List of Adjectives To Describe
List of Adjectives To Describe
The English language would be very dull without adjectives. They dress up our nouns whenever
we need to punch things up a notch. So, that heartache you're feeling is no longer just a
"heartache," it's a crippling heartache or debilitating heartache that is tearing you apart, or
maybe just a small heartache that you'll get over quickly.
Whenever you're speaking or writing, you may want to get your point across with a little extra
oomph. When it's time to do so, call in the big dogs: the adjectives.
Adjectives help express the tone, feelings, and emotions of our words by accentuating the point.
Let's take our example of heartache above. It would be difficult to quickly ascertain how severe
(or minor) that heartache is without the use of those adjectives.
Tone-Setting (Negative): With a heavy heart, the girl walked to the mailbox and mailed her
letter.
Some feelings are clearly positive or negative, while others depend on the rest of the sentence to
make the meaning clear. Here are some examples:
Emotions can't be easily seen. We can guess that someone is either sad or happy but emotions
aren't always expressed. Rather, it's something we sense:
Adjective for Negative Emotions: The miserable boy walked home in the rain.
Adjectives for Positive Emotions: The jubilant boy walked home in the rain.
Check out these examples for positive, negative, and neutral emotions:
It can be difficult to find just the right word to describe a tone or feeling being experienced by
someone. You never want to come across sounding trite or use an adjective that's too weak to
express the gravity of a particular situation.
It's a bit like building your vocabulary. The more you read, the more you'll discover new words
and meanings, including adjectives, and how they are used to highlight emotions.
That said, like anything else that's good in life, keep it in moderation. Don't douse every noun in
sugar. Instead, sprinkle a little sweetness on the situations or words that will truly benefit from a
tasty addition.
Here are three things to remember when describing tone, feelings or emotions:
Clarity: Adjectives should help clarify your writing, not muddy the waters. So, take a quick scan
through your work. Do your adjectives illustrate the point or situation? Are they at all
unnecessary? For example, do you need to say "the hot, sweaty baseball player" or just "the
sweaty baseball player"?
Overindulgence: Again, don't pick a slew of different adjectives: "The timid, nervous teacher
slowly approached the noisy classroom with fearful trepidation." If you start using too many
adjectives, your writing quickly becomes flowery. Not only are you going to confuse your
readers, but your writing will appear choppy and even phony.
Time: Don't be afraid to take some time to figure out a situation. For example, you might have
to analyze the tone of a short composition. Sit back for a while and let the words really sink in.
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You know the bed feels warmer
Sleeping here alone
You know I dream in color
And do the things I want
You think you got the best of me
Think you had the last laugh
Bet you think that everything good is gone
Think you left me broken down
Think that I'd come running back
Baby you don't know me, 'cause you're dead wrong
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fighter
Footsteps even lighter
Doesn't mean I'm over 'cause you're gone
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stronger
Just me, myself and I
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
You heard that I was starting over with someone new
But told you I was moving on over you
You didn't think that I'd come back
I'd come back swinging
You try to break me but you see what doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fighter
Footsteps even lighter
Doesn't mean I'm over 'cause you're gone
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stronger
Just me, myself and I
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
Thanks to you I got a new thing started
Thanks to you I'm not the broken-hearted
Thanks to you I'm finally thinking 'bout me
You know in the end the day to left was just my beginning
In the end
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fighter
Footsteps even lighter
Doesn't mean I'm over 'cause you're gone
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stronger
Just me, myself and
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stronger
Just me, myself and I
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
When I'm alone
Songwriters: Greg Kurstin / Alexandra Leah Tamposi / Jorgen Kjell Elofsson / David Gamson
Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG
Rights Management
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In a nutshell, this Kelly Clarkson's What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) song tells us about a girl's
endurance of a bad situation. The situation specifically refers to the time when she is broken
hearted after her boy leaves her. You know when faced with painful situation, people basically
show two kinds of reaction: giving up or struggling. Those who (undeliberately) decide to give
up will usually keep complaining and blaming others for the situation they face. In contrast,
those who decide to struggle, even though initially show almost the same reaction as the first
group of people, they will finally choose to look at the good side of the situation they face. And it
is the later that the girl in the song exactly does. After being down for some times, she finally
tries to look at the positive things of her loneliness. And guess what, when she finds those
things, instead of sadness and grief, it is happiness that she finally feels.
As you can see in the complete lyric above, the song consists of six verses with the chorus
repeated three times. The first verse tells about the girl's freedom she now feels after her boy
leaves her. Without him, she feels the bed warmer. She also could sleep soundly and "dream in
color." Moreover, she now can do "things she wants." It is clear, then, that the girl is now happy
with her current situation.
The second verse tells about the girl's response to her boy's 'decision' of leaving her. Instead of
being broken hearted and down all the time, she enjoys and lives her new beatiful life. If the boy
ever thinks that with the breaking of their relationship "everything good is gone" and she left
"broken down", then this verse clearly states that he is "dead wrong."
The third verse, the chorus part, emphasizes what she has experienced and has successfully
overcome. "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" and so the line goes. The verse,
especially this line, clearly explains that if we are able to get through bad situation, then the
situation will give extra strength to us. As for the girl in this song, she wants to express that
since she doesn't fall apart because of the bad situation she faces, she is now stronger and
tougher that before. She is ready to start her new life with a new, more difficult, challenge.
The next verse depicts her statement to her ex boy that she is alright and has started a better
life. "I'm not falling apart," that is the main message the girl wants to express to her ex boy.
In the last verse, besides her first reaction to their separation, the girl now feels thankful for
what has happened. She is no longer sad and complaining the situation and cursing the boy.
She is now happy and hence she thanks the boy since it is what he has done, namely leaving
her, that has given her a chance to start a new, better and happier life.
Everything at Once
Lenka
As sly as a fox, as strong as an ox
As fast as a hare, as brave as a bear
As free as a bird, as neat as a word
As quiet as a mouse, as big as a house
All
I wanna be
All
I wanna be
Oh oh oh! All
I wanna be
Is everything!
All
I wanna be
Oh oh oh! All
I wanna be
Oh oh oh! All
I wanna be
Is everything
Everything at once
Everything at once
Oh oh oh, everything at once
All
I wanna be
Oh oh oh! All
I wanna be
Oh oh oh! All
I wanna be
Is everything
Everything at once.
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For example: Swollen head An idiom is an expression which means something else beyond the
literal meaning.
4 Signs That Someone Is Insecure
... and what narcissism has to do with it.
You’re with someone you’ve just met, and within seconds you feel that there’s something wrong
with you.
Up until meeting this person, you were having a pretty good day, but now you’re starting to
question everything from the way you look to the accomplishments you’ve racked up over your
life so far. Let’s say the person is the mother of one of your children’s playmates. Not only does
she seem perfectly outfitted, but in simply introducing herself, she’s made it clear that she’s got
an important job and a perfect family life, and that she associates with all the right people.
It’s easy to get thrown into a personal purgatory of self-doubt in these situations. Whether it’s a
social contact or a business interaction, people who want everyone to know how big they are can
make the rest of us feel pretty small. Just think how much better you’d feel if you could brush
these situations aside and go on about your day without doubting yourself and your life.
It turns out that when armed with a simple set of detection tools, you can not only help yourself
feel better but also recognize the weaknesses in the façade of those practically perfect people.
The psychology behind this process stems from the theory of the Viennese psychoanalyst Alfred
Adler, who coined the term inferiority complex.
According to Adler, people who feel inferior go about their days overcompensating through
what he called “striving for superiority.” The only way these inwardly uncertain people can feel
happy is by making others decidedly unhappy. To Adler, this striving for superiority lies at the
core of neurosis.
We now think of this striving for superiority as a feature of narcissistic personality disorder, that
deviation in normal development that results in a person’s constant search to boost self-esteem.
The two kinds of narcissists are the grandiose (who feel super-entitled) and
the vulnerable (who, underneath the bravado, feel weak and helpless). Some may argue that at
their core, both types of narcissists have a weak sense of self-esteem, but the grandiose
narcissist may just be better at the cover-up. In either case, when you’re dealing with someone
who’s making you feel inferior, there’s a good chance that narcissism is the culprit.
Narcissism doesn’t always reach pathological levels, but it can characterize people to more or
less of a degree. Using the concepts of “overt” and “covert” narcissism instead of grandiose and
vulnerable, some personality researchers believe that they can learn more about the type of
narcissism you might spot in everyday life. University of Derby (U.K.) psychologist James
Brookes (2015) decided to investigate the way that people high on these tendencies actually feel
about themselves in terms of both self-esteem and self-efficacy, or confidence in one's ability to
succeed.
The Brookes study provides some clues, then, into what makes up the narcissistic personality. It
can also offer insight into the ways you can interpret the actions of narcissistic friends,
coworkers, or partners through examining their insecurities:
4. The insecure person frequently complains that things aren’t good enough.
People high in inferiority like to show what high standards they have. You may label them
as snobs, but as much as you realize they’re putting on an act, it may be hard to shake the
feeling that they really are better than you. What they’re trying to do, you may rightly suspect,
is to proclaim their high standards as a way of asserting that not only are they better than
everyone else, but that they hold themselves to a more rigorous set of self-assessment criteria.
Returning to the Brookes study, there can be aspects of overt narcissism that actually do work in
helping the insecure feel more confident in their abilities. However, this comes at the price of
making everyone else feel less confident. I wouldn’t recommend bolstering your sense of self-
efficacy by putting down everyone else.
To sum up: Being able to detect insecurity in the people around you can help you shake off the
self-doubts that some people seem to enjoy fostering in you. Taking the high road, and not
giving in to these self-doubts, may also help you foster feelings of fulfillment both in yourself
and in the insecure people you know and care about.
Feel free to join my Facebook group, "Fulfillment at Any Age," to discuss today's blog, or to ask
further questions about this posting.
You can ask yourself these loaded questions to better understand yourself, or you can pose these
questions to others to better understand them. Whether you’re dating someone new, building a new
friendship or forging a business partnership, a loaded question can be an insightful way to discover the
truth. However, it should be done in a time-appropriate and context-appropriate manner. One should not
ask a loaded question without considering the other person’s sense of comfort or the nature of the
relationship; normally these should be asked once you’ve already achieved a level of rapport, otherwise,
you’re just shooting blanks.
When asking loaded questions, always respect the boundaries of others. You must also be okay with
the other person refusing to answer the question – sometimes their refusal will speak more volumes
than their answer ever would, anyhow. Always be aware that a person may or may not answer honestly.
In fact, some of these are so revealing that it’s very possible they won’t! Yet you can find out a lot about
a person even just by the way they choose to respond.
Here are 111 loaded questions you’ll want to ask that can help you reveal someone’s true self:
7. What is the one thing people assume about you that you wish was true?
8. What is the one thing people assume about you that you wish wasn’t true?
9. When was the last time you lied to protect your image?
10. How often do you put on a happy face when you’re really not feeling it?
12. Who made you feel most anxious when you were a kid?
16. Which one of your biggest flaws do you like to rationalize the most?
17. Is it your fear of commitment or your fear of intimacy that makes you shut down more?
18. At what stage of a relationship are you most likely to withdraw emotionally?
19. What is the one compliment you always get that you’re too embarrassed to accept, so you deflect it?
21. What is the one insecurity you’re pretty sure has some basis in reality?
22. When was the last time you felt really insecure about the parts of yourself you pretend don’t exist?
29. How do you deal when you know you’re being irrationally jealous?
30. How do you deal when you know someone’s not willing to give you what you want?
31. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever wanted someone to do to you in bed?
32. Are you ever afraid of people knowing who you really are?
33. If you went to a therapist today, what would they say is holding you back the most?
34. When was the last time you lowered your standards just to get someone else’s approval?
37. Is your need for revenge greater than your need for peace?
42. What did your co-workers say was your biggest problem when communicating?
47. Are you afraid of missing out on love because you were always looking for the next best thing?
50. What’s the boldest thing you do every day, just to feel like you’re still in control?
51. What accusation would you defend yourself most fiercely against, even though you know it’s true?
52. What’s the most toxic thing about yourself you actually kind of secretly like?
56. What is the most passive-aggressive way you’ve dealt with your rage?
57. What is the pettiest and most immature way you’ve avoided losing face?
58. What’s the worst habit you have that rewards you the most?
64. What’s the most shallow trait in a person you’re willing to give up your standards for when you’re
dating someone?
66. How quickly do you get over an ex, even if you remain friends with them?
67. Are you okay with disliking someone?
69. What’s the one thing you struggle most to manifest in your life?
70. What’s the one thing that you manifest so easily, people are jealous of it?
71. What’s the most irrational reason you’ve ever had for disliking someone?
73. What is one fear that you’d be ashamed of your friends knowing about?
74. Which one of your deepest secrets do you think is the least common?
79. How do you divert from someone calling you out on something you’re afraid to own?
80. What is one thing you’re afraid to own about yourself that others have already pointed out to you?
85. How often do you say yes to the things you really want to say yes to?
86. How often do you say no to the things that make your skin crawl?
87. What shallow aspects of a person do you focus on even at the expense of seeing their true self?
88. How far are you willing to go to maintain a relationship, even an unhealthy one?
89. What is the one thing you always do not because you like it but because you want someone’s
approval?
90. What would be the one thing you’d be willing to give up just to be loved?
94. Are you happier alone because you enjoy being alone or because you prefer it to being surrounded by
horrible people?
95. What is the one trait you look for that tells you this person is compatible with you?
96. What habit do you know you could quit but don’t want to?
104. How often do you take responsibility for other people’s crappy behavior?
107. What do you find yourself justifying to people, even when no justification is needed?
108. When was the last time you tried to please someone who made you angry?
111. What is the one thing that could make you happy, but you refuse to do it because you’re afraid of
what others would think?
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