What is a one syllable descriptive word that starts with n?

Answer 1

By descriptive word, I am assuming you mean an adjective.

Here is a list of one-syllable adjectives beginning with n, and there aren't many:

nice

neat

new

nude

numb

null

near

next

north (as in, "the north gate," "north wind," "north course")

night (as in, "a night nurse," "a night raid," "the night hours")

nuts (meaning insane or crazy, "She's nuts")

net (as in "net force," "net result," "net earnings")

Nash (meaning firm, stiff, hard)

naught (meaning lost, gone, ruined)

neap (low; this definition usually refers to tides)

necked (used in phrases like "stiff-necked." Can also mean "cracked.")

nerved (having nerves)

nesh (sensitive, tender, delicate)

nibbed (having a nib/point, or one of a certain kind, as in "broad-nibbed pen")

nigh (near or approaching)

nil (having no value or existence)

nine (amounting to nine in number)

ninth (next after the eighth; being one of nine equal parts)

no (not any; not at all; far from being, "he's no genius"; very little or negligible)

none (This is an archaic usage. It means not any or no.)

Norse (of or pertaining to ancient Scandinavia or its inhabitants; Norwegian)

nosed (having a nose)

now (encompassing the latest fads/fashions: "the now look")

nowed (knotted; tied in a knot)

nulled