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