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Finance Writing Vocabulary: Adjectives 42 words

January 8, 2010 By Laura B. (Toronto Canada)
Adjectives with mostly negative connotations that can be used when writing about investing and finance topics.

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  1. abysmal
    resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable
  2. antsy
    nervous and unable to relax
  3. anxious
    causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
  4. apprehensive
    in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
  5. bankrupt
    financially ruined
  6. bleak
    unpleasantly cold and damp
  7. brutal
    resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
  8. credible
    capable of being believed
  9. dismal
    causing dejection
  10. dramatic
    pertaining to or characteristic of drama
  11. economic
    of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth
  12. edgy
    being in a tense state
  13. euphoric
    exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation
  14. excessive
    beyond normal limits
  15. excitable
    easily excited
  16. fidgety
    nervous and unable to relax
  17. fundamental
    any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business
  18. grim
    harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
  19. healthy
    having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease
  20. high-strung
    being in a tense state
  21. jittery
    characterized by jerky movements
  22. jumpy
    being in a tense state
  23. limited
    subject to limits or subjected to limits
  24. manic
    affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason
  25. modest
    marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
  26. nervous
    of or relating to the nervous system
  27. overbold
    improperly forward or bold
  28. panicky
    thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
  29. political
    involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians
  30. prospective
    of or concerned with or related to the future
  31. punishing
    resulting in punishment
  32. quivering
    the act of vibrating
  33. skittish
    unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
  34. sober
    not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
  35. spook
    a mental representation of some haunting experience
  36. tense
    taut or rigid; stretched tight
  37. trembling
    vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze
  38. uneasy
    causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
  39. uptight
    being in a tense state
  40. vulnerable
    capable of being wounded or hurt
  41. weighted
    made heavy or weighted down with weariness
  42. widespread
    widely circulated or diffused