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Extreme Adjectives in English

Adjectives are words that describe the qualities of something. There are different kinds of adjectives in English. Adjectives can be gradable and non-gradable ( extreme adjectives ).

Gradable adjectives means different degrees or levels of the quality. We can use these adjectives with some adverbs ( like a bit, very, really, extremely , quite, etc.) to show the degrees of the quality.

Example;

For “Difficult”, we can say a little bit difficult, rather difficult, very difficult, or extremely difficult

Non-gradable / Extreme / Strong adjectives do not have different degrees or levels of the quality. We can also use these adjectives with some adverbs ( like absolutely, completely, really, mainly, etc.). Extreme adjectives( non-gradable adjectives) mean very + adjective.

Example;

big –> huge ( means very big )

Follow the list for detailed extreme adjective lsit;

Adjective	Extreme Adjective	Adjective	Extreme Adjective
angry	furious	bad	awful, terrible
big	huge, gigantic	pretty	gorgeous, beautiful
clean	spotless	cold	freezing
crowded	packed	nice	lovely
dirty	filthy	funny	hilarious
good	fantastic, excellent	hot	boiling
disappointed	gutted	hungry	starving
interesting	fascinating	old	ancient
tasty	delicious	pretty	gorgeous
sad	miserable	scary	terrifying
happy	elated	small	tiny
surprising	astounding	tired	exhausted
ugly	hideous	long	endless
expensive	exorbitant