AMAZING ADJECTIVES

Part 1

Created by Elizabeth Chu

ADAMANT

Definition: Refusing to be persuaded or to change one’s mind.

Synonyms: unshakable, unwavering, resolved, determined, firm.

Example: The toddler is adamant about not eating vegetables, so his mother has to sneak vegetables into his meals.

Created by Elizabeth Chu

BOORISH

Definition: Rough and ill-mannered.

Synonyms: coarse, insensitive, oafish, rude, uncivilized, unrefined.

Example: Belle refused to marry Gaston because he was boorish and prideful and lacked common decency.

Created by Elizabeth Chu

CORPULENT

Definition: Large or bulky (often referring to a person).

Synonyms: fat, fleshy, obese, plump, portly, stout.

Example: Homer’s doctor put him on a strict regimen of diet and exercise because he was in danger of becoming too corpulent.

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DOWDY

Definition: Unfashionable and without style in appearance (often referring to a woman)

Synonyms: frowzy, frumpy, old-fashioned, shabby.

Example: Even though Mabel is a successful businesswomen, you would never guess by her dowdy, unkempt appearance.

Created by Elizabeth Chu

EGREGIOUS

Definition: Extraordinary in some bad way; outstandingly bad.

Synonyms: abominable, appalling, atrocious, flagrant, outrageous.

Example: Regina was not sorry even though she spread egregious, life-altering rumors about all the girls in the school.