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ADJECTIVE SUFFIXES |
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| Suffix | Original word | Derived word |
| -able, -ible |
accept adapt afford access admit allow apply avail avoid believe change collect comfort comprehensive convert depend desire digest eat enjoy force notice present profit question recycle rely rent respond suit tax understand value |
acceptable adaptable affordable accessible admissible allowable applicable available avoidable believable changeable collectible comfortable comprehensible convertible dependable desirable digestible edible enjoyable forcible noticeable presentable printable profitable questionable recyclable reliable rentable responsible suitable taxable understandable valuable |
| -al |
accident benefit economy electricity emotion environment ethic face fanatic globe industry influence logic music nation office origin politics part person practice profession psycology region sentiment tide toxic typic use |
accidental beneficial economical electrical emotional environmental ethical facial anatical global industrial influential logical musica national official original political (im)partial (im)personal practical professional psycological regional sentimental tidal toxical typical (un)usual |
| -ary |
aliment - - imagine literate militar necessity revolution second - |
alimentary auxiliary contrary imaginary literary military necessary revolutionary secondary temporary |
| -esque |
- - - |
burlesque grotesque picturesque |
| -ful |
beauty care cheer colour fancy forget - harm help hope joy law pain peace power sin sorrow success thank thought use wonder |
beautiful careful cheerful colourful fanciful forgetful grateful harmful helpful hopeful joyful lawful painful peaceful powerful sinful sorrowful successful thankful thoughtful useful wonderful |
| -ic |
academy air alcohol dynamo economy electricity electron gen language mith toxin tragedy |
academic aerobic alcoholic dynamic economic electric electronic genetic linguistic mythic toxic tragic |
| -ious, -ous |
ambition anxiety caution conscience courtesy curiosity danger delight fame fury generosity glamour glory harmony infection jealousy luxury miracle mystery nerve - prestige - prodigy religion ridicule seriousness suspicion (n), suspect (v) vary (v), variety (n) vice |
ambitious anxious cautious conscious courteous curious dangerous delicious famous furious generous glamourous glorious harmonious infectious jealous luxurious miraculous mysterious nervous obvious prestigious previous prodigious religious ridiculous serious suspicions various vicious |
| -ish |
child England fiend new self short |
childish English fiendish newish selfish shortish |
| -ive |
abort abuse act addict adopt affirmation attract compare compete create decide description destroy education effect excess expend explode mass narration negation produce support |
abortive abusive active addictive adoptive affirmative attractive comparative competitive creative decisive descriptive destructive educative effective excessive expensive explosive massive narrative negative productive supportive |
| -less |
breath care colour end harm help home hope pain power reck sleep smoke speech stain sugar taste thought use |
breathless careless colourless endless harmless helpless homeless hopeless painless powerless reckless sleepless smokeless speechless stainless sugarless tasteless thoughtless useless |
| -ly |
alone body brother coward cost day dead - elder friend ghost heaven - home hour joy kind - live love month night order sick - week wool wrink year |
lonely bodily brotherly cowardly costly daily deadly early elderly (un)friendly ghostly heavenly holy homely hourly jolly kindly (un)likely lively lovely (bi)montly night orderly sickly ugly (bi)weekly woolly wrinkly yearly |
| -y |
bag cheek chill cloud - curl ease fog freak fruit hill might salt scare shag sleep smell smoke sugar |
baggy cheeky chilly cloudy cosy (Br) / cozy (US) curly easy foggy freaky fruity hilly mighty salty scary shaggy sleepy smelly smoky sugary |