130+ Prepositions after Adjectives | Adjectives & Prepositions

Specific prepositions are often used after certain adjectives in English. While there is no fixed rule to determine which preposition follows which adjective, these combinations are best learned through usage and exposure. This guide provides a useful reference list of common adjectives followed by the prepositions that normally go with them.

Prepositions after Adjectives

Below is a list of commonly used adjectives and the prepositions that typically follow them. Some items include past participles (used adjectivally), which is common in ESL materials.

Adjective	Preposition
accustomed	to
afraid	of
accused	of
acquainted	with
addicted	to
annoyed	about / with / at
allergic	to
amazed	at / by
anxious	about
appreciated	for
ashamed	of
associated	with
astonished	at / by
aware	of
angry	with
attached	to
bad	at
based	on
beneficial	to
boastful	of / about
bored	with
brilliant	at
busy	with
capable	of
careful	with / about / of
certain	about
characteristic	of
clever	at
connected	with
conscious	of
content	with
crazy	about
crowded	with
curious	about
dissatisfied	with
doubtful	about
delighted	at / about
derived	from
different	from
disappointed	with
eager	for
eligible	for
enthusiastic	about
excellent	in / at
excited	about
experienced	in
exposed	to
envious	of
faithful	to
familiar	with
famous	for
fed up	with
free	of / from
frightened	of
friendly	with
fond	of
furious	about
furnished	with
full	of
generous	with / about
guilty	of / about
gentle	with
good	at
grateful	to (someone) for (something)
happy	about
hopeful	of / about
identical	with / to
immune	to
impressed	with / by
inferior	to
indifferent	to
innocent	of
interested	in
involved	with
incapable	of
jealous	of
kind	to
keen	on
late	for
limited	to
lucky	to / with / (at – limited use)
nervous	of / about
notorious	for
opposed	to
patient	with
pessimistic	about
pleased	with
polite	to
popular	with
presented	with
proud	of
punished	for
puzzled	by / about
qualified	for
ready	for
related	to
relevant	to
respectful	of
responsible	for
rid	of
sad	about
safe	from
satisfied	with
scared	of
sensitive	to
serious	about
sick	of
similar	to
shocked	by
skillful	at
slow	at
sorry	for / about
successful	in
suitable	for
sure	of / about
superior	to
surprised	at
suspicious	of
sympathetic	with
terrible	at
terrified	of
tired	of
thankful	to / for
thrilled	with
troubled	with
typical	of
unaware	of
upset	about
used	to
wrong	with / about
worried	about