Adjective of Quality Idris Sadri

What is it?

The adjectives that are used to

Adjectives of quality describe
describe the nature of a subject
the noun, that is, they tell us
or a noun or showing the kind or
about the quality of the person,
quality of nouns or pronouns are
place or thing to which we are
called Adjective of Quality. For
referring.
Example: Kind, Bulky, Weak, etc.
 From nouns
Such • Eg: gold—golden, power—
powerful, dirt—dirty
adjectives
can be From verbs
formed in the • Eg: use—useful, talk—talkative,
following please—pleasant
ways: From other adjectives
• Eg: just—justifiable, red—reddish
Here are some other quality adjectives: beautiful, sweet, good, bold,
clever, honest, kind, large, strong, big. Here are some of these
adjectives used in sentences:
qThis piece of candy is sweet.
qMy husband is handsome.
qMy son is good, most of the time.
qThe dog is hungry.
qThis shirt is blue.
 Some good examples of quality adjectives include colors and
sizes. Adjectives specify:

qTouch: sticky, tasty etc. qMaterial: cotton, silver, aluminum,

qTime: monthly, daily, weekly etc. synthetic etc.
qColors: red, green, tallow etc. qAge: new, old, medieval, ancient etc.
qOrigin: Latin, French, Mongolian etc. qFeelings: upset, angry, glad etc.
qShapes: spherical, round, rectangular qSizes: thin, small, large etc.
etc. qQualities: good, nice, beautiful etc.
qOpinions: hot, pretty, handsome etc. qTone: sarcastic, loving, clever etc.
Adjectives of quality describe the quality or the kind of noun. All types of adjectives
of quality have both negative and positive type of words which are being used
depending on the context. Meanwhile there are so many words that the entire list
of few common examples of adjectives of quality are specified in the categories
below:

Touch as adjectives
Greasy, soft, hard, crisp, loose, boiling, solid, chilling, moist, tender, sticky, tacky,
dry, oily, dusty, prickly, sandy, frosty, wet, sensitive, uneven, stiff, thin, silky,
sharp, slippery, hairy, slimy, velvety, uneven, wooly, waxy

Feelings as adjectives
Handsome, attracted, happy, lovely, eager, delighted, sweet, joy, proud, open,
optimist, free, dumb, foolish, weak, tired, embarrassed, nervous, evil, taken
aback, bashful, dirty, ugly, playful, festive, understanding, great, animated,
moody, involved
Sizes as adjectives
Large, small, thick, thin, huge, big, great, medium, shrunken, atomic,
molecular, giant, massive, vast, enormous, teeny, wee, bite sized, fat, puny,
tall, short, mammoth, little, immense, narrow etc.

Emotions as adjectives
Depressed, sour, anxiety, pity, jealousy, shame, hurt, frustration, envy, pride,
appreciative, overcome, supportive, liking, loving, joyful, lusting, loving, hope,
thrilled, mad, annoyed, fear, sick.

Shapes as adjectives
Asymmetrical, spherical, concave, concentric, congruent, curved, deformed,
convex, flat, round, rectangular, triangular, pointed, oval, straight, vertical,
horizontal, two dimensional, three dimensional, etc.
Religion as adjectives
Buddhist, Christian, atheist, Taoist, Hindu, Muslim, pagan etc.

Time as adjectives
Weekly, yearly, monthly, timely, daily, hourly, half yearly, quarterly etc.

Tone as adjectives
Social, secular, heavy, light, dull, remorseful, liberal, political, annoyed, cautious, secretive,
startled, bitter, foolish, bold, happy, clever, devoted, convincing, believing, intent, sympathetic

Colors as adjectives
Dark, light, ablaze, shiny, cool, delicate, colorful, red, brown, green, deep, fast, fresh,
colorless, fluorescent, loud, neutral, matching, multicolored, violent, vibrant, warm, faded grey,
black, white, yellow, violet etc.
There are cases when we describe colors more specifically. Example: deep blue sea, light
pink dress, fluorescent green lights etc. In such cases the color themselves act as noun or
subject.
Materials as adjectives
Woody, metallic, synthetic, cotton, woolen, polyester, ceramic, plastic, silicon, fibrous etc.

Opinions as adjectives
Attentive, awful, irritating, interesting, brave, dutiful, patient, serious, unstable, unwilling,
inactive, active, brilliant, honest, judgmental, careless, logical, punctual, childish, experienced,
efficient, egoistic, excited, haughty, proud, coward, gentle, helpful, modest, sweet, volcanic,
aggressive, arrogant, beautiful, wonderful, smart, talented, versatile, sophisticated, sensitive,
polite, kind, dramatic, nosy, quiet, tactful, tired, immature, diligent, blunt etc.

Origin as adjectives
Indian, Anglo-Indian, American, Persian, African, Greek, Latin, Spanish, French etc.

Age as adjectives
New, old, young, three year old, ancient, medieval, historic, pre historic etc.
§ Lucy has a brown cow. § Bangalore is a garden city.
§ He is a nice boy. § Exam was very difficult however; bright candidates
passed it easily.
§ New York is a beautiful city. § The big place of worship might have been
§ Their good performance gave them what constructed a long time back.
they expected. § The fatty woman went through the tiny passage
§ Summer is an intelligent boy. easily.
§ She was adorned with sparkling jewels. § Sneha is a smart girl.
§ See the red attractive rose in the garden.
§ The white big bird is sitting on the lowest § Their excellent presentation bagged them
branch. the first prize.
§ Mr. Antonio is an honest policeman. § He writes meaningless letters.
§ It is a heavy box. § The food was of such poor/low quality.
§ That animal was § Lisa is wearing a sleeveless shirt today. This soup
is not edible.
very dangerous and clever. § Pretty girl was very excited to visit
§ Nina’s hair is very shining and smooth. the hilarious Disney world.
§ She cried when beautiful birds flown away. § The square shaped kite is flying in the air.
§ Our Chairman is an old man.
Exercise
From the following exercise identify the Adjective of Quality or Descriptive Adjective in each sentence below as it will equally help you check your
skill:

1. Please have a new dish kept in these two 11. People must eat green leafy vegetables
boxes.
2. Seema has young and cute children. and fresh milk.
3. Simple cookies are very tasty sweets. 12. Blunt scissors cannot cut thick cloths.
4. The quality of the picture on our television 13. Children ate big pieces of chocolate cake.
isn't very good
14. He watched interesting movie with me.
5. Mohan sells fresh pianos for a small
company. 15. Their products are of very high quality.
6. A shop advertising top quality electrical 16. The attractive guy was weeping.
goods
17. Some of the board games have easy rules.
7. Everyone in my family wears stylish
sunglasses. 18. I liked the tiny kitten that chased two mice.
8. The extremely beautiful girl danced like a 19. She had painful blisters on her right foot.
princes.
20. I only buy good-quality wine.
9. She brushed her white teeth daily.
10. Spiders make long, sticky and strong net.