What is an example of a common adjective?

Answer 1

A common adjective is an adjective that is not written with a capital letter. Most adjectives are common. Ones that are written with a capital letter are proper adjectives .

Examples of common adjectives are:

big

little

small

beautiful

nice

handsome

Answer 2

Common adjectives are all adjectives that do not refer to a proper noun.

Proper adjectives are the adjective forms of proper nouns (e.g. Shakespearean from the proper noun Shakespeare). They are capitalized in English.

Answer 3

The most commonly used adjective is "the" the is an article which is an adjective. The most commonly used adjectives in the English language...

A.

• aback
• abandoned
• abiding
• abiding
• ablaze
• abnormal
• aboard
• aboriginal
• abounding
• abrasive
• abrupt
• absent
• absorbed
• absurd
• abusive
• acceptable
• accessible
• accidental
• accurate
• acoustic
• actually
• adamant
• adaptable
• addicted
• adhesive
• adjoining
• adorable
• afraid
• agonizing
• ahead
• alcoholic
• alert
• alike
• alive
• alleged
• alluring
• aloof
• ambiguous
• ambitious
• ancient
• animated
• aquatic
• aromatic
• aspiring
• assorted
• astonishing
• available
• average
• aware

B.

• bad
• bashful
• beautiful
• berserk
• better
• big
• bizarre
• black
• boiling
• boring
• brawny
• breezy
• brief
• bright
• broad
• broken
• bumpy

C.

• capable
• capricious
• ceaseless
• changeable
• cheerful
• childlike
• chilly
• chivalrous
• chubby
• chunky
• classy
• clammy
• cloudy
• clumsy
• coherent
• cold
• colossal
• combative
• comfortable
• cool
• cooperative
• courageous
• cowardly
• crabby
• craven
• crazy
• credible
• creepy
• crooked
• cuddly
• cultured
• curly
• curved
• cynical

D.

• daily
• damaged
• damaging
• damp
• dashing
• dazzling
• debonair
• decisive
• deep
• deeply
• defective
• delightful
• demonic
• deranged
• deserted
• detailed
• determined
• devilish
• didactic
• diligent
• dirty
• disagreeable
• discreet
• disillusioned
• dispensable
• divergent
• dizzy
• domineering
• draconian
• dramatic
• drunk
• dry
• dull
• dusty
• dynamic
• dysfunctional

E.

• eager
• early
• earsplitting
• earthy
• economic
• educated
• efficient
• elated
• elderly
• elite
• eminent
• empty
• enchanting
• encouraging
• endurable
• energetic
• entertaining
• enthusiastic
• erect
• erratic
• ethereal
• evanescent
• evasive
• evil
• excellent
• excited
• exclusive
• exotic
• expensive
• exuberant
• exultant

F.

• fabulous
• faded
• fallacious
• fanatical
• fancy
• fantastic
• fascinated
• fast
• fat
• faulty
• fearless
• feigned
• fertile
• festive
• filthy
• finicky
• flashy
• flawless
• flowery
• foamy
• foregoing
• fortunate
• frail
• fragrant
• fretful
• friendly
• functional
• funny
• futuristic

G.

• gaping
• gaudy
• gentle
• giant
• giddy
• gigantic
• glamorous
• gleaming
• glorious
• glossy
• godly
• goofy
• good
• gorgeous
• graceful
• grandiose
• great
• greedy
• green
• groovy
• grotesque
• grouchy
• gruesome
• grumpy
• guiltless
• guarded
• gullible
• gusty

H.

• habitual
• half
• hallowed
• halting
• handsome
• handsomely
• hapless
• happy
• harmonious
• healthy
• heartbreaking
• heavenly
• hellish
• helpful
• hesitant
• high
• hilarious
• historical
• holistic
• hollow
• honorable
• horrible
• hospitable
• huge
• hulking
• humdrum
• humorous
• hungry
• hurried
• hurt
• historic
• hysterical

I.

• icky
• idiotic
• ignorant
• illegal
• illustrious
• imaginary
• immense
• imminent
• impartial
• imperfect
• imported
• incandescent
• incompetent
• inconclusive
• industrious
• innate
• instinctive
• internal
• invincible
• itchy

J.

• jagged
• jazzy
• jealous
• jittery
• jobless
• jolly
• joyous
• judicious
• jumbled
• jumpy
• juvenile

K.

• kaput
• kind
• kindhearted
• knotty
• knowledgeable
• known

L.

• lacking
• lamentable
• languid
• large
• late
• laughable
• lavish
• lazy
• lean
• learned
• legal
• lethal
• level
• light
• likeable
• literate
• little
• lively
• long
• longing
• lopsided
• lovely
• loving
• low
• lowly
• lucky
• ludicrous
• lush
• luxuriant
• lying
• lyrical

M.

• macabre
• macho
• maddening
• madly
• magenta
• magical
• magnificent
• majestic
• makeshift
• malicious
• mammoth
• many
• marked
• massive
• materialistic
• mature
• measly
• meek
• melodic
• merciful
• mere
• mighty
• mindless
• miniature
• minor
• moaning
• modern
• moldy
• momentous
• muddled
• mundane
• murky
• mushy
• mysterious

N.

• naive
• nappy
• narrow
• nasty
• nauseating
• nebulous
• needless
• needy
• neighborly
• nervous
• new
• nice
• nifty
• noiseless
• noisy
• nonchalant
• nonstop
• nostalgic
• nosy
• null
• numerous
• nutritious

O.

• obedient
• obscene
• observant
• obsolete
• obtainable
• oceanic
• odd
• offbeat
• old
• omniscient
• optimal
• orange
• ordinary
• organic
• oval
• overconfident
• overjoyed
• overrated
• overt

P.

• painful
• painstaking
• panoramic
• parched
• parsimonious
• pastoral
• pathetic
• peaceful
• penitent
• perfect
• periodic
• permissible
• perpetual
• petite
• phobic
• piquant
• placid
• plant
• plausible
• pleasant
• plucky
• pointless
• political
• possessive
• precious
• premium
• pretty
• prickly
• productive
• profuse
• protective
• proud
• psychedelic
• psychotic
• puffy
• pumped
• puny
• purple

Q.

• quack
• quaint
• quarrelsome
• questionable
• quick
• quickest
• quiet
• quizzical

R.

• rabid
• racial
• ragged
• rainy
• rampant
• rare
• ratty
• rebel
• receptive
• red
• redundant
• reflective
• relieved
• reminiscent
• resolute
• resonant
• rhetorical
• righteous
• rightful
• roasted
• robust
• romantic
• roomy
• round
• royal
• ruddy
• rural
• rustic
• ruthless

S.

• sable
• sad
• sassy
• satisfying
• savoy
• scandalous
• scarce
• scary
• scientific
• scrawny
• secretive
• sedate
• seemly
• selective
• shallow
• shocking
• short
• shrill
• silly
• sincere
• skillfull
• skinny
• sloppy
• slow
• small
• smelly
• sneaky
• snobbish
• snotty
• soggy
• somber
• sordid
• spectacular
• spicy
• spiffy
• spiritual
• splendid
• spooky
• square
• squeamish
• staking
• standing
• statuesque
• steadfast
• stereotyped
• stimulating
• stingy
• strange
• subdued
• subsequent
• successful
• succinct
• sulky
• supreme
• sweltering
• symptomatic
• synonymous

T.

• taboo
• tacky
• talented
• tall
• tame
• tan
• tangible
• tangy
• tart
• tasteful
• tawdry
• tearful
• telling
• temporary
• tender
• tenuous
• tested
• therapeutic
• thinkable
• threatening
• tight
• tightfisted
• tiny
• tiresome
• toothsome
• tough
• towering
• tranquil
• trashy
• tricky
• trite
• typical

U.

• ubiquitous
• ugliest
• ugly
• ultra
• unable
• unaccountable
• unadvised
• unarmed
• unbecoming
• unbiased
• uncovered
• understood
• undesirable
• unequaled
• uneven
• unsightly
• unsuitable
• unusual
• upbeat
• upset
• uptight
• used
• utopian
• utter
• uttermost

V.

• vagabond
• vague
• various
• vengeful
• vast
• venomous
• verdant
• versed
• victorious
• vigorous
• vivacious
• voiceless
• volatile
• voracious
• vulgar

W.

• wacky
• wanting
• warlike
• warm
• wary
• wasteful
• watchful
• watery
• weak
• wealthy
• weary
• weak
• wee
• wet
• whimsical
• whispering
• wholesale
• wicked
• wild
• willing
• wiry
• wise
• wistful
• womanly
• wonderful
• wooden
• woozy
• workable
• worried
• worthless
• wrathful
• wretched
• wry

X.

• x-rated

Y.

• yellow
• yielding
• young
• youthful
• yummy

Z.

• zany
• zealous
• zippy
• zonked

Answer 4

There are thousands of adjectives that are used commonly in every day oral and written communication. Some of these include numerals, such as "one dog, two cats." Others describe color, size, shape, and more.

Answer 5

Example use of adjectives in a sentence:

• I like hot tea.
• The blue bike is the new bike.
• The dusty attic is filled with ancient treasures of bygone days.
• The mean girls made fun of my lacy socks.
• A good question deserves a proper answer.

Answer 6

A Proper Adjective is like German Shepherd.

A Common Adjective is like purple paint.