Category: Adjectives

To neglect things or people is to pay them no attention or to fail to take care of them. So, something negligible is so small or so unimportant that it doesn’t require anyone’s care or attention. Pronunciation: NEG ludge uh bull Part of speech: Read More …

[more peculiar; most peculiar] 1 : not usual or normal : STRANGE It seems peculiar that he would leave town and not tell anybody. The dog’s peculiar behavior worried them. She got a peculiar feeling when the phone rang. She had a peculiar expression on her face. 2 : not used Read More …

1 : of or relating to the sun a solar eclipse/phenomenon 2 : produced by or using the sun’s light or heat solar energy/power a solar heating system

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 staircases — ornateness noun [noncount]

often disapproving strongly supporting one leader, group, or cause over another partisan interests/loyalties/politics She is highly/fiercely partisan.

excited and enthusiastic about something I’m pumped  [= pumped up]  for tonight’s concert.

1 a of food : no longer good or appealing : no longer fresh stale food stale bread 1 b : not clean, clear, or pure : having an unpleasant taste or smell stale air/water a room filled with stale smoke 2 : not interesting or new : boring Read More …

large and impressively beautiful majestic mountains/trees majestic phrases — majestically adverb mountains rising majestically above the surrounding hills

extremely sad and not able to be comforted She was inconsolable when she learned that he had died.

somewhat formal very many The old system’s problems were myriad. — usually used before a noun myriad problems Today we remember the myriad ways she helped others in her lifetime.