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Superlative Adjectives
Superlative Adjectives
• big - biggest
• black - blackest
• bold - boldest
• brave - bravest
• bright - brightest
• cheap - cheapest
• clean - cleanest
• clever - cleverest
• cold - coldest
• dull - dullest
• faint - faintest
• few - fewest
• gentle - gentlest
• grand - grandest
• grave - gravest
• great - greatest
• high - highest
• kind - kindest
• loud - loudest
• moist - moistest
• narrow - narrowest
• nice - nicest
• odd- oddest
• proud - proudest
• pure - purest
• quiet - quietest
• rare - rarest
• rich - richest
• ripe - ripest
• rough - roughest
• rude - rudest
• safe - safest
• shallow - shallowest
• simple - simplest
• smooth - smoothest
• strange- strangest
• strict - strictest
• true - truest
• weird - weirdest
• young - youngest
• angry - angriest
• bloody - bloodiest
• bossy - bossiest
• busy - busiest
• chewy - chewiest
• chubby - chubbiest
• classy - classiest
• cloudy - cloudiest
• clumsy - clumsiest
• creamy - creamiest
• creepy - creepiest
• crunchy - crunchiest
• curly - curliest
• deadly - deadliest
• dirty - dirtiest
• early - earliest
• easy- easiest
• filthy - filthiest
• flaky - flakiest
• funny - funniest
• gloomy - gloomiest
• greasy - greasiest
• greedy - greediest
• healthy - healthiest
• heavy - heaviest
• hungry - hungriest
• itchy - itchiest
• juicy- juiciest
• lazy - laziest
• lonely - loneliest
• pretty - prettiest
• roomy - roomiest
• scary - scariest
• shiny - shiniest
• skinny - skinniest
• smelly - smelliest
• wealthy - wealthiest
• windy - windiest
• worthy – worthiest
Adjectives with three or more syllables always form the superlative by putting the word "most" or "least" in front of the
adjective. These ones are easier to remember because adding -est to a three-syllable word just sounds funny!