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Colourful Language
Interesting Nice Good Bad

spellbinding delightful terrific awful

fascinating enjoyable superb naughty
riveting lovely amazing mean
impressive pleasing pleasant dreadful
breathtaking thoughtful marvellous nasty
captivating likeable fantastic wicked* (check infml. use)
intriguing ___________ outstanding lousy
compelling ___________ exceptional terrible
stimulating ___________ splendid unpleasant
engaging stupendous disagreeable
gripping excellent wretched
enthralling world-class appalling
absorbing first-rate horrifying
arresting top-notch disgusting
mesmerising ___________ ___________
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Positive Negative Important Controversial

beneficial detrimental vital / essential debatable

advantageous disadvantageous major /main arguable
profitable harmful crucial / critical polemical
favourable unfavourable momentous thorny
valuable pernicious paramount questionable
successful deteriorating of the utmost importance contentious
constructive damaging considerable ___________
helpful deleterious chief / key ___________
worthwhile destructive significant ___________
fortunate deadly urgent
___________ disastrous influential
___________ threatening fundamental
___________ foremost
___________ invaluable
indispensable
___________
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Difficult Easy Big Small

hard effortless huge tiny

challenging manageable giant miniature
complicated simple gigantic minute
demanding obvious enormous microscopic
gruelling uncomplicated large fit into a nutshell
puzzling undemanding massive ___________
tough painless colossal ___________
tricky foolproof immense
excruciating within (easy) reach bulky
complex ___________ hefty
___________ ___________ jumbo
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Funny Boring Different same

amusing dull unique nothing short of …

comical monotonous unparalleled every bit as …..as
entertaining tedious one-of-a-kind bear a strong resemblance to
gleeful uneventful rare fundamentally similar to
hilarious insipid unmatched ___________
humorous plain unequalled ___________
whimsical prosaic unrivalled
witty uninspired incomparable
a riot drowsy singular
___________ ___________ in a league of one’s own
___________ ___________ ___________

many few very subject

numerous scant highly topic

countless miserly thoroughly issue
endless sparse considerably concern
tons of at a premium drastically situation
a myriad of in short supply dramatically problem
a plethora of a tad (infml) incredibly situation
___________ a fragment totally circumstance
___________ a hint of extremely matter
___________ a trace of absolutely question
a sample of entirely ___________
a drop in the ocean substantially ___________
___________ significantly ___________
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Feelings
Happy Sad Angry Scared/Nervous
cheerful depressed irate agitated
delighted gloomy enraged anxious
glad miserable touchy tense
pleased sorrowful mad apprehensive
joyful upset infuriated concerned
ecstatic downcast resentful bothered
thrilled tearful cross edgy
elated dejected hit the roof be worked up
upbeat disheartened furious be wound up
on cloud 9 joyless upset unnerved
be overjoyed forlorn see red petrified
be over the moon dispirited a sudden outburst of temper turn pale
___________ devastated blow one-s top be frightened out of one’s wits
___________ gutted let off steam it makes one’s hair stand on end
___________ dismayed throw a tantrum be haunted by..
___________ grief-stricken flow into a rage be panic-stricken
___________ despondent ___________ shaken
Distraught ___________ ___________
have a lump in one’s throat ___________

Surprised Disgusted Confused Indifferent

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flabbergasted be grossed out bewildered unaffected
astounded repelled be thrown calm
amazed repulsed flustered nonchalant
astonished be put off by… baffled unruffled
be blown away perplexed poker-faced

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startled
shaken up
dazed
alarmed
shocked
stunned
appalled
outraged

be taken aback
staggered
speechless
it came out of the blue
it took me by surprise

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