, sicuro sorprendente sorpreso sospetto sostenibile comprensivo dolce gonfio loquace alto insapore terribile terrorizzato spaventoso spesso, denso, fitto magro, sottile assetato minaccioso / minacciato eccitato - eccitante stretto , saldo, ermetico immutabile, eterno timido piccolissimo stancante, faticoso - stanco troppo-i rude, duro, tenace tragico allenato trasparente floppy moving perfumed wavy ordinary plain, spotted weak intelligent predictable covered uncertain, unsure bitter silent short tasty thin fat, thick loose extrovert huge few comic thick Carli Sara – A list of Adjectives: form –meaning-possible opposite Pagina 13 treacherous triangular triple true twin ugly unbelievable unbearable unclear uncooperative unfinished undercover under-represented unemployed unemployable uneven unfaithful unfashionable unforgettable unfriendly unimportant uninteresting unkind unleaded unlucky unpleasant unpopular unscathed unsuccessful unusual unwise uplifting upper upright upset uptight useless useful usual vain valuable, precious velvet vertical vintage violent warm waste wavy waxy weak traditore triangolare triplo vero gemello brutto incredibile insopportabile contorto non collaborativo incompleto sotto copertura, nascosto sottorappresentato disoccupato che non riesce a inserirsi disuguale, dispari infedele fuori moda indimenticabile non amichevole non importante non interessante scortese senza piombo sfortunato spiacevole sconosciuto illeso fallito insolito non saggio che solleva, edificante superiore ritto, verticale, onesto agitato turbato sconvolto agitato nervoso arrabbiato inutile utile solito vanesio di valore, prezioso vellutato verticale d’epoca, pregiato violento tiepido desolato, da buttare ondulato cerato debole loyal square, round false only child beautiful credible, believable bearable cooperative complete uncovered employed employed faithful fashionable important interesting friendly lucky pleasant popular wounded successful usual wise lower bent calm useful useless unusual worthless horizontal brand new calm, peaceful cool straight strong Carli Sara – A list of Adjectives: form –meaning-possible opposite Pagina 14 wealthy, rich weird, strange, odd well-known wet, humid wheezing widdle wide widowed wild windy winding wise witty wonderful wooden wooll worldwide worried worse worst worth worthless worthy would-be wound up wrinkled written wrong young ricco, facoltoso strano famoso umido ansimante piccolo ampio vedovo selvatico, selvaggio ventoso serpeggiante, a chiocciola saggio spiritoso arguto brioso meraviglioso di legno di lana mondiale, universale preoccupato peggiore che vale, valevole senza valore di valore sedicente, presunto coinvolto, nervoso rugoso scritto sbagliato giovane poor normal, usual unpopular dry narrow married calm linear, straight foolish, silly boring happy best worthy worthless calm, peaceful smooth oral right old ORDER OF ADJECTIVES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Opinion and general description (fun, horrible, lovely, nice) Size and weight (big, little, small) Age (old, new, young) Shape (round, square) Colour ( purple ) Nationality (Norwegian, Swiss) Material (cotton, denim, graphite, woolly) Purpose ( football boots, walking socks, tennis racket) e.g. She got a blue woolly pullover from her parents. Most people Least people packed crowded busy quiet empty deserted Carli Sara – A list of Adjectives: form –meaning-possible opposite Pagina 15 Nationality words are included in the chart COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES in the general vocabulary list. Last revision : October 2008 Sara Carli Carli Sara – A list of Adjectives: form –meaning-possible opposite Pagina 16
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