List of Adjectives

Size, Sound and Time

Size Adjectives

• Size: Tells us how big or small something is: big, colossal, fat, gigantic, great, huge, immense ,large, little, mammoth, massive, miniature, petite, puny, scrawny ,short, small, tall, teeny, teeny-tiny, tiny.Example:There was a huge tree in front of the house.Viruses are tiny organisms.He is a fat man.

Sound Adjectives

• The definition of sound is the sensation experienced through the sense of hearing. Hearing is one of the five senses that uses our two ears to communicate the direction and distance of sounds to our brain.

Sound Adjectives

• The following list contains common adjectives that are often used to describe the sounds a person hears.

• Cooing, deafening, faint, hissing, loud, melodic, noisy, purring, quiet, raspy, screeching, thundering, voiceless, whispering

Example:to be of sound mindto give somebody a sound beating.We arrived home safe and sound.

Time Adjectives

• Adjectives can be used to describe time:• Ancient, brief, early, fast, late, long, modern,

old, old-fashioned, quick, rapid, short, slow, swift, young.

• Example:• Ancient almnara tower in somalia.• The bus arrived 5 minutes late.• The train was 10 minutes early.