This list of adjectives contains 9947 adjectives listed alphabetically from A to Z.

What's an adjective ?

In English grammar, adjective's job is to qualify or modify or describe a noun. There are 3 types of adjectives: positive adjectives, negative adjectives and comparatives adjectives.

Adjectives can be modified by adverbs or by a clause or a phrase with similar role as an adverb.

Adjective order:

1. quantity or number
2. quality
3. size
4. age
5. shape
6. color
7. proper adjective
8. purpose or qualifier

Adjectives categorised by the type of attribute they describe:

1. Appearance Adjectives
   adorable, beautiful, clean, drab, elegant, fancy, glamorous, handsome, long, magnificent, old-fashioned, plain, quaint, sparkling, ugliest, unsightly, wide-eyed
2. Color Adjectives
   red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, gray, black, white
3. Feelings (Bad) Adjectives
   angry, bewildered, clumsy, defeated, embarrassed, fierce, grumpy, helpless, itchy, jealous, lazy, mysterious, nervous, obnoxious, panicky, repulsive, scary, thoughtless, uptight, worried
4. Feelings (Good) Adjectives
   agreeable, brave, calm, delightful, eager, faithful, gentle, happy, jolly, kind, lively, nice, obedient, proud, relieved, silly, thankful, victorious, witty, zealous
5. Shape Adjectives
   broad, chubby, crooked, curved, deep, flat, high, hollow, low, narrow, round, shallow, skinny, square, steep, straight, wide
6. Size Adjectives
   big, colossal, fat, gigantic, great, huge, immense, large, little, mammoth, massive, miniature, petite, puny, scrawny, short, small, tall, teeny, teeny-tiny, tiny
7. Sound Adjectives
   cooing, deafening, faint, hissing, loud, melodic, noisy, purring, quiet, raspy, screeching, thundering, voiceless, whispering
8. Time Adjectives
   ancient, brief, early, fast, late, long, modern, old, old-fashioned, quick, rapid, short, slow, swift, young
9. Taste/Touch Adjectives
   bitter, delicious, fresh, greasy, juicy, hot, icy, loose, melted, nutritious, prickly, rainy, rotten, salty, sticky, strong, sweet, tart, tasteless, uneven, weak, wet, wooden, yummy
10. Touch Adjectives
    boiling, breeze, broken, bumpy, chilly, cold, cool, creepy, crooked, cuddly, curly, damaged, damp, dirty, dry, dusty, filthy, flaky, fluffy, freezing, hot, warm, wet
11. Quantity Adjectives
    abundant, empty, few, full, heavy, light, many, numerous, sparse, substantial

As an interesting fact, you should know that famous Grammarians consider the following articles :"the," + "a +" "an" to be adjectives as well.