Category: Adjectives

1 : very hot steaming weather The weather has been steaming hot. 2 : very angry steaming drivers stuck in traffic His wife was steaming when he finally got home. She was steaming mad.

Someone described as sanctimonious behaves as though they are morally superior to others. Language or behavior that suggests the same kind of moral superiority can also be described as sanctimonious. While the subject matter was interesting, I found the presenter’s Read More …

extremely good or enjoyable : WONDERFUL We had a marvelous time at the party. He has a marvelous way with children. The weather was simply marvelous. a marvelous writer/book/idea — marvelously (US) or chiefly British marvellously adverb They all get Read More …

full of danger : DANGEROUS a perilous journey across the mountains The climb was perilous. — perilously adverb He leaned perilously over the edge of the boat. She came perilously close to drowning. (=she almost drowned) The company was perilously Read More …

(more redolent; most redolent) literary + formal 1 : having a strong smell : full of a fragrance or odor a redolent bouquet — often + of a room redolent of spices — often + with The sauce was redolent Read More …

Someone or something described as amiable is friendly and agreeable. Both children have amiable dispositions, which makes them easy to travel with.

(more delish; most delish) US, informal : delicious The whole meal was delish.

(more livid; most livid) 1 : very angry : FURIOUS My father was livid (with rage) when I came home three hours late. 2 : literary : having a dark purplish color a livid bruise

always used before a noun (more gripping; most gripping) very interesting and exciting a gripping story about a slave’s escape to freedom — grippingly adverb a grippingly exciting story

Something described as eclectic, such as a collection or a person’s tastes, includes things taken from many different sources. The collection includes an eclectic mix of historical artifacts.