Beautiful Adjectives

Wonder B. (United States of America)
Adjectives that I totally love and want to use to describe many characters of mine, and certain situations that effect them in their lives
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  1. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  2. ostensible
    appearing as such but not necessarily so
  3. hoary
    having gray or white hair as with age
  4. vituperative
    marked by harshly abusive criticism
  5. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  6. chaste
    abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse
  7. vapid
    lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
  8. refractory
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  9. svelte
    being of delicate or slender build
  10. amiable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  11. unobtrusive
    not undesirably noticeable
  12. improbable
    having a chance of occurring too low to inspire belief
  13. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  14. flagrant
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  15. fundamental
    serving as an essential component
  16. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  17. implicit
    suggested though not directly expressed
  18. provincial
    associated with an administrative district of a nation
  19. tantamount
    being essentially equal to something
  20. dogmatic
    pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  21. autocratic
    characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
  22. tangential
    of superficial relevance if any
  23. ribald
    humorously vulgar
  24. bureaucratic
    of or relating to unnecessary procedures and red tape
  25. serrated
    notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex
  26. guttural
    relating to or articulated in the throat
  27. sprightly
    full of spirit and vitality
  28. opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy
  29. raucous
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  30. obsidian
    glass formed by the cooling of lava without crystallization
  31. tandem
    an arrangement of objects or persons one behind another
  32. diplomatic
    relating to negotiation between nations
  33. concurrent
    occurring or operating at the same time
  34. invariably
    without change, in every case
  35. furtive
    secret and sly
  36. unprecedented
    novel; having no earlier occurrence
  37. egalitarian
    favoring social equality
  38. indigenous
    originating where it is found
  39. prolific
    intellectually productive
  40. illicit
    contrary to accepted morality or convention
  41. tenuous
    lacking substance or significance
  42. lenient
    inclined to be permissive or indulgent
  43. degradation
    a change to a lower state
  44. seditious
    inciting action or rebellion
  45. incandescent
    emitting light as a result of being heated
  46. carousing
    used of riotously drunken merrymaking
  47. tentative
    hesitant or lacking confidence; unsettled in mind or opinion
  48. licentious
    lacking moral discipline
  49. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  50. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  51. sanctimonious
    excessively or hypocritically pious
  52. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  53. copacetic
    completely satisfactory
  54. inconsequential
    lacking worth or importance
  55. sultry
    attractive and suggesting hidden passion
  56. stifling
    characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
  57. debauched
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  58. circuitous
    deviating from a straight course
  59. vociferous
    conspicuously and offensively loud
  60. unnerving
    inspiring fear
  61. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  62. inert
    unable to move or resist motion
  63. irrefutable
    impossible to deny or disprove
  64. poignant
    keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
  65. discreet
    marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
  66. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
  67. verbose
    using or containing too many words
  68. sedate
    characterized by dignity and propriety
  69. staid
    characterized by dignity and propriety
  70. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  71. benighted
    overtaken by darkness
  72. panegyric
    formally expressing praise
  73. misanthropic
    hating mankind in general
  74. mellifluous
    pleasing to the ear
  75. disparaging
    expressive of low opinion
  76. grandiloquent
    lofty in style
  77. redolent
    having a strong pleasant odor
  78. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  79. expedient
    appropriate to a purpose
  80. deducible
    capable of being figured out by what is known
  81. cyclic
    marked by repeated series of events
  82. balletic
    characteristic of or resembling or suitable for ballet
  83. incorporeal
    without material form or substance
  84. sulfurous
    of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur
  85. pristine
    immaculately clean and unused
  86. irrespective
    in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks
    This is an adverb.
  87. pensive
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  88. gusto
    vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
  89. discursive
    tending to cover a wide range of subjects
  90. circumspect
    careful to consider potential consequences and avoid risk
  91. sacrilegious
    grossly irreverent toward what is considered holy
  92. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  93. munificent
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  94. retrograde
    moving or directed or tending in a backward direction
  95. donnish
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
  96. saturnine
    bitter or scornful
  97. variegated
    having an assortment of colors
  98. venal
    capable of being corrupted
  99. moribund
    being on the point of death
  100. enigmatic
    not clear to the understanding
  101. tenacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  102. condign
    fitting or appropriate and deserved
  103. condign
    fitting or appropriate and deserved
  104. peripatetic
    traveling especially on foot
  105. encomiastic
    formally expressing praise
  106. recondite
    difficult to understand
  107. primordial
    having existed from the beginning
  108. contentious
    showing an inclination to disagree
  109. irenic
    conducive to peace
  110. eldritch
    suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
  111. rapscallion
    one who is playfully mischievous
  112. noetic
    of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
  113. histrionic
    overly dramatic or emotional
  114. Procrustean
    enforcing conformity by violent or ruthless means
  115. modality
    the manner or style in which something is done
  116. dubious
    fraught with uncertainty or doubt
Created on Thu Aug 22 12:04:39 EDT 2013 (updated Mon Jan 25 10:25:34 EST 2016)

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