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Opposite Adjectives List with example sentences

The following sentences contain examples of adjectives. They are in pairs that contain adjectives that are opposite to each other:




I am happy when it is my birthday.
She was sad when her puppy died.


We were excited about going to the concert.
She was bored because there were many grammar exercises.


She is beautiful and wants to be a model.
A witch is normally very ugly.


The desert is very dry.
My towel is wet because it fell into the pool.


Children can be naughty when they are two years old.
Your children can visit me any time because they are well-behaved.


The party next door was noisy.
The mountains are very quiet when it snows.


A weightlifter is very strong.
He lost a lot of blood and was very weak.


The dogs were horrible to the cat.
The bird sang a nice song.


There was only enough space for one car on the narrow road.
The main avenue of the city was very wide.


There was a great disturbance when the bank was robbed.
There was a minor problem at work today though it wasn't serious.


I was late to work so my boss was angry.
It is important to be early.


I am tired after running for three hours.
I slept very well last night so I was energetic this morning.


When I have lots of money I am rich.
The people who don't have money are poor.

I didn't feel a thing. It was painless.
Having a tooth removed can be painful.


The lights didn't work, so it was very dark.
The sun was out in the middle of the day so it was very bright.


Be careful when you test-drive a new car.
He was careless with money is money and had many debts.


A new Porsche is expensive.
A potato is cheap.


Studying online has been very helpful to me.
During the exam I forgot everything, I was helpless.


Taking notes is a useful way to help learning.
Trying to memorise the dictionary is useless.


Learning a new language is not difficult.
Learning a new language is easy if you practice.


Eating and sleeping well will make you healthy.
She was sick so she went to the doctor.


After you wear your socks for three days they are dirty.
When I get out of the shower I am clean.


I bought a new car!
I sold my old car because it was slow.


A cup of coffee is hot.
I don't like winter because it is cold.


After I had diarrhea for a month I was very thin.
He is fat because he always eats a lot of burgers and fries.


Bacteria are so tiny that we can't see them.
The Pacific Ocean is enormous.


A mouse is small.
An elephant is large.


A lemon is sour.
I like sugar because it is sweet.


My baby is young.
My grandfather is old.


I drank all the water, now the glass is empty.
I put some more water into my glass and now it is full.


They had a beautiful wedding. They are married.
I don't have a wife. I am single.

Describing people/Physical appearance adjectives list

You can describe people around you by using the physical appearance list below.

To ask about appearance: What do you look like? / What does s/he look like?
To answer back:                 S/he looks like ……………  /  S/he is …………   /   S/he has ………





Appearance
attractive, good-looking, beautiful, handsome, pretty, cute, nice;
plain, plain-looking, unattractive, ugly;
well-dressed, nicely dressed, casually dressed, poorly dressed;
neat, clean, untidy, dirty.


Height
RED CARPET'S BEAUTY TRENDS by LOREAL

tall, very tall, quite tall, six feet tall, not very tall, short;
average height, medium height, middle height;
he is average height; she is of middle height.


Weight and Build
thin, quite thin, slim, slender, skinny, medium-build, overweight, fat;
strong, muscular, athletic.


Hair
dark, fair, black, red, brown, blond, chestnut brown, white, gray;
long, short, medium-length, shoulder-length;
straight, curly, wavy, thick, thinning, bald;
shiny, smooth, neatly combed;
dull, tousled, disheveled.



Eyes
RED CARPET'S BEAUTY TRENDS by LOREAL

blue, green, gray, brown, light-blue, dark-gray, grayish-blue, dark;
big, bright, expressive, with long lashes.


Age
young, old, middle-aged;
twenty years old, in her thirties, about forty.


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Character
pleasant personality, good-tempered, good-natured, easy-going;
terrible character, bad-tempered, ill-natured;
friendly, sociable, outgoing, unfriendly, hostile, unsociable;
strong, tough, independent, mature, weak, immature;
dependable, reliable, trustworthy, honest, unreliable, dishonest;
reasonable, sensible, unreasonable, unpredictable, impulsive;
ambitious, hard-working, energetic, lazy;
disciplined, organized, careful, accurate;
undisciplined, disorganized, careless, inaccurate, inattentive;
attentive, alert, perceptive, observant, insightful, thoughtful, considerate;
aggressive, pushy, self-centered, selfish, egoistical, inconsiderate;
self-confident, shy, timid, modest, humble;
haughty, arrogant, impudent; stubborn, obstinate;
moody, melancholic, self-conscious, touchy, sensitive;
humorous, amusing, funny, interesting, dull, boring;
generous, unselfish, kind, kind-hearted;
economical, thrifty, stingy, miserly, greedy;
formal, official, informal, relaxed, casual;
strange, odd, weird, eccentric, crazy.


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Mind
intelligent, broad-minded, sharp, keen, bright, quick, agile, wise, clever;
foolish, stupid, narrow-minded, silly.



Related Phrases

What does she look like?
She is young and good-looking, with dark eyes and long red hair.
RED CARPET'S BEAUTY TRENDS by LOREAL

He is tall and thin, with brown hair. He is twenty-five years old.
She is average height, dark-haired, quite thin, and wears glasses. She's about fifty.
He is old, short, medium-build, with gray hair and a beard.
She has dark eyes, wavy blond hair, and a nice figure. She looks great.
He is a handsome middle-aged man. She is a pretty young girl.


How do I look?
You look good. You look great. You look nice.
You look terrible. You look awful.


What is he like?
He is friendly and dependable. He is interesting and amusing.
He is smart and honest. He also has a good sense of humor. I like him.
She is careless and lazy. You can't depend on her.
She is serious, organized, hard-working, and tough.
He is old, sick, and lonely. She is a nice clever girl.
His character is terrible. He is hostile and bad-tempered. He doesn't have many friends.
She is knowledgeable and broad-minded, and she likes to help young people.


Who does he take after, his mother or his father?
He takes after his father in appearance, but he is like his mother in character.
He looks like his mother, but he takes after his father in character.
Like his father, he is tall and handsome.


What does he like?
He likes ice cream and chocolate. She likes apples and oranges.
She likes modern music. He likes old movies and classical music.
She likes to read. He likes to play with his dog.

What are you interested in?
I'm interested in medicine. He is interested in politics. She is interested in history.
I'm interested in sports. I'm into computers. I'm a movie fan. I like rock music.

Other related words
Note: Some of the words below are slang words. Use with caution.

a bookworm, a history buff, a sports fan, a music fan, a movie fan, a TV addict;
a computer whiz kid, a computer freak, a number-cruncher;
a fashion-monger, a fashion plate, a dandy;
a junk collector, a pack rat, a miser, a squanderer;
a homebody, a couch potato, lazybones, a workaholic, a Jack of all trades;
an adventurer, a thrill seeker, an oddball, a weirdo;
a prude, a hypocrite, a chronic liar, a gambler, a smooth operator, a city slicker, a simpleton;
a superachiever, an underachiever, a winner, a loser, a tough guy, a softy;
a woman-chaser, a womanizer, a lady's man / a ladies' man, a lady-killer;
a black sheep, a scapegoat, a scarecrow, a white crow, a night owl.



Weight and Height

Weight
1 pound (lb.) = 0.4536 kilograms (kg)
He weighs 170 pounds. (Pronounced as "one hundred and seventy pounds" or "one hundred seventy pounds".)
He weighs 77 kilograms. (Pronounced as "seventy-seven kilograms".)
Her weight is 132 pounds. (one hundred thirty-two pounds)
Her weight is 59.9 kilograms. (fifty-nine point nine kilograms)
Her weight is about 60 kilograms. (sixty kilograms)
Height
1 inch (in.) = 2.54 centimeters (cm)
1 foot (ft.) = 12 in. = 30.48 cm = 0.3048 m
He is six feet tall. He is 183 centimeters tall. (one hundred eighty-three centimeters)
She is five feet three inches tall. She is five foot three.
She is 160 centimeters tall. (one hundred sixty centimeters)
Her 12-year-old son is about 5 feet tall and weighs about 88 pounds. (eighty-eight pounds)
Her twelve-year-old son is about a hundred and fifty centimeters tall and weighs about forty kilograms.