Categories of Adjectives: Weather and Temperature

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CATEGORIES OF ADJECTIVES WEATHER AND TEMPERATURE:

cold, warm, hot, cool, rainy, windy snowy,foggy,


COLOR: sunny, cloudy, stormy, frozen, etc...
blue, red, green, brown, yellow, black, white, TIME:
purple, pink, etc... late, early, punctual, behindhand, delayed, ill-
SIZE: timed, premature, tardy, unearthly, modern,
big, huge, immense, enormous, mammoth, traditional, old-fashioned, young, old, new, slow,
massive, vast, large, wide, spacious, small, little, swift,quick, rapid, brief, short, long, etc...
tiny, high, long, tall, low , short, same as, gigantic, NATIONALITY AND ORIGIN:
teeny (weeny), petite, scrawny, etc... American, Mexican, Moroccan,, African, Martian,
SHAPE: etc...
round (a ball), circle (a door knob), triangular, MATERIAL:
rectangular (a flag), square (a cake), oval (an egg), wooden, woolen, cottony, fibrous, metallic, bronze,
broad, curved, flat, etc... etc...
FEELINGS: AGE:
happy, gald, beatific, blissful, cheerful, chirpy, old, ancient, aged, senile, elderly, ageless, oldish,
content, pleased, satisfied, delighted, ecstatic , overage, young, juvenile, adolescent, teenage,
exalted, elated, sad, bereft, blue, broken, broken- underage, youthful, etc...
hearted, broody, bruised, broody, careworn, PURPOSE:
deflated, dark, demoralised, depressed, desolate, (These adjectives usually end in /ing/) sleeping
despondent, disaffected, disappointed, bag, frying pan, swinging door, time-saving
disconsolate, discouraged, dismal, disillusioned, gadget, driving licence, etc...
disheartened, dismayed, displeased, dissatisfied, Taste/Touch:
distressed, distraught, doleful, down, bitter, delicious, fresh, juicy, ripe, rotten, salty,
downcast,downhearted, forlorn, tender, angry, sour, spicy, stale, sticky, sweet, tart, tasteless, tasty,
excited, envious, embarassed, frightened, etc... thirsty, fluttering, fuzzy,greasy, grubby, hard, hot,
QUALITIES AND APPEARANCE: icy, loose, melted, plastic, prickly, rough, scattered,
good,excellent, brilliant ,splendid, fantastic, shaggy, shaky, sharp, shivering, silky, slimy,
magnificent, bad, terrible, awsome, awful, nice, slippery, smooth, soft, solid, steady, sticky, tight,
beautiful, pretty,gorgeous, cute, glamorous, uneven, weak, wet, wooden, yummy, boiling, etc...
elegant, good-looking, handsome, ugly, unsightly, SOUND:
right, wrong, funny, amusing, entertaining, light, cooing, deafening, faint, harsh, high-pitched,
heavy, fat, stout, thin, slim, clean, dirty, filthy, hissing, hushed, husky, loud, melodic, moaning,
straight, noisy, quiet, still, tranquil, calm, powerful, mute, noisy, purring, quiet, raspy, resonant,
nutritious, adorable, adventurous, aggressive, alert, screeching, shrill, silent, soft, squealing,
attractive, bloody, blushing, colorful, exciting, thundering, voiceless, whispering, etc...
graceful, grotesque, drab, dull, homely, plain,
precious, sparkling, fragile, frail, weak, strong,
doubtful, bewildred, confused, puzzled, cautious,
careful, concerned, innocent, guilty, crazy, silly,
stupid, foolish, clumsy, intelligent, clever, cunning,
shy, timid, rich, poor, wild, defiant, courageous,
brave, helpful, helpless, unhelpful, etc...
CONDITION:
important, principal, paramount, famous,
notorious, fictitious, real, true, false, imaginary,
alive, dead, odd, weird, unsusual, strange,
outsanding, impossible, improbable,easy, difficult,
closed, open, etc...
QUANTITY:
one, two, three, ... first, second, third, ... abundant,
empty,heavy, light, numerous, substantial,
significant, insignificant etc...

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