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101 heart-warming
adjective (causing a person to feel pleasure: It was heart-warming to see the happiness of the children.) sydäntä lämmittävä -
102 heartbroken
adjective (feeling very great sorrow: a heartbroken widow.) surun murtama -
103 heaven-sent
adjective (very lucky or convenient: a heaven-sent opportunity.) taivaan lähettämä -
104 heavyweight
adjective, noun ((a person) in the heaviest of the various classes into which competitors in certain sports (eg boxing, wrestling) are divided according to their weight: a heavyweight boxer.) raskaan sarjan -
105 high-level
adjective (involving important people: high-level talks.) korkean tason -
106 high-powered
adjective ((with an engine which is) very powerful: a high-powered motorboat/engine.) suuritehoinen -
107 high-rise
adjective (with many storeys: She does not like living in a high-rise flat as the children cannot get out to play easily.) monikerroksinen -
108 hit-or-miss
adjective (without any system or planning; careless: hit-or-miss methods.) umpimähkäinen -
109 home-grown
adjective (grown in one's own garden or in one's own country: These tomatoes are home-grown.) itse viljelty, kotimainen -
110 homesick
adjective (missing one's home: When the boy first went to boarding-school he was very homesick.) koti-ikävää poteva -
111 homicidal
adjective murhanhimoinen -
112 horticultural
adjective puutarhanhoidollinen -
113 ill-at-ease
adjective (uncomfortable; embarrassed: She feels ill-at-ease at parties.) vaivaantunut -
114 incriminating
adjective raskauttava -
115 industrialised
adjective ((of a country) having a large number of industries.) teollistunut -
116 industrialized
adjective ((of a country) having a large number of industries.) teollistunut -
117 interfering
adjective an interfering old woman.) joka asiaan puuttuva -
118 ironic(al)
adjective ironinen -
119 ironic(al)
adjective ironinen -
120 jammy
adjective (covered with jam: jammy fingers.) hilloinen
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adjective — 1. general. The term adjective was itself an adjective for a hundred years before it became used as a noun for one of the parts of speech. Joseph Priestley, in The Rudiments of English Grammar (1761), was perhaps the first English grammarian to… … Modern English usage
Adjective — Ad jec*tive, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjectived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adjectiving}.] To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective. [R.] [1913 Webster] Language has as much occasion to adjective the distinct signification of the verb,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Adjective — Ad jec*tive ([a^]d j[e^]k*t[i^]v), a. [See {Adjective}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence. [1913 Webster] 2. Not standing by itself; dependent. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective — late 14c., as an adjective, adjectival, in noun adjective, from O.Fr. adjectif (14c.), from L. adjectivum that is added to (the noun), neut. of adjectivus added, from pp. of adicere to throw or place (a thing) near, from ad to (see AD (Cf. ad ))… … Etymology dictionary
adjective — [aj′ik tiv] n. [ME & OFr adjectif < L adjectivus, that is added < adjectus, pp. of adjicere, to add to < ad , to + jacere, to throw: see JET1] any of a class of words used to modify a noun or other substantive, as by describing qualities … English World dictionary
Adjective — Ad jec*tive, n. [L. adjectivum (sc. nomen), neut. of adjectivus that is added, fr. adjicere: cf. F. adjectif. See {Adject}.] 1. (Gram.) A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective — ► NOUN Grammar ▪ a word used to describe or modify a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical. DERIVATIVES adjectival adjective. ORIGIN Old French adjectif, from Latin adicere add … English terms dictionary
adjective — index procedural Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
adjective — [n] word that modifies a noun accessory, additional, adjunct, adnoun, attribute, attributive, dependent, descriptive, identifier, modifier, qualifier; concept 275 … New thesaurus
Adjective — Examples That s an interesting idea. (attributive) That idea is interesting. (predicative) Tell me something interesting. (postpositive) The good, the bad, and the ugly. (substantive) In grammar, an adjective is a describing word; the main… … Wikipedia
adjective — /ˈædʒəktɪv / (say ajuhktiv) noun 1. Grammar a. one of the major word classes in many languages, comprising words that typically modify a noun. b. such a word, as wise in a wise ruler, or in she is wise. –adjective 2. Grammar relating to an… …