List of Adjectives: A Huge List of 900+ Adjectives from A to Z for ESL Learners

List of adjectives in English! Learn the useful list of common adjectives from A to Z to improve your vocabulary words with ESL printable infographic.

An adjective is a word that describes a noun. Often, the adjective is before the noun it describes. Sometimes an adjective is not followed by a noun, for example:

• There is a tall woman.
• This building is so high.
• The joke she told was so not funny.
• This house is very nice.

List of Adjectives

Below you will find the largest list of adjectives from A to Z you are likely to find anywhere.

Adjectives that Start with A

Here is the list of adjectives that start with letter A:

• aback
• abaft
• abandoned
• abashed
• aberrant
• abhorrent
• abiding
• abject
• ablaze
• able
• abnormal
• aboard
• aboriginal
• abortive
• abounding
• abrasive
• abrupt
• absent
• absorbed
• absorbing
• abstracted
• absurd
• abundant
• abusive
• acceptable
• accessible
• accidental
• accurate
• acid
• acidic
• acoustic
• acrid
• actually
• adamant
• adorable
• adventurous
• aggressive
• agitated
• alert
• aloof
• amiable
• amused
• annoyed
• antsy
• anxious
• appalling
• appetizing
• apprehensive
• arrogant
• ashamed
• astonishing
• attractive
• average

Adjectives that Start with B

Here is the list of adjectives that start with letter B:

• bad
• barbarous
• bashful
• batty
• bawdy
• beautiful
• beefy
• befitting
• belligerent
• beneficial
• bent
• berserk
• best
• better
• bewildered
• big
• billowy
• bite-sized
• biting
• bitter
• bizarre
• black
• black-and-white
• bland
• bloody
• blue
• blue-eyed
• blushing
• boiling
• boorish
• bored
• boring
• bouncy
• boundless
• brainy
• brash
• brave
• brawny
• breakable
• breezy
• brief
• bright
• broad
• broken
• brown
• bulky
• bumpy
• burly
• bustling
• busy

Adjectives that Start with C

• cagey
• calculating
• callous
• calm
• capable
• capricious
• careful
• careless
• caring
• cautious
• ceaseless
• certain
• changeable
• charming
• cheap
• cheeky
• cheerful
• chemical
• chief
• childlike
• chilly
• chivalrous
• chubby
• chunky
• clammy
• classy
• clean
• clear
• clever
• cloistered
• closed
• cloudy
• clueless
• clumsy
• cluttered
• coherent
• cold
• colorful
• colossal
• combative
• comfortable
• common
• complete
• complex
• concerned
• condemned
• condescending
• confused
• conscious
• contemplative
• convincing
• convoluted
• cooing
• cool
• cooperative
• coordinated
• corny
• costly
• courageous
• cowardly
• crabby
• craven
• crazy
• creepy
• crooked
• cruel
• cuddly
• cultured
• cumbersome
• curious
• curly
• curved
• curvy
• cut
• cynical

Adjectives that Start with D

• daffy
• daily
• damaged
• damaging
• damp
• dangerous
• dapper
• dark
• dashing
• dazzling
• dead
• deadpan
• deafening
• dear
• debonair
• decayed
• deceitful
• decisive
• decorous
• deep
• deeply
• defeated
• defective
• defiant
• delicate
• delicious
• delightful
• delirious
• demonic
• dependent
• depraved
• depressed
• deranged
• descriptive
• deserted
• despicable
• detailed
• determined
• devilish
• dilapidated
• diminutive
• disgusted
• distinct
• distraught
• distressed
• disturbed
• dizzy
• drab
• drained
• dull

Adjectives that Start with E

• eager
• early
• earsplitting
• earthy
• easy
• eatable
• economic
• ecstatic
• educated
• efficacious
• efficient
• eight
• elastic
• elated
• elderly
• electric
• elegant
• elfin
• elite
• emaciated
• embarrassed
• eminent
• empty
• enchanted
• enchanting
• encouraging
• endurable
• energetic
• enormous
• entertaining
• enthusiastic
• envious
• equable
• equal
• erect
• erratic
• ethereal
• exasperated
• excited
• exhilarated
• extensive
• exuberant

Adjectives that Start with F

• fabulous
• faded
• faint
• fair
• faithful
• fallacious
• false
• familiar
• famous
• fanatical
• fancy
• fantastic
• far
• far-flung
• fascinated
• fast
• fat
• faulty
• fearful
• fearless
• feeble
• feigned
• female
• fertile
• festive
• few
• fierce
• fierce
• filthy
• flat
• floppy
• fluttering
• foolish
• frantic
• fresh
• friendly
• frightened
• frothy
• frustrating
• funny
• fuzzy

Adjectives that Start with G

• gabby
• gainful
• gamy
• gaping
• garrulous
• gaudy
• general
• gentle
• ghastly
• giant
• giddy
• gifted
• gigantic
• glamorous
• gleaming
• glib
• glistening
• glorious
• glossy
• godly
• good
• goofy
• gorgeous
• graceful
• grandiose
• grateful
• gratis
• gray
• greasy
• grieving
• gritty
• grotesque
• grubby
• grumpy

Adjectives that Start with H

• habitual
• half
• hallowed
• halting
• handsome
• handsomely
• handy
• hanging
• hapless
• happy
• hard
• hard-to-find
• harebrained
• harmonious
• harsh
• hateful
• heady
• healthy
• heartbreaking
• heavenly
• heavy
• hellish
• helpful
• helpless
• hesitant
• hideous
• high
• highfalutin
• high-pitched
• hilarious
• hissing
• historical
• holistic
• hollow
• homeless
• homely
• honorable
• horrible
• horrific
• hospitable
• hot
• huge
• hulking
• humdrum
• humorous
• hungry
• hurried
• hurt
• hushed
• husky
• hypnotic
• hysterical

Adjectives that Start with I

• icky
• icy
• ideal
• idiotic
• ignorant
• ill
• illegal
• ill-fated
• ill-informed
• illustrious
• imaginary
• immense
• imminent
• impartial
• imperfect
• impolite
• important
• imported
• impossible
• impressionable
• incandescent
• incompetent
• inconclusive
• incredible
• industrious
• inexpensive
• infamous
• innate
• innocent
• inquisitive
• insidious
• instinctive
• intelligent
• interesting
• internal
• intrigued
• invincible
• irate
• irritable
• irritating
• itchy

Adjectives that Start with J

• jaded
• jagged
• jazzy
• jealous
• jittery
• jobless
• jolly
• joyous
• judicious
• juicy
• jumbled
• jumpy
• juvenile

Adjectives that Start with K

• kaput
• keen
• kind
• kindhearted
• kindly
• knotty
• knowing
• known

Adjectives that Start with L

• labored
• lackadaisical
• lacking
• lame
• lamentable
• languid
• large
• last
• late
• laughable
• lavish
• lazy
• lean
• learned
• left
• legal
• lethal
• level
• lewd
• light
• like
• likeable
• limping
• literate
• little
• lively
• livid
• living
• lonely
• long
• longing
• long-term
• loose
• lopsided
• loud
• loutish
• lovely
• loving
• low
• lowly
• lucky
• ludicrous
• lumpy
• lush
• luxuriant
• lying
• lyrical

Adjectives that Start with M

• macabre
• macho
• maddening
• madly
• magenta
• magical
• magnificent
• majestic
• makeshift
• male
• malicious
• mammoth
• maniacal
• many
• marked
• married
• marvelous
• massive
• material
• materialistic
• mature
• mean
• measly
• meaty
• medical
• meek
• melancholy
• mellow
• melodic
• melted
• merciful
• mere
• messy
• mighty
• military
• milky
• mindless
• miniature
• minor
• minute
• miscreant
• mistaken
• misty
• mixed
• moaning
• modern
• moldy
• momentous
• moody
• mortified
• motionless
• mountainous
• muddled
• muddy
• mundane
• murky
• mushy
• mute
• mysterious

Adjectives that Start with N

• naive
• nappy
• narrow
• nasty
• natural
• naughty
• nauseating
• near
• neat
• nebulous
• necessary
• needless
• needy
• neighborly
• nervous
• new
• next
• nice
• nifty
• nimble
• nine
• nippy
• noiseless
• noisy
• nonchalant
• nondescript
• nonsensical
• nonstop
• normal
• nostalgic
• nosy
• noxious
• null
• numberless
• numerous
• nutritious
• nutty

Adjectives that Start with O

• oafish
• obedient
• obeisant
• obese
• obnoxious
• obscene
• obsequious
• observant
• obsolete
• obtainable
• oceanic
• odd
• offbeat
• old
• old-fashioned
• omniscient
• one
• onerous
• open
• opposite
• optimal
• orange
• ordinary
• organic
• ossified
• outgoing
• outrageous
• outstanding

Adjectives that Start with P

• painful
• painstaking
• pale
• paltry
• panicky
• panoramic
• parallel
• parched
• parsimonious
• past
• pastoral
• pathetic
• peaceful
• penitent
• perfect
• periodic
• permissible
• perpetual
• petite
• precious
• prickly
• proud
• pungent
• puny

Adjectives that Start with Q

• quack
• quaint
• quarrelsome
• questionable
• quick
• quickest
• quiet
• quirky
• quixotic
• quizzical

Adjectives that Start with R

• rabid
• racial
• ragged
• rainy
• rambunctious
• rampant
• rapid
• rare
• raspy
• ratty
• ready
• real
• reassured
• rebel
• receptive
• recondite
• red
• redundant
• reflective
• regular
• relieved
• repulsive
• responsive
• ripe
• robust
• rotten
• rotund
• rough
• round

Adjectives that Start with S

• sable
• sad
• safe
• salty
• same
• sarcastic
• sassy
• satisfying
• savory
• scandalous
• scant
• scarce
• scared
• scary
• scattered
• scientific
• scintillating
• scrawny
• screeching
• second
• second-hand
• selfish
• shaggy
• shaky
• shallow
• sharp
• shiny
• short
• silky
• silly
• skinny
• slimy
• slippery
• small
• smarmy
• smiling
• smoggy
• smooth
• smug
• soggy
• solid
• sore
• sour
• sparkling
• spicy
• splendid
• spotless
• square
• stale
• steady
• steep
• sticky
• stormy
• stout
• straight
• strange
• strong
• stunning
• substantial
• successful
• succulent
• superficial
• superior
• swanky
• sweet

Adjectives that Start with T

• taboo
• tacit
• tacky
• talented
• tall
• tame
• tan
• tangible
• tangy
• tart
• tasteful
• tasteless
• tasty
• tawdry
• tearful
• tedious
• teeny
• teeny-tiny
• telling
• tender
• tense
• terrible
• testy
• thankful
• thick
• thoughtful
• thoughtless
• tight
• timely
• tricky
• trite
• troubled
• twitterpated

Adjectives that Start with U

Here is the list of adjectives that start with letter U:

• ubiquitous
• ugliest
• ugly
• ultra
• unable
• unaccountable
• unadvised
• unarmed
• unbecoming
• unbiased
• uncovered
• understood
• undesirable
• unequal
• unequaled
• uneven
• unhealthy
• uninterested
• unique
• unkempt
• unknown
• unnatural
• unruly
• unsightly
• unsuitable
• untidy
• unused
• unusual
• unwieldy
• unwritten
• upbeat
• uppity
• upset
• uptight
• used
• useful
• useless
• utopian
• utter
• uttermost

Adjectives that Start with V

• vacuous
• vagabond
• vague
• valuable
• various
• vast
• vengeful
• venomous
• verdant
• versed
• vexed
• victorious
• vigorous
• violent
• violet
• virtuous
• vivacious
• vivid
• voiceless
• volatile
• voracious
• vulgar

Adjectives that Start with W

• wacky
• waggish
• waiting
• wakeful
• wandering
• warlike
• warm
• wary
• wasteful
• watery
• weak
• wealthy
• weary
• well-groomed
• well-made
• well-off
• well-to-do
• wet
• whimsical
• whispering
• white
• whole
• whopping
• wicked
• wide
• wide-eyed
• wiggly
• wild
• willing
• windy
• wiry
• wise
• wistful
• witty
• wobbly
• woebegone
• womanly
• wonderful
• woozy
• workable
• worried
• worthless
• wrathful
• wretched
• wrong
• wry

Adjectives that Start with Y

• yellow
• yielding
• young
• youthful
• yummy

Adjectives that Start with Z

• zany
• zealous
• zippy

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