Adjective > Shabby (also more shabby; most shabby) 1 : in poor condition especially because of age or use The furniture was old and shabby. He wore a shabby coat. Her first apartment was pretty shabby. 2 : dressed in Read More …
Adjective > Shabby
Category: Adjectives
Adjective > Effervescent
Adjective > Effervescent Inside the word effervescent, you can almost see the Latin fervescere, “beginning to boil,” and inside that, fervere, “to boil, to glow, or to be hot.” Fervere also gave us the words fervor, ferment, and fer___cy, meaning Read More …
Adjective > Impractical
Adjective > Impractical not practical: such as a : not easy to do or use : not suitable for the situation Little sports cars are impractical for large families. an attractive but completely impractical pair of shoes (=shoes that look Read More …
Adjective > Spooky
Adjective > Foolish
Adjective – Foolish having or showing a lack of good sense or judgment : STUPID, SILLY a foolish decision/mistake He was wearing a foolish grin. She’s been taking foolish risks. — foolishly adverb He foolishly ignored his parents’ advice. — Read More …
Adjective > Rugged
Adjective – Rugged 1 : having a rough, uneven surface the rugged surface of the moon She did a painting of the region’s rugged coastline. 2 : of a man’s face : having rough but attractive features People are attracted Read More …
Adjective > Amiss
Adjective – Amiss not used before a noun not proper or correct : WRONG Something is amiss here. Some of his assumptions are amiss. The doctor’s examination showed that nothing was amiss. A special award for her performance would not Read More …
Adjective > Intermittent
Adjective – Intermittent The word “intermit” has Latin roots that literally mean “to send in between.” When something intermits, it stops for a while, as if it’s taking a break: “His pain intermitted;” “The rains intermitted.” And when you intermit Read More …
Adjective > Ornate
Adjective – Ornate 1 : covered with decorations : covered with fancy patterns and shapes ornate silver candlesticks She doesn’t like ornate jewelry. 2 : using many fancy words an ornate writing style ornate prose — ornately adverb ornately carved Read More …
