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Words to use instead of "very" #81
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I saw that too, and searched a bit around the internet (there’s many more lists like it), and compiled the attached map, that maybe useful to someone! {
"accurate": "exact",
"afraid": ["fearful", "terrified"],
"angry": "furious",
"annoying": "exasperating",
"bad": ["atrocious", "awful"],
"beautiful": ["exquisite", "gorgeous"],
"big": ["immense", "massive"],
"boring": "dull",
"bright": ["dazzling", "luminous"],
"busy": "swamped",
"calm": "serene",
"capable": "accomplished",
"careful": "cautious",
"cheap": "stingy",
"clean": "spotless",
"clear": "obvious",
"clever": "brilliant",
"cold": "freezing",
"colorful": "vibrant",
"colourful": "vibrant",
"competitive": "cutthroat",
"complete": "comprehensive",
"confused": "perplexed",
"conventional": "conservative",
"creative": "innovative",
"crowded": "bustling",
"cute": "adorable",
"dangerous": "perilous",
"dear": "cherished",
"deep": "profound",
"depressed": "despondent",
"detailed": "meticulous",
"different": "disparate",
"difficult": "arduous",
"dirty": ["filthy", "squalid"],
"dry": ["arid", "parched"],
"dull": "tedious",
"eager": "keen",
"easy": "effortless",
"empty": "desolate",
"evil": "wicked",
"excited": "thrilled",
"exciting": "exhilarating",
"expensive": "costly",
"fancy": "lavish",
"fast": "quick",
"fat": "obese",
"fierce": "ferocious",
"friendly": "amiable",
"frightened": ["alarmed", "terrified"],
"frightening": ["alarming", "terrifying"],
"funny": "hilarious",
"glad": "overjoyed",
"good": ["excellent", "superb"],
"great": "terrific",
"happy": ["ecstatic", "jubilant"],
"hard": "difficult",
"hard-to-find": "rare",
"heavy": "leaden",
"high": "soaring",
"hot": ["scalding", "sweltering"],
"huge": "colossal",
"hungry": ["ravenous", "starving"],
"hurt": "battered",
"important": "crucial",
"intelligent": "brilliant",
"interesting": "captivating",
"kind": "compassionate",
"large": ["colossal", "huge"],
"lazy": "indolent",
"light": "luminous",
"little": "tiny",
"lively": "vivacious",
"long": "extensive",
"long-term": "enduring",
"loose": "slack",
"loud": "deafening",
"loved": "adored",
"lovely": "adorable",
"mean": "cruel",
"messy": "slovenly",
"neat": "immaculate",
"necessary": "essential",
"nervous": "apprehensive",
"nice": "kind",
"noisy": "deafening",
"often": "frequently",
"old": "ancient",
"old-fashioned": "archaic",
"open": ["transparent"],
"painful": "excruciating",
"pale": "ashen",
"perfect": "flawless",
"poor": "destitute",
"powerful": "compelling",
"pretty": "beautiful",
"quick": "rapid",
"quiet": ["hushed", "silent"],
"rainy": "pouring",
"rich": "wealthy",
"risky": "perilous",
"roomy": "spacious",
"rude": "vulgar",
"sad": ["morose", "sorrowful"],
"scared": "petrified",
"scary": "chilling",
"serious": ["grave", "solemn"],
"sharp": "keen",
"shiny": "gleaming",
"short": "brief",
"shy": "timid",
"simple": "basic",
"skinny": "skeletal",
"sleepy": "lethargic",
"slow": "sluggish",
"small": ["petite", "tiny"],
"smart": "intelligent",
"smelly": "pungent",
"smooth": "sleek",
"soft": "downy",
"sorry": "apologetic",
"special": "exceptional",
"strong": ["forceful", "unyielding"],
"stupid": "idiotic",
"sure": "certain",
"sweet": "thoughtful",
"talented": "gifted",
"tall": "towering",
"tasty": "delicious",
"thin": "gaunt",
"thirsty": "parched",
"tight": "constricting",
"tiny": "minuscule",
"tired": ["exhausting", "exhausted"],
"ugly": "hideous",
"unhappy": "miserable",
"upset": "distraught",
"valuable": "precious",
"warm": "hot",
"weak": ["frail", "feeble"],
"well-to-do": "wealthy",
"wet": "soaked",
"wicked": "villainous",
"wide": "expansive",
"willing": "eager",
"windy": "blustery",
"wise": ["sage", "sagacious"],
"worried": ["anxious", "distressed"]
} |
This is amazing @wooorm ! Thank you. |
@btford I don't know if this is used/address already, but |
@slapbox Fixed! |
@wooorm thanks for addressing this. Was this ever added in any way to the codebase though? If so it will need to be fixed somewhere in there. |
No, it wasn’t, so the work is still to write a PR 😉 |
Thanks much for the updates! |
Is this still up for grabs? I still have not taken a look at the code base, but I like the too a lot. |
Via: https://www.fluentland.com/groups/learn-english/forum/topic/words-to-use-instead-of-very-3/
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