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Amazing Adjectives

Amazing Adjectives. Part 1. Adamant. Definition: Refusing to be persuaded or to change one’s mind. Synonyms: unshakable, unwavering, resolved, determined, firm. Example: The toddler is adamant about not eating vegetables, so his mother has to sneak vegetables into his meals. Boorish.

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Amazing Adjectives

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  1. Amazing Adjectives Part 1

  2. Adamant • Definition: Refusing to be persuaded or to change one’s mind. • Synonyms: unshakable, unwavering, resolved, determined, firm. • Example: The toddler is adamant about not eating vegetables, so his mother has to sneak vegetables into his meals. Created by Elizabeth Chu

  3. Boorish • Definition: Rough and ill-mannered. • Synonyms: coarse, insensitive, oafish, rude, uncivilized, unrefined. • Example: Belle refused to marry Gaston because he was boorish and prideful and lacked common decency. Created by Elizabeth Chu

  4. Corpulent • Definition: Large or bulky (often referring to a person). • Synonyms: fat, fleshy, obese, plump, portly, stout. • Example: Homer’s doctor put him on a strict regimen of diet and exercise because he was in danger of becoming too corpulent. Created by Elizabeth Chu

  5. Dowdy • Definition: Unfashionable and without style in appearance (often referring to a woman) • Synonyms: frowzy, frumpy, old-fashioned, shabby. • Example: Even though Mabel is a successful businesswomen, you would never guess by her dowdy, unkempt appearance. Created by Elizabeth Chu

  6. Egregious • Definition: Extraordinary in some bad way; outstandingly bad. • Synonyms: abominable, appalling, atrocious, flagrant, outrageous. • Example: Regina was not sorry even though she spread egregious, life-altering rumors about all the girls in the school. Created by Elizabeth Chu

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