Friday, September 16, 2011

Adjectives



In grammar, an adjective is a word whose main syntactic role is to qualify a noun or noun phrase, giving more information about the object signified.

Challenge: describe yourself with adjectives only.

middle-aged

married

average

witty

intuitive

broken-hearted

hopeful

adventurous

cheeky

honest

faithful

loyal

sarcastic

willing

loud

forgetful

friendly

ingenious

compassionate

available

skeptical

alone

scientific

committed

introspective

generous

famous

broke

spoiled

diplomatic

whiny

religious

artsy

sequential

discerning

sincere

brown

creative

genuine

careful

flaky

first-born

melancholy

bossy

light

accepting

good

bored

organized

clever

messy

truthful

green-eyed

controlled

selfish

mindful

restless

black

crafty

sunny

last-minute

half-full

diligent

polite

giving

limber

musical

open-minded

helpful

quick

tolerant

smiley

observant

flip

obligated

motherly

patient

impatient

cheerful

guilty

forgiven.

“A man's character may be learned from the adjectives 
which he habitually uses in conversation.”
~Mark Twain

3 comments:

Mama Cache said...

"patient" "impatient"

You make me smile, my friend.
Smile and think.

Love the way you wrapped up your list, my friend.

Ari C'rona said...

Hey! I'm takin' on the challenge! Love your adjectives, my friend, though I don't fully agree with all of them... :o)

Rebecca said...

BROWN!!!! My favorite one ^.^

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