Adjectives

Words that describe or modify nouns and pronouns

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shoaly

adjective

full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals

shockable

adjective

capable of being shocked

shodden

adjective

wearing footgear

shopsoiled

adjective

worn or faded from being on display in a store

shuddery

adjective

provoking fear terror

sibyllic

adjective

resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy

sickish

adjective

feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit

sigmoidal

adjective

of or relating to the sigmoid flexure in the large intestine

silklike

adjective

having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light

silverish

adjective

of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of s...

singable

adjective

suitable for singing

sinistrorsal

adjective

spiraling upward from right to left

sissyish

adjective

having unsuitable feminine qualities

sisterlike

adjective

like or characteristic of or befitting a sister

slaked

adjective

allayed

slatey

adjective

of the color of slate or granite

slaughterous

adjective

accompanied by bloodshed

slaveless

adjective

where slavery was prohibited

slavelike

adjective

suitable for a slave or servant

sleepyheaded

adjective

ready to fall asleep

slivery

adjective

resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fr...

slopped

adjective

very drunk

slowgoing

adjective

not inclined to be enterprising

slubbed

adjective

of textiles; having a rough surface

slumbery

adjective

inclined to or marked by drowsiness

smoggy

adjective

clouded with a mixture of smoke and fog

smoothened

adjective

made smooth by ironing

snarly

adjective

tangled in knots or snarls

sniffly

adjective

liable to sniffle

snorty

adjective

(British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed

snuffly

adjective

liable to sniffle

sociobiologic

adjective

of or relating to sociobiology

sociobiological

adjective

of or relating to sociobiology

softheaded

adjective

foolish; totally unsound

soignee

adjective

polished and well-groomed; showing sophisticated elegance

soldierlike

adjective

(of persons) befitting a warrior

songlike

adjective

having a melody (as distinguished from recitative)

sonsie

adjective

(of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves

sorbed

adjective

(of a substance) taken into and retained in another substanc...

sorbefacient

adjective

inducing or promoting absorption

sororal

adjective

like or characteristic of or befitting a sister

soundable

adjective

(of depth) capable of being sounded or measured for depth

sourish

adjective

tasting sour like a lemon

spaciotemporal

adjective

existing in both space and time; having both spatial extensi...

speakable

adjective

capable of being uttered in words or sentences

specifiable

adjective

capable of being specified

specked

adjective

having a pattern of dots

speckless

adjective

completely neat and clean

spectroscopical

adjective

of or relating to or involving spectroscopy

spiderlike

adjective

relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida