You’re about to learn 34 extreme adjectives in English. For more adjectives, check out 72 Appearance Adjectives You Need to Describe People in English.
Sometimes normal adjectives aren’t strong enough to express what we want to say.
But that’s OK. In English, there are lots of strong adjectives.
We call these strong adjectives “extreme adjectives.”
Extreme adjectives are really useful when you want to say that something is very, very, very good.
Or when someone is very, very, very angry.
Here are nine little comics to help you remember some of the most common extreme adjectives.
Extreme Adjectives for “Ugly”
Here are some strong adjectives for “ugly”:
- hideous
- grotesque
Extreme Adjectives for “Interesting”
Here are some strong adjectives for “interesting”:
- fascinating
- riveting
- engrossing
- captivating
- gripping
Extreme Adjectives for “Angry”
Here are some strong adjectives for “angry”:
- furious
- seething
- livid
Extreme Adjectives for “Cold”
“Cold” has just got one (commonly used) extreme adjective. It should have more, right? But it doesn’t! Here it is:
- Freezing
Exciting times!
Extreme Adjectives for “Hot”
Here are some strong adjectives for “hot”:
- boiling
- sweltering
Extreme Adjectives for “Scary”
Here are some strong adjectives for “scary”:
- terrifying
- petrifying
Extreme Adjectives for “Funny”
Here are some strong adjectives for “funny”:
- hysterical
- side-splitting
- hilarious
Extreme Adjectives for “Bad”
Here are some strong adjectives for “bad”:
- terrible
- ghastly
- awful
- dire
- dreadful
- atrocious
- abominable
Extreme Adjectives for “Good”
There are lots of strong adjectives for “good”:
- awesome
- fantastic
- amazing
- fabulous
- terrific
- outstanding
- marvelous (also spelled “marvellous”)
- superb
- wonderful
Yes! You made it to the end!
So there were quite a lot of extreme adjectives there.
But now what?
The trick is to try and use them. So let’s do that!
Can you answer these questions:
- What’s the most hideous part of your town? Why is it so ugly?
- Do you know any hilarious jokes?
Tell me in the comments!
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19 thoughts on “Extreme Adjectives in English with 9 Comics”
These comics are marvellous and captivating! Thank you! Still, I have a question – why do you use “strong adjectives” and “extreme adjectives”? What’s the difference?
Thanks for the positive feedback, Melita. I’m glad you enjoyed them.
There isn’t really any difference between “strong adjectives” and “extreme adjectives.” I just didn’t want to repeat myself too much! 🙂
Keep up the good work!
Hi Gabriel. The most hideous part of my town is the historic center. A degraded part that needs to be refurbished but there’re always political problems.
As for the joke, how about this one? “I haven’t spoken to my wife for years. I don’t want to interrupt her!”
Hi Ferran.
That’s interesting. Where do you live by the way?
I like the joke. Classic! It reminds me of this one:
“My husband and I were happy for 25 years. Then we met.”
Awesome
Yes.I’d like this lesson.Thank you.
My pleasure!
ja
Sir, your lessons are right up my alley.
Could you make a lesson connected with using linked words (phrases) such as according to, in addition to, as regards, by the same token and so on and so forth, please? Because all too often these phrases are being used by well-educated persons in formal speech and it makes me feel confused a little bit.
Thanks a lot.
Thanks Arthur.
That’s a great suggestion. It’s now officially on “the list.” 🙂
What I want to say is that your lessons are interesting ,fantastic ,useful and out of the world 🙂
A little piece of suggestion ,could you please make all your blog lessons into PDF format? That way ,we can download them and read them anytime by our cell phones .THX a million !
Hi Phil,
Thanks for the suggestion (and for the awesome compliments). It’s a good idea and I’ll definitely see if it’s feasible.
🙂
Really impressive ! I have learnt a lot .
I’m glad!
Keep up the good work! 🙂
Outstanding lessons. Thank You!
Excellent drawings to help grasp the meaning of extreme adj, specially to share with my students now in cuarentine.
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