Adjectives

Words that describe or modify nouns and pronouns

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circinate

adjective

shaped like a ring

circumlocutory

adjective

roundabout and unnecessarily wordy

circumpolar

adjective

located or found throughout a polar region

circulative

adjective

of or relating to circulation

cisalpine

adjective

on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps

cismontane

adjective

on this (the speaker's) side of the mountains

cislunar

adjective

situated between the earth and the moon

citified

adjective

being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city pe...

cityfied

adjective

being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city pe...

clangorous

adjective

having a loud resonant metallic sound

clamorous

adjective

conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry

clathrate

adjective

having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows

classifiable

adjective

capable of being classified

clastic

adjective

capable of being taken apart

clattery

adjective

a rattling sound as of hard things striking together

clamant

adjective

demanding attention

clayey

adjective

resembling or containing clay

cleanable

adjective

capable of being cleaned

cleavable

adjective

capable of being cleaved

cleistogamous

adjective

exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy

cleistogamic

adjective

exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy

climbable

adjective

capable of being ascended

clinquant

adjective

glittering with gold or silver

cliquish

adjective

befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social e...

cloddish

adjective

heavy and dull and stupid

cloistral

adjective

of communal life sequestered from the world under religious...

closefisted

adjective

unwilling to part with money

cloudlike

adjective

resembling a cloud

clubable

adjective

inclined to club together

clubfooted

adjective

having a deformed foot

clubbable

adjective

inclined to club together

coastwise

adjective

along or following a coast

cobwebby

adjective

so thin as to transmit light

coccoid

adjective

spherical; like a coccus

coeliac

adjective

of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen

coenobitic

adjective

of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices...

cogitative

adjective

given to cogitation

cogitable

adjective

capable of being thought about

cognizable

adjective

capable of being known

cognisable

adjective

capable of being known

cognoscible

adjective

capable of being known

coleridgian

adjective

of or relating to Samuel Taylor Coleridge or his writings

collapsable

adjective

capable of collapsing or being collapsed

collectivistic

adjective

subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the...

collectivized

adjective

subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the...

collinear

adjective

lying on the same line

colonnaded

adjective

having a series of columns arranged at regular intervals

colorfast

adjective

having color that is resistant to fading or running

colorimetric

adjective

of or relating to colorimetry

columned

adjective

having or resembling columns; having columns of a specified...