adjective

In so much of modern cinema, “fun” has replaced “safe,” a new adjective with a better connotation meant to save middling films from themselves.

From Salon ● May 27, 2026

Their long, heavy eyelids give them a look of drowsy calm; the adjective most often associated with them is “chill.”

From Slate ● May 27, 2026

“You don’t often see the adjective ‘warm’ attached to a titan of industry, but it applied to him.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

By the 17th and 18th centuries, hedge had become an insulting adjective:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

No comma, no period, no adjective or adverb was beneath his interest.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Bold, original and necessary are three adjectives that don’t come to mind regarding “Digger,” the expensive, much-anticipated satire-drama from Alejandro González Iñárritu and Tom Cruise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Patterns of neural activity revealed that the brain could distinguish different parts of speech, including nouns, verbs, and adjectives.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026

They ignored the numbers and filled their dispatches with adjectives indicating a doom that, hilariously, the study didn’t support.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

This spiritual sequel to “Frankenstein” is a romantic tale of obsession, possession and fantasy — adjectives that also apply to its filmmaker, Maggie Gyllenhaal, who expends massive quantities of energy jolting it to life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026

This demandingness is called government, and it can also be seen in the way that verbs and adjectives are picky about their complements.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker