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adjectives

NOUN

word that modifies a noun

Synonyms

STRONG

accessory adjunct adnoun attribute dependent identifier modifier qualifier

WEAK

additional attributive descriptive

Example Sentences

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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

Humbled, I move on, again resolved not to let our unhoused neighbors feel invisible, nor to forget that homelessness is, among other adjectives, abnormal.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

The goal is to convince online shoppers to spend north of $100 on a scent suggested by a chatbot conversation filled with ethereal adjectives and descriptions of the English countryside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

It's hard to find the right adjectives to do it justice.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025

This is because, in each of these cases, the adjectives do their jobs in joyful combination; they are not intended as a list.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author