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Beautiful descriptive adjectives for IGCSE

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  • Something (usually, face expression) that is dreary, mournful, bleak and gloomy is also called...
    transfixing
    lugubrious
    tremendous
    anticlimactic
  • Subtly charming in an innocent way.
    tenacious
    elusive
    winsome
    seraphic
  • This adjective is great to describe shadowy and obscure surroundings a moody scene.
    oneiric
    tenebrous
    floaty
    dazzling
  • Whispering or rustling softly (e.g. leaves, water, wind)
    enigmatic
    magnetic
    susurrant
    misty
  • A remark / comment / humour that is sharply sarcastic is...
    jubilant
    vivacious
    cerebral
    mordant
  • An adjective that relates to light and dark contrast is...
    vigilant
    chiaroscuro
    stalwart
    vivid
  • A brooding, dark expression is...
    saturnine
    robust
    lush
    verdant
  • Able to change form easily; adaptable and elusive.
    Abysmal
    Protean
    Intricate
    Convalescent
  • Something that is cold and dark, tomb-like evoking dread or solemnity is...
    alkaline
    chrystalline
    choral
    sepulchral
  • Smoothly charming.
    amorphous
    unflappable
    mercurial
    suave
  • Transparently clear, either literally or metaphorically
    Pellucid
    Oblique
    Effervescent
    Murmurous
  • Sticky or clingy - both physically and emotionally
    gleaming
    guttural
    viscid
    stridulant
  • Detached, drifting, without anchor - physically or emotionally
    unmoored
    liminal
    diaphanous
    clandestine
  • Tall, slender and graceful in motion.
    willowy
    indomitable
    assertive
    lissom