Adjectives
Words that describe or modify nouns and pronouns
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consolatory
adjective
affording comfort or solace
constitutive
adjective
constitutional in the structure of something (especially you...
consubstantial
adjective
regarded as the same in substance or essence (as of the thre...
consultative
adjective
giving advice
consultive
adjective
giving advice
consultatory
adjective
giving advice
consumable
adjective
may be used up
conterminous
adjective
being of equal extent or scope or duration
contestable
adjective
capable of being contested
contraclockwise
adjective
in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a...
contractable
adjective
(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
contractile
adjective
capable of contracting or being contracted
contrapuntal
adjective
having two or more independent but harmonically related melo...
contrarious
adjective
difficult to deal with
contrastive
adjective
of words so related that one contrasts with the other
contrasty
adjective
having sharp differences between black and white
contributive
adjective
tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
contumacious
adjective
wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
contumelious
adjective
arrogantly insolent
conventual
adjective
of communal life sequestered from the world under religious...
convolute
adjective
rolled longitudinally upon itself
coordinative
adjective
serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical...
copesetic
adjective
completely satisfactory
copernican
adjective
according to Copernicus
coplanar
adjective
lying in the same plane
coppery
adjective
of something having the color of copper
cordate
adjective
(of a leaf) shaped like a heart
corded
adjective
of textiles; having parallel raised lines
cordiform
adjective
(of a leaf) shaped like a heart
coriaceous
adjective
resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable
corking
adjective
very good
corneous
adjective
made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn)
coroneted
adjective
belonging to the peerage
corrigible
adjective
capable of being corrected or set right
corroborant
adjective
used of a medicine that is strengthening
coseismal
adjective
being where earthquake waves arrive simultaneously
cosher
adjective
conforming to dietary laws
cosmogonic
adjective
pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origi...
costate
adjective
(of the surface) having a rough, riblike texture
coterminous
adjective
being of equal extent or scope or duration
couchant
adjective
lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed forw...
counterfactual
adjective
going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis)
countrified
adjective
characteristic of rural life
countryfied
adjective
characteristic of rural life
couthie
adjective
(chiefly Scottish) agreeable and genial
covariant
adjective
changing so that interrelations with another variable quanti...
cowled
adjective
having the head enclosed in a cowl or hood
crabwise
adjective
(of movement) at an angle
crackbrained
adjective
insanely irresponsible
cragged
adjective
having hills and crags