| 单词 | adjective |
| 例句 | “And I thank you, because once again you have provided an opportunity for a lesson in language. ‘Distraught’ is too strong an adjective to describe salmon- viewing.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z We are hers to define, we must suffer her adjectives. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s slowly gaining acceptance as an adjective, as in: The Griswolds had a fun vacation. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z People would remember that day with all sorts of adjectives: serene, lovely, cheerful, invigorating, peaceful, quiet, astounding, crystalline, blue. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Some writing manuals will tell you to write short sentences, or to cut out adjectives and adverbs. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The word belongs to the noun category, just as it always has; Sophocles did not suddenly turn into an adjective just because it is parked in front of another noun. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z They had no way to indicate verbs or adjectives, no way to distinguish subject from object, and only a limited vocabulary. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Every now and again a language grump complains that the distinction between adverbs and adjectives is disappearing from English. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Badly has now become an adjective in its own right, meaning “sorrowful” or “regretful.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Hera is often called “cow-faced,” as if the adjective had somehow stuck to her through all her changes from a divine cow to the very human queen of heaven. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As a child I was taught, for example, that the words soap in soap flakes and that in that boy were adjectives, because they modify nouns. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Write and define adjectives denoting that may be, or having the power, from the following verbs:— New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z Writers is merely a descriptive adjective: it tells you what kind of workshop this is—one for writers. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In three adjectives, I was pretty and smart and popular. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z And then finally she says, "Not my favorite adjective." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Nouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives—thousands of them—as well as a cool sentence-maker that is located on another level. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Just as our English teacher told us you can put too many adverbs and adjectives into a sentence—its called overwriting—you can put too many meanings into a statement. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But otherwise the subjunctive is found only in subordinate clauses, generally with mandative verbs and adjectives, which indicate that something is demanded or required: I insist that she be kept in the loop. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Write and define adjectives denoting relating to, like, or being, from the following nouns:— New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z If one is a verb or an adjective, so is the other: His attentions both pleased and flattered them. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I use that last adjective—dangerous—with full cognizance. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z No comma, no period, no adjective or adverb was beneath his interest. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “But I'll write up a new blog post later. Something with more excitement. More adjectives.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z When I was younger, Mom pasted dozens of words on it, but I was still limited to only a handful of common nouns, verbs, and adjectives, some names, and a bunch of smiley faces. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Ugly, irrelevant, useless, lazy, good-for-nothing, abrupt, flatulent, and petulant were some of the choice adjectives he’d selected for them. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z From what root is "democracy" derived?—What adjective is formed from "democracy"?—Is Russia at present a democracy?—Can you mention any ancient governments that for a time were democracies? New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z But the historical trend is in the opposite direction: adverbs and adjectives are more often distinguished today than they were in the past. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z This is because, in each of these cases, the adjectives do their jobs in joyful combination; they are not intended as a list. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Now we can see why the word Sophocles’ shows up in the tree with the category “noun” and the function “determiner” rather than “adjective.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The rules are pretty straightforward: an adjective is put down, like maybe “awkward,” and everyone has to throw down a noun that best fits. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Dedd realizes she is speaking to the picture of Minerva, as if she were assigning her a part, pinning her down with a handful of adjectives, the beautiful, intelligent, high-minded Minerva. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As we shall see in chapter 6, many spurious rules, including some that have made national headlines, are the result of bungled analyses of grammatical categories like adjective, subordinator, and preposition. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Malik insists that Jar Jar Binks should be a verb, adjective, and an adverb to describe whack stuff because Jar Jar Binks is the worst character in the Star Wars universe. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z In a cruel irony, ballet commentators back in Russia were irked by Western reviews of the Stravinsky- Nijinsky ballets, which used adjectives such as 'barbaric’, ‘primitive’, ‘wild’ or ‘savage’ in almost every paragraph. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But this confuses the grammatical category “adjective” with the grammatical function “modifier.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Of all the stumbling blocks inherent in learning this language, the greatest for me is the principle that each noun has a corresponding sex that affects both its articles and its adjectives. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Somehow, the adjective made the rest less childish. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The last example shows that verbs can be drained of life when they are turned into adjectives, too, as when contribute becomes contributive to or aspire becomes on the aspirational level. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Each voice has a unique tone color that is described using adjectives or metaphors such as “nasally,” “resonant,” “vibrant,” “strident,” “high,” “low,” “breathy,” “piercing,” “ringing,” “rounded,” “warm,” “mellow,” “dark,” “bright,” “heavy,” “light,” “vibrato.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z It was that adjective “poor” that struck them dumb. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The subject is substance, and it stays singular no matter how many disgusting adjectives you pile on. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He is tall, with chiseled, sculpted, and every-romance-novel-ever adjective for cheekbones. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z From around the middle of the seventeenth century there is a flood of adjectives that appear in English for scientific experiments, theories or discoveries, all based on the names of scientists. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z What participial adjective is formed from the verb "dignify"? Ans. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z If neither goes with an adjective, then so does nor: Peas are neither tasty nor appetizing. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z This has one syllable, except when it’s an adjective meaning “elderly.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The other two are nouns as well as adjectives: epidemic refers to something widespread in a particular community or population, and pandemic to something that has spread to an entire country, continent, or beyond. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The same distinction, by the way, applies to continual and continuous, the adjective forms. convince/persuade. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The cottage staff told all the TPRed kids—the obnoxious acronym had somehow become an adjective—that we were going to have our photos taken by a professional photographer for an adoption catalog. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z And stay away from complected; the preferred adjective is complexioned. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But Toni Morrison’s is not an adjective, like red or beautiful; it’s a noun phrase in genitive case. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Or, as my mentor, Vice Principal Metzer, always says, “Rich is an adjective, wealth is a verb.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Basil was determined to outdo the bigger paper by the use of adjectives alone, if necessary. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z This demandingness is called government, and it can also be seen in the way that verbs and adjectives are picky about their complements. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The other rationale is that Toni Morrison’s is an adjective, and pronouns must refer back to nouns. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Feel free to use these as interchangeable adjectives. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Nearly all have abandoned the adverb for the adjective. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Write and define adjectives denoting abounding in, having the quality of, from the following nouns:— New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s no need to wave a magic wand over the noun soap and transmute it into an adjective just because of what it’s doing in this phrase. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z It's a two-faced word that can be an adjective as well as an adverb. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The show itself attracts bad adjectives: “abrasive,” “aggressive” and “shrill.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I’m tempted to say that Thursday evening was peculiar, or perhaps macabre, but the fact is, I have no bill-filling adjectives for Thursday evening. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Yet I would venture that the landscape of our country alone would justify the use of this lofty adjective. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z It's basically Tiny's slightly fictionalized life story, except it is sung, and it is—I mean, I don't use this adjective lightly—the gayest single musical in all of human history. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z The college boy was a national hero, and collegiate was the most complimentary adjective in the American vocabulary. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z In short, the two sides of the coin, the either and or parts, must match grammatically— subject with subject, verb with verb, preposition with preposition, adjective with adjective, and so on. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But Bacon then complicates matters by using the adjective experimentalis to cover all knowledge grounded in experience; and he has no verb for ‘to experiment’ other than experiri. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The other word, jive, is a noun, a verb, and an adjective referring to hot music or to baloney. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z People who confuse the two may think that the adjectives in these sentences “modify the verb” and hence ought to be replaced by adverbs. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Recall from chapter 4 that grammatical categories like adjective are not the same thing as grammatical functions like modifier and complement. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z What is the noun corresponding to the adjective "inimical"? Ans. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z When it’s a condition or a passive state being described, use good, the adjective. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They also said it publicly, as just another descriptive adjective. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In the adjective, hypnotic, the middle syllable is stressed: hip-NOT-ik. influence. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A touch of the poetic, better suited to the grandeur that Dawkins seeks to invoke than a colorless adjective like massive or enormous. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z And presume in the sense of “take too much for granted” gives us the adjective presumptuous. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I divide the hundred usage issues into points of grammar, the expression of quantity and quality, word choice, and punctuation. adjectives and adverbs. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “Okay, so how many of you used adjectives that describe your personality?” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z Endemic is an adjective meaning “native to” or “prevalent.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Strange,” said Calixte, and she didn’t mean the adjective strange, which fell immensely short of the sight before them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z To be sure, surveys of typical errors in student papers show that inexperienced writers really do mix up adjectives and adverbs. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Apparently, all my adjectives are lost in this haze of wonder I’m floating around in. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Statistically, the most frequent adjective in these reviews is “awesome.” Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Finally, a proven method to show just how funny I am 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z He added, in what is almost certainly the only known use in this context of adjectives of approbation: David Baker, Who Helped Bring Jazz Studies Into the Academy, Dies at 84 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z There is that creamy O’Hara coloratura, too, to sing us all into happy submission and apply to this revival an apropos adjective: unmissable. Review | On Broadway, I just saw my first ‘Kiss Me, Kate.’ It was worth the wait. 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z “Atmospheric” and “terrifying” are two adjectives one would traditionally use to describe this scary black-and-white movie produced by the horror impresario Val Lewton — but in 2021, “relatable” might also be a fitting word. What’s on TV This Week: ‘In Treatment’ and ‘Inside the Met’ 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z “Each of these three has something Margaret-ish about it,” Brown writes, “as do crooner and eye shadow and the adjective luxury.” Beauty, Bad Temper and Scandal in a Riveting Look at Princess Margaret 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z It is hard to describe Ms. Melnick’s acclaimed dancing without resorting to the same stock of adjectives: subtle, nuanced, delicate, gossamer. Jodi Melnick Unveils ‘Moment Marigold’ at BAM 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Mellifluous is a good adjective and it means flowing, which is how your artist statement should read. Writing an artist statement? First ask yourself these four questions 2013-04-15T11:56:25Z But — to use an adjective added to the O.E.D. in June — is it now officially cringe? The Word of the Year Goes Goblin Mode 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z He was scouring his brain for adjectives meaning … what? Perspective | And the world’s biggest abuser of the word ‘very’ is ... 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z The fashionista struggled to find the perfect adjective to describe mustaches, and came up with “louche,” which I had to look up. Gene Weingarten: You news, you lose If you describe yourself in adjectives like “progressive,” “liberal,” “feminist,” or “repulsed by FOX News,” you probably don’t have the highest professional opinion of Megyn Kelly. Feminists, we have to stand with Megyn Kelly — even if you disagree with everything she stands for 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z These are meaningless assertions, exposing the relativity of the adjective on which they depend. Dante in Love by AN Wilson ? review 2011-07-15T08:00:01Z As an adjective, bulgogi describes the combined taste of soy sauce, garlic, ginger and sugar, among other ingredients, depending on how you cook it. Bulgogi, Any Way You Slice It 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z Yet, we are in a crisis, where most people's primary identity is on the adjective before the hyphen, not on the collective noun, American. How to Be a Jew in the Age of Trump? 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Similar adjectives come to mind for other scores, such as the quartet “Carrot Revolution,” an immediately engrossing work of pure excitement. Gabriella Smith’s Music Marvels at Nature With Grooving Joy 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z “We use it as a verb and an adjective.” One key scene helped cement ‘Hamilton’ as a Broadway legend. The team that crafted it explains how. 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z A handful of writers — Shakespeare, Dickens, Kafka — have had the posthumous good fortune to become adjectives. Movie Review: ?Patience (After Sebald),? a Documentary 2012-05-08T22:32:23Z The massed instrumentations of this Icelandic outfit attract adjectives more often found on nature programmes. Go by J?nsi | CD review 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z In a moment of gleeful malice, Mr. Conquest told friends that his suggested title for the new edition was “I Told You So, You Fools” — with a vulgar adjective inserted between the last two words. Robert Conquest, Historian Who Documented Soviet Horrors, Dies at 98 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z As much as anyone, Robert Plant deserves credit — or blame — for bringing the adjective "histrionic" into the vocabulary about rock music. Robert Plant aims for nuance in album 'lullaby and … The Ceaseless Roar' 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z "I feel like there are adjectives we can remove." What was COP26? A slog, a spectacle — and, for one youthful delegation, an opportunity. 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z I resist the trashy clutter of adjectives often deployed to fancy up simple chemistry in the flavors and fragrance business. A Scented Diary of a Lockdown 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z She speaks, with a brilliant choice of adjectives, about Newman’s “touchy inwardness.” Michael Dirda reviews “The Informed Air: Essays by Muriel Spark” See, pretentious is another adjective easily hung on my svelte 20-year-old frame. It’s good to be pretentious! 2012-06-28T00:00:00Z I was reading it initially as two adjectives and a noun, and I think now it's three nouns. What comedian Pete Holmes knows about the self and love, and self love 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z By rendering "fitful" as "fitfull" he refreshes a literary adjective: the wind is made more alive, somehow, by being fitfull – full of fits and starts. Poem of the week: Autumn by John Clare 2012-10-29T11:36:25Z Another common controversy surrounds the use of “unique,” which, as an absolute adjective, cannot be graded with an adverb such as “very.” Can something be totally unique? Steven Pinker’s new book says yes. Mr. Stoppard is the rare playwright — Shaw, Pirandello and Pinter are others — to have earned his own adjective. Tom Stoppard, Always Tackling ‘The Hard Problem’ 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Instead of colors, you dip your brush into adjectives, or words used to describe things. Planet Word, a new D.C. museum, explores the landscape of language 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z I am a slew of adverbs, adjectives, nastiness.” Improv for Cops 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z Mr Forsyth may have exaggerated how fixed adjective order is, but his little nugget is broadly true, and it has delighted people to examine something they didn’t know they knew. Hidden in plain sight 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Until recently, the band — which takes its name from a classic mountain ballad — inspired adjectives like "manic," "unhinged" and "explosive." Punk folk band O'Death takes a breath but still rocks 2011-03-25T00:05:17Z Ms. Auerbach, once asked to describe her music in a single word, said the first adjective she thought of was “fearless,” a term that could also be applied to her intense personality. ‘The Blind,’ Lera Auerbach’s Opera, Confronts Isolation 2013-07-05T17:16:44Z "Vroom" is his favorite adjective, noun and verb. 'Hopscotch,' dubbed the 'asphalt opera,' hits the streets of L.A. 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z Clinton would use “deplorable” in statements when she was secretary of state, but as an adjective, not a noun. Hillary Clinton’s ‘deplorables’ speech shocked voters five years ago — but some feel it was prescient 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Each of us responds to “What can I get for you?” with a single adjective that sums up his desire. Patowmack Farm: Fresh from the ground — and from a chef’s imagination Champions of old-school grammar insist that “woman” is a noun and that it is wrong to use a noun as an adjective when the language already has a perfectly good adjective in the word “female.” Female Trouble: The Debate Over “Woman” as an Adjective 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z And "sweet" is not an adjective I would normally attach to your movies. Oliver Stone: Our empire is in decline 2010-09-23T11:01:00Z “Eccentric” is an adjective often attached to his name. The Pippa Middleton Wedding Dress Effect 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z “Chewy” might be an appropriate adjective for this cider. 5 artisan ciders for your Thanksgiving table Biblical prose is factual and unembellished, lacking descriptions and almost without adjectives. The Man Booker International prize finalists speak 2013-05-14T14:19:53Z For May, Miller came up with an Up to Interpretation challenge, posting a list of adjectives — dirty, suburban, hot, wet — and asking participants to take a picture of a run symbolizing the word. Wacky costumes and competitions: Fitness instructors create community despite covid-19 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Sometimes, an adjective gets attached to a band’s reputation. Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips on the Band’s New Left Turn 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z But then, those are two adjectives that are not used infrequently in these parts. In Dubai, Swinging Clubs Under the Stars 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z The actors perform adjectives instead of characters: a photographer is "perky"; a young woman is "buxom"; a dosser is "downtrodden" or "defiant"; a policeman – like much of the dialogue – is "plodding". The Captain of Köpenick; Pierrepoint: The Hangman's Tale – review 2013-02-10T00:05:21Z Yours, Adrian A Mole PS Mr Blair uses too many emotive adjectives and he could do with taking a red pen to his adverbs also. Author, author: Adrian Mole, aka Sue Townsend 2010-09-03T23:06:00Z Whoever among us is still here, it seems certain that we will still be living with the insidious and inescapable word “Tuscan,” used as marketing adjective, cultural signifier, life-style choice. Under the Crushing Weight of the Tuscan Sun 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z It was almost universally reviled and a new film-world adjective — “‘Showgirls’-bad” — was born. ‘Showgirls’ the movie is terrible but ‘Showgirls with David Schmader’ is transcendent 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z This 24-year-old restaurant in the heart of the historic district is a Charleston classic that could be described with the same adjectives used to organize its versatile menu — Pure, Lush, Southern and Cosmopolitan. A Taste of Charleston, Old-School and New 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Pick an adjective — sweeping, sprawling, epic, Olympian — and yet none quite conveys the emotional width and depth of Julie Berry’s brilliant new novel, “Lovely War.” Review | The novel you’ll want to steal from your teen’s nightstand 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z She delivers that adjective with a twinkle in her eye and a sigh in her voice, and seems for flickering moment to become Manon in her power. Anna Netrebko: 'I can make Manon ... bad' 2010-06-17T21:10:00Z This is a movie whose adjective is unearned. The Great Gatsby - review 2013-05-14T12:04:00Z So many adjectives and a Star Trek allusion promise great things. The Norseman: from bad to Norse 2013-07-04T15:27:57Z For the last 25 years, in my writing, I have been using the adjectives “epistemological” and “ontological” interchangeably and without actually knowing what either means. Gene Weingarten: Admit it. You don’t know what ‘epistemological’ means either. 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Diagram one of them and it’s likely: Noun, verb, adjective. Perspective | Mike Pence had a few things to say at the convention: Trump is great. Trump is great. And Trump is great. 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Certainly no one would dispute his right to his own adjective. Theater Review | 'The Caucasian Chalk Circle': Brecht?s Test of Devotion, Set Amid Modern Warfare 2010-03-01T22:49:00Z "Absence", once more denoting an addressee, is echoed by "Absent" as an adjective, the subject of which is "I". Poem of the week: Sonnet 30 by Robert Sidney 2013-05-20T09:01:27Z You wind up thinking of their characters in adjectives that begin with capital letters. Theater Review: Simon Gray’s ‘Common Pursuit,’ by Roundabout Theater Company 2012-05-25T02:01:01Z With what adjective will they characterise the startlingly round woman on whose sofa they are lolling? 'You have to experience it to know what fat is like' 2013-02-02T08:01:04Z If any band's music deserves the adjective "dreamlike", it is theirs – yet Nottingham-born Staples and his five cohorts walked a fine line between elegant restraint and tedium tonight. Tindersticks | Pop review 2010-03-26T22:30:00Z I remember having thought after finishing it, this is what Camus would have written if he had liked adjectives. Andrés Neuman crosses boundaries across the Americas in 'How to Travel Without Seeing' 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z The Girl Who Played With Fire doesn't quite deserve either of those adjectives. The Girl Who Played With Fire: Moony Over Noomi 2010-07-11T07:55:00Z "Shocking" was an adjective on high rotation in the Schiaparelli vocabulary. Shocking! Famed fashion house Schiaparelli revived 2012-10-18T16:47:09Z Popular culture —movies, TV and sports — is a common source of new words, such as buzzy, an adjective that literally means creating a buzz, such as a “buzzy new movie.” Swole, buzzy, among new words in Merriam-Webster dictionary 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z “Ugly,” as an adjective describing a “frightful or horrible” appearance, is older. Street of the Iron Po(e)t, Part XI 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z “Tuck” was sweet and lovely, but those are not the adjectives a musical needed this season to be heard above the din. Anatomy of a Broadway Flop: Why These 4 Shows Failed 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Except "timeless" is a hopeless adjective to employ when trying to describe The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby: F Scott Fitzgerald is right on time 2013-05-07T13:41:06Z Timelessness is an overused adjective in fashion, but in this case it's apt. | A Brief History of Fashion's Favorite Flat 2012-11-23T20:00:44Z Well, hold the front page for that confluence of adjective and noun! New band of the day – No 1,305: Gin Wigmore 2012-07-10T16:43:59Z Hours after being offered the job, Mr. Battle sounded stunned, using adjectives like “shocked,” “thrilled” and “speechless.” Robert Battle to Become Alvin Ailey Artistic Director 2010-04-28T21:59:00Z The name “Kush” remained, but the adjective “vile” was dropped; the Egyptian governor of Nubia was called the “King’s Son of Kush.” Art Review: Partnerships and Power Shifts Between Two Mighty Lands 2011-03-24T22:13:08Z And book critics and literary lions, prone to dismiss crime novels as mere entertainments, competed for adjectives to praise him. Best-selling author Elmore Leonard dies at 87 2013-08-20T14:32:52Z But the words “David Foster Wallace” appeared twice in his Date Lab application, including once as an adjective to describe himself. He wanted snarky. She was sunny. He was still charmed. 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Book burning is so, um, inflammatory that it sometimes seems to have given that adjective its figurative meaning. Click here or we’ll burn this book 2012-06-28T00:00:00Z Just before the recording, Ascherson cut the adjective "German" before "soldiers" – giving that opening sentence of death a fittingly universal resonance. The World at War by Taylor Downing – review 2012-11-09T09:20:22Z The air-fried burger was interesting, which is an adjective I'm using to put a positive spin on the fact that it seized up and spit out its fatty juices. The absolute best way to make cheeseburgers 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z It’s a writerly tic, the retro habit of referring to women by the color of their hair, but as noun rather than adjective. The Man Who Wrote Everything 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z And somehow Abulkasem — as an adjective, an adverb and a verb — becomes part of their daily lingo, a means of describing things both indescribably great and awful. Critic?s Notebook: Richard Nelson and Jonas Hassen Khemiri?s Takes on 9/11 2011-09-21T22:01:28Z Rome, in short, is surprising these days — not an adjective that is normally applied to the Eternal City, which often seems the Immutable City. Revelations in High-End Rome 2012-09-28T18:24:21Z Though some American dictionaries accept Obama’s mangling as a secondary pronunciation, the Oxford English makes it quite clear: “-ide” verbs, like divide, take the long “i” sound when made into adjectives. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Leading the fight against mispronunciations 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z He sums that sound up with one simple adjective: Remote. Desert cultures 2010-04-26T13:50:00Z If "right" is intended simply as an adjective, placed after the noun "grave", perhaps it could be read as a synonym for "rightful". Poem of the week: Sonnet 30 by Robert Sidney 2013-05-20T09:01:27Z “Just an incredible achievement - we could run out of adjectives trying to describe this.” London honours Captain Tom Moore, 100, in ancient ceremony 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z After all, its hero was always described as “pius,” a multivalent adjective that blended “pious,” “dutiful” and “loyal.” Virgil’s ‘The Aeneid’ still looks strikingly contemporary 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Examples, please, for those of us who are too literal to correctly interpret this adjective. To Pair With That Thanksgiving Bird, Consider Beer 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z “Delirious, deranged, gonzo or just gone, baby, gone — no single adjective or even a pileup does justice to ‘House,’” Manohla Dargis wrote in her review for The New York Times. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘The Vow’ and ‘The August Virgin’ 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z He now favors a new adjective of disparagement. Perspective | Trump, the TV president, finally meets a media story he can’t control 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Those two guys went viral when that adjective only referred to actual disease; they invented the YouTube clip decades before the Internet was even a gleam in Al Gore’s eye. How Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley spawned Jon Stewart, Bill O’Reilly and all the horrors of TV news 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Ross seeks the inflection point where Huston, the subject, becomes an adjective, in “Huston pictures”—where the act of directing marks the film conspicuously with the director’s character. Lillian Ross’s Brilliant Chronicle of the Power Struggle Behind a John Huston Film 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z The title of the 33-artist show at 39th Street Gallery, “United in Passion and Pride,” omits another pertinent adjective: grief. In the galleries: Conversations between mother and daughter, teacher and student 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Ladylike was an adjective often applied both to Ms. Plain and her books. Belva Plain, Novelist of Jewish-American Life, Dies at 95 2010-10-17T18:00:00Z He remembers Elizabeth, in one of her lectures, expressing disapproval of triple adjectives. In Julian Barnes’s New Novel, a Teacher’s Pet Becomes Obsessed 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z One adjective that Haslam repeatedly employs when describing a color or wallpaper or a fabric is “soft.” A Free Hand 2010-11-01T04:00:00Z Virile, passionate, patriotic: these adjectives apply to the male lead of Michael Curtiz’s Casablanca, as well as to the movie itself. What is the best Oscar-winning film of all time? 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Then, after a good two minutes of sluggish, deep thought, the limiting adjective smart. Philip K. Dick predicted ChatGPT and its grim ramifications 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z Here's my initial review from the Toronto premiere, stripped down for context and clarity: "Black Swan" is one of those movies that demand big adjectives. "Black Swan": Even better than you've heard 2010-12-03T01:30:00Z And there’s a lot personally going on in her life, so we put it together that way instead of putting it together with these adjectives. Why Sigourney Weaver Didn't Want Her 'Defenders' Villain to Be a "Cold Ice Queen" 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z While Len thought he “moved like Spider-man,” which is apparently a bad thing, Bruno was effusive in his praise, alliterating an entire string of adjectives to great effect. 'Dancing With the Stars' Recap: Spring Break and Heartache 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z I’m guessing that this will be the only TV series this year with a rap interlude that contains the adjective “patriarchal.” Review: ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,’ a Musical With Twisted Songs 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z I don't think it is an adjective that ever needs to be used; stating only the age should be sufficient. Perspective | Miss Manners: TMI at the office 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Surrounded by the sinuous layers of stone arching overhead, my husband, Brian, and I — both writers — kept repeating “wow” and “amazing,” truly at a loss for adjectives. She finally got to the Southwest’s most-photographed slot canyon. And it left her speechless. 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Perhaps you, too, are beginning to get jaded by the endless stream of best-dressed lists, the fawning adjectives dripping in brand names. Who Are You Wearing and Where Did They Donate? 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Of all the adjectives one might use to talk about “Mary Kills People,” heavy isn’t one of them. “Mary Kills People”: An agile drama about the risky business of delivering a good death 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z I prefer the noun to the adjective because it highlights that my blindness does not define who I am; it is one tile in a complicated mosaic. I’m blind – but it can be a blessing in disguise 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Every year I try to reserve the adjective “stunning” for one book. 15 books for the readers on your list 2012-12-13T00:35:33Z As an adjective, “second line” can describe a characteristic beat, an Afro-Caribbean rhythm that runs through New Orleans music, from which it spread into the rest of the world’s jazz, R&B and funk. She Wants to Heal the World Through Second Line 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Many writers employ unusual verbs and adjectives; Ms. Proulx likes weird nouns. Books of The Times: A Novelist Wills Her Dream Home Into Being 2011-01-04T17:12:56Z And then my last three big jobs have been for writers — Mike Shaw, Marti Noxon and Jenna Bans — who saw me as a whole person and not adjectives. Retta on why she’s “So Close to Being the S**t, Y’all Don’t Even Know” 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z “Sandwich Sharer,” her latest one-off single, oscillates restlessly between those two adjectives. Kamasi Washington Blasts Into a Fresh Era, and 13 More New Songs 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z “The two adjectives I use to describe Hal are gentle and strong,” she said. A Power Couple Finds the Spark Once Again 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z The American Civil Liberties Union’s Lee Rowland told me that much of what Yiannopoulos says is “absolutely hateful and despicable — but those adjectives don’t remove his speech from the Constitution’s protection.” Civilities: Why Milo Yiannopoulos is a man to be feared. (It’s not why you think.) 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z But this is how we think of time: one adjective at a time, the best or the worst within the narrow confines of our own perspectives. Listen to Rudolph: A New Year Is Both a Comfort and a Fiction 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z I got rid of all adjectives, adverbs, even verbs and prepositions. Lorrie Moore 2010-04-10T23:10:00Z It’s easy to see why “grisly” is one of Ms. Streb’s favorite adjectives. ‘Born to Fly’ Traces Elizabeth Streb’s Avant-Garde Journey 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z The word “domestic,” both as adjective and noun, was an almost audible subtext in Ms. Douglas’s work. Ellen Douglas, Southern Novelist, Dies at 91 2012-11-12T05:37:19Z It's an industry of adjectives and that is all that needs to be said. Five Common Wine Myths, Debunked 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z At ACES, one of the panelists, Kat Jercich, of Rewire.News, was unequivocal in her preference for “woman,” rather than “female,” as an adjective. Female Trouble: The Debate Over “Woman” as an Adjective 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z The adjective "documentary" is a part of the appeal, too. "Deadliest Catch": A workplace drama on the high seas 2011-04-12T14:10:00Z Because gay was already a known adjective meaning joyful, it could be used as a way to communicate same-sex desires to others who were in the know. Cultural Studies: For Manys Gays and Lesbians, the Term ‘Homosexual’ is Flinch-Worthy 2014-03-21T21:20:09Z Beyond those descriptions it would be a struggle to find adjectives to describe any of them. Hollywood Me; Quick Cuts – TV review 2013-06-20T05:59:01Z If "blind", as both adjective and noun, rules the octet, then "peace", also repeated three times, is the dominant noun of the sestet. Poem of the week: To Germany by Charles Hamilton Sorley 2012-11-14T10:20:03Z Before you say anything nasty about someone, just pause for a second and browse through some really good adjectives in your head. Sixty things I've learned since turning 60 2013-04-29T16:53:01Z In their “A.B.C. of English Usage,” they considered “like” to be “an adjective — not a preposition . . . and certainly not a conjunction.” Can something be totally unique? Steven Pinker’s new book says yes. “She created a narrative in an ad, and she’d often boldface certain adjectives or phrases so that even if you just glanced at it quickly, you caught the essential character and tone.” Nina Bourne Dies at 93; Created Best Sellers 2010-04-14T04:55:00Z Vacation is meant to be relaxing, exhilarating and insert all the other positive adjectives you like, but it is often stressful and disappointing. New Tours Mean No More FOMO for Plus-Size Travelers 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z And indeed, exceptional is the adjective that comes to mind for their collaboration on “Skylight,” David Hare’s nourishing portrait of former lovers of soul-searchingly mismatched means and values. In London, stages are set for pleasure There are a handful of adjectives that frequently feature in Broadway marketing materials. ‘Slave Play’ is Coming to Broadway 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Nobody has found adjectives to describe our world with such an exact evil. Andrés Neuman crosses boundaries across the Americas in 'How to Travel Without Seeing' 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z The second stanza homes in on the details, the adjectives well-judged and nicely arranged both before and after the noun they qualify: "Their perfect grips, each tiny steel bubble firm,/ each indentation clean …". Poem of the week: Darts by Christina Dunhill 2012-08-27T11:35:18Z Mark Hutchinson’s splendid and sensitive translation sets the mood; he has a talent for the off-kilter adjective that first startles us and later explains so much: a governess’s “valiant hands,” a “scantily lit” salon. ‘The Governesses’ Offers Subtle Lessons in Shame, Constraint and Lust 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Let’s see, what’s the right adjective to describe the CW series that begins Tuesday night and is centered on the eating of human brains? Review: ‘iZombie,’ the Undead as a Force for Good 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z With so many thousands of words and hundreds of ecstatic adjectives applied to the Berlin Philharmonic this week, we still need to ask that basic question: what's its secret? The world's best orchestra 2011-02-27T00:04:15Z “Selfish” was the worst adjective that could be applied to a woman’s marriage or motherhood. "Queer Eye" for the purity culture survivor: On the Fab Five's healthy approach to being selfish 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z This is disappointing enough, but Gibb's account is also marred by an obtrusive style, with most sentences bursting with cliched adjectives. West's World: The Extraordinary Life of Dame Rebecca West by Lorna Gibb – review 2013-04-06T08:00:36Z “The list goes all the way from ‘generous man,’ ‘wonderful company,’ ‘a great organizer’ to ‘poisoner,’ ‘cruel’ and ‘despotic,’ all the worst adjectives you can think of. Plum Role: History?s Ultimate Godfather 2011-03-25T20:53:57Z I make my bread deciding whether a word is an attributive noun or adjective, parsing adverbial uses over conjunctive uses, writing those delightfully boring usage notes in your dictionary. A plea for syntactical sanity on US National Grammar Day 2013-03-04T20:32:24Z In Britain these Americans all seemed simply “rich,” with no qualifying adjectives. Heiresses of Wharton?s Era in Fashion on Her 150th Birthday 2012-01-19T23:18:19Z No, withering is not a cheering adjective to apply to a newspaper. | 'Alphabetical Order': The Withering Heights and Depths of a Dying British Paper 2010-09-29T02:02:00Z The adjective "perfectionist" was something frequently repeated in interviews with those who knew and worked with the celebrated artist, who died Sunday at 92. Ellsworth Kelly: 'Flexible perfectionist' remembered by Eli Broad and museums around the world 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Another adjective commonly used to describe Ndiaye — including by his own sister — is “ambitious.” In a Palace of Colonialism, a ‘Quiet Revolutionary’ Takes Charge 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Younger, the title of TV Land’s charming new comedy, is not the first adjective that particular network usually brings to mind. Review: On Younger, Comedy Starts at 40 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z She describes music in a very professional, brisk, germane way, never using more than two adjectives, which gives those sections the atmosphere of studio notes rather than prose. Bedsit Disco Queen by Tracey Thorn – review 2013-01-24T07:00:03Z Biologists would never use these evaluative adjectives to describe the states of organs or cells. Science doesn’t know everything 2013-06-02T18:00:00Z There are many adjectives you can use to describe the fiction of the French novelist Patrick Modiano, winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature. ‘Suspended Sentences,’ Novellas by Patrick Modiano 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z I’d like to invent or order up new adjectives to describe the startling originality and ambition of Smith’s work. ‘Homie,’ a Book of Poems That Produces Shocking New Vibrations 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z However, I didn't like the style the story was written in - I thought there were way too many adjectives, and often they were repetitive. The Sleeping Army by Francesca Simon - review 2013-04-07T14:00:00Z The Gamache novels are sui generis; they can only be described in adjectives, not categories. There’s a bit of Nancy Drew in Louise Penny’s masterful ‘A Great Reckoning’ 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z The housewife's vague but incessant activity is nicely captured in "ply", and the credible little adjective, "envied," in "envied kiss", evokes the children's scrambling rivalry for their father's attention. Poem of the week: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray 2011-01-17T10:17:14Z The placing of compound adjectives before the noun, "… smelling of old clothes … Man!" Poem of the week: Hymn of Hymns by John Rodker 2013-04-29T16:24:03Z But ‘you’re’ is short for ‘you are,’ and ‘your’ is an adjective — like ‘my’ or ‘his.’ Social Q?s: When Friends Drift 2011-08-04T20:05:05Z “My pet peeve and my goal in life is to somehow get an adjective for ‘integrity’ in the dictionary,” she said, going on to explain: “ ‘Truthful’ doesn’t really cover it, or ‘genuine.’ Rashida Jones Writes a New Part for Herself 2012-08-01T15:19:07Z “I think that has to do with Democrat being a noun and Democratic being an adjective,” said Thibodeaux, a cognitive psychologist at Oberlin College who studies how language influences perception. ‘The Democrat Party’: Trump needles the opposition by truncating its name 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z “Scene stealing” is one of the adjectives most applied to Harrison, who has appeared in alt-comedies like “Shrill,” “Search Party” and “Made for Love.” Patti Harrison Wants to See What She Can Do 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z My notes became a scribbled mess of quizzical adjectives, arrows and question marks. Review: Crudeness Reaches New Heights in 'The Brothers Grimsby' 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z THE human mind deserves any number of admiring adjectives. Possessed: Poloroid Instant Camera - Possesed 2011-09-09T20:30:18Z Even the black lace cocktail dress the duchess wore to a private dinner for hedge fund managers flashed but a bit of arm, and called to mind only adjectives such as “appropriate” and “neat.” Prince William and Kate Try to Seem Normal 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z The critics, too, were caught with their adjectives down. Blogging "City Island": Anatomy of an indie breakout 2010-04-26T12:30:00Z I asked why my seventh graders wouldn’t be reading novels and were told to use five adjectives in one sentence. My public school beat-down 2012-08-10T23:30:00Z The "winter boughs" call up no obtrusively eloquent metaphor, no effortful adjectives or verbs: they are simply "spidery" and "twitched in a breeze". Poem of the week: Otterspool Prom by Peter Robinson 2013-02-18T11:19:21Z I found it tedious, gratuitous and a number of other supercilious-sounding adjectives that will cause hardcore horror fans to dismiss me as a priss. Just How Scary is Sinister? 2012-10-11T15:30:57Z Its reputation trails adjectives that trigger gag reflexes: madcap, warm, life-affirming and “crazy,” spoken with that special fondness reserved for tales of wholesome eccentricity. ‘You Can’t Take It With You,’ Handled Properly, Ages Well 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z Our default adjective for adaptations is “faithful,” but there’s no breach of faith inherent in changing a story for the screen. "The Book Was Better": Why Readers of TV Adaptations Need to Let Go 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z And as she speaks it, an adjective acquires the weight of a noun, while a season is somehow transformed into a pervasive state of mind. Review: An Autumnal Patti Smith Remembers Summer in ‘Words and Music’ 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z Or perhaps the alliterative phrase and its “Alice in Wonderland” adjective allude to contemporary ballet. Review: Christopher Wheeldon Creates a Memorable Realm 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z The soprano Ashley Emerson has probably grown tired of the adjective perky, yet it perfectly suited the vibrancy with which this diminutive singer commanded the stage. Critic?s Notebook: An Orphan, a Libertine and the Walking Dead 2011-06-19T22:11:24Z Radiohead's frontman and principal songwriter has tended to have different kinds of adjectives attached to him in his two decades in the music pages: "intense", "tortured" and "angst-ridden", or "impassioned", "essential" and "important". Thom Yorke: 'If I can't enjoy this now, when do I start?' 2013-02-23T19:00:00Z Smith really is audaciously clever: For instance, he likes to casually drop a tiny hint that a close reader leaps upon as, to use a Sherlockian adjective, suggestive. ‘The Derek Smith Omnibus,’ by Derek Howe Smith The Miss America pageant had 51 women walking in circles while stage-whispering adjectives that sounded as if they were lifted from a deodorant commercial. Perspective | The ‘new’ Miss America and the trap of ladylike expectations 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z When the band members push back against his crude insistence on pigeonholing them — “Wouldn’t the adjective ‘eclectic’ be more apt?” David Mitchell Brings His Novelistic High Jinks to the Swinging ’60s 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z He brings flamboyant drollery to the part of the pedant Holofernes, breaking into Latin at every ill-judged opportunity and flipping his hair triumphantly after employing the adjective “thrasonical.” Shakespeare's 'Love's Labor's Lost': Kathleen Marshall directs a winner at the Old Globe 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z A running gag between Amory and her uncle is that everyone can be summed up in four adjectives. ‘Sweet Caress’ review: A portrait of a photographer’s tumultuous career 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z Water-bottle-butt-shaking notwithstanding, a lot of it is subtle and sensual — two adjectives rarely applied to adult content. The most popular Tumblr porn 2013-05-22T00:00:00Z He had no time to waste on superfluous adverbs, adjectives or tricky verb forms, and he had no patience for moody interior monologues or lyrical descriptive passages. Elmore Leonard, Who Refined the Crime Thriller, Dies at 87 2013-08-20T14:28:20Z Critics and their worn-out thesauruses eventually do a number on almost every musical instrument, but the harp is perhaps the most routinely maligned by adjectives: ethereal, celestial, ghostly, spectral, delicate, feminine, angelic, soft. The Seismic Emotion of Mary Lattimore’s Harp Music 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z That’s true despite the possessive adjective in the title, or the fact that the director, an artist, plays an artist, Ellie. Review: In ‘My Art,’ the Artist Laurie Simmons Plays an Artist 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Some of them were purely impresarial, if that is an adjective. A life in theatre: Nicholas Hytner 2010-10-18T07:00:00Z Usually a noun but also an adjective, its primary, metaphorical definition is "someone who enlightens or influences others". Luminary by RS Thomas: Poem of the week 2013-06-17T11:37:44Z I remember initially being resistant to being known as the clean comedian, just because the only adjective that really matters with stand-up is "funny." Jim Gaffigan on making darker jokes in today's divided America: "It's a decent vehicle for comedy" 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z “It’s just a different set of adjectives,” he said. The Carpetbagger: Awkward Family Moments at the ‘Wolf’ Premiere 2013-12-19T17:52:01Z Comedy Central, having brought us “Drunk History,” has probably studied the implications of various eyebrow-raising adjectives for its other shows. Critic’s Notebook: For a TV Ratings Lift, Try a Naughty Trend 2013-07-08T21:35:46Z Besides all the adjectives, UoW was also hobbled by a manically complicated structure that was really only comprehensible with a diagram. Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks 2012-08-03T21:55:05Z Or perhaps vivid is not the best adjective: there is plenty of gloom, harsh living, and bad, bad weather. The 10 best modern European crime writers - in pictures 2011-03-13T00:07:00Z As an acting challenge, Mr. Spock was—to borrow an adjective from the Enterprise’s science officer himself—a curious one: a central figure in a drama whose chief characteristic was not showing emotion. He Was the Cosmos: How Leonard Nimoy Made Spock a Mystical Force 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Genius, difficult, irreverent and cruel were among adjectives they used to describe him. Ron Collins obituary 2011-03-21T18:29:35Z Compassion is the adjective Rogers used when asked how he wanted to be remembered, and it is the practice that he tried to instill in his viewers so that they would become peacemakers. Fred Rogers, quiet radical: The misunderstood legacy of “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z “Fly” was an adjective, as in “regal and fly in their natural hairstyles and up-to-the-minute fashions.” Books of The Times: ?What It Was? and ?Chalk Girl,? Crime Novels - Review 2012-01-22T23:06:34Z The British also use bezzie as an adjective to describe their favorite things or people, such as their “bezzie mates” or whiskers on kittens. New Dictionary Additions: 7 Useful Words You Probably Don't Know 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z For dyslexic students, I always colour code the pronoun, adjectives and noun. Teaching Shakespearean insults helps my students decode the Bard's language 2013-04-24T14:52:17Z Or excellence, aspiration, power, grace and activism — all the adjectives that attach to athletes. Sports and Fashion Won Big Together This Year 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Those two adjectives, as it happens, are good descriptions of Ms. Irglova’s performance in the film. Arts & Leisure: The Film ?Once? Becomes a New York Musical 2011-12-04T03:13:02Z The list is so compelling I decided to assemble a word cloud representing the hundreds of adjectives I’ve collected to date, and here is what it looked like as of last week. Motherlode Blog: One Word to Describe Your Mother 2014-05-09T13:59:39Z And the adjective “complete” in the title is obviously a misnomer. Review | Behind the scenes of James Bond: A new book offers a look back at the longest-running movie franchise 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Other adjectives — comforting, magical, nurturing — will naturally fall in line at this point. These Leeks Are Anything but Humble 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z The standard adjectives for Mohiniattam dance are “swaying” and “circular”; you soon see why. Indian Dance and Music at the Drive East Festival 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z And if you need more detail, just add the following adjectives: thin, vast, huge and poor. Digital capitalism produces few winners 2013-02-17T00:05:48Z But the latest twist in a legal battle over the estate of probably deserves some other adjective. Fate of Franz Kafka's literary heritage turns into nightmare ruled on by judge 2010-07-19T20:43:00Z On occasion, people have said that I look like Snow White, a compliment usually modified by the adjectives “Jew-faced” or “crack-addled,” but she wasn’t on the list. I am not a Disney princess 2013-05-28T00:00:00Z This may all sound too clever and ironic, or — to use a prefix turned tiresome adjective — too meta. Theater Review: ‘Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play,’ at Playwrights Horizons 2013-09-16T02:00:02Z Miss Manners hopes only that the police officer learns from reactions such as yours to omit the adjective next time, rather than to refer to the next victim as a “youthful octogenarian.” Perspective | Miss Manners: TMI at the office 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z I opined about overusing adjectives and sheepishly waved goodbye. My amazing Olympics insight 2012-08-04T16:01:00Z The preferred terms were “pervert” or “deviate,” and if they needed further elaboration, favored adjectives included criminal, notorious, dishonest, immoral and disgraceful. In America’s past, a culture of animus against federal workers 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z She flatters them instead, bathes them in adjectives. Janet Malcolm, a Withering Critic, in a Nostalgic Key 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z He has pointed his erudition and imagination toward concrete advice on building sentences, using adjectives and structuring fictional works. In Praise of Samuel R. Delany 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Instead it’s an adjective synonymous with style and money. Auctioning off utopia 2013-07-14T22:00:00Z But I'm more interested in the noun than its qualifying adjectives. The novel is centuries older than we've been told 2010-07-23T13:56:00Z The word “occult,” which can be used as a noun, an adjective or a verb, signifies something hidden, concealed from common forms of perception. If pulling weeds makes you want to pull your hair out, there’s a simple solution 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Unlike a red, red rose, beetroot illustrates Paul Claudel's belief that "to beware adjectives is the beginning of style". What's the loveliest word in the English language? 2012-05-25T11:30:01Z But cliques are forming, identities are shaping, and using girlie as an adjective helps them communicate. Motherlode Blog: Daughter to Dad: ‘Girlie’ Pajamas, Please 2013-06-14T20:03:49Z I do not use the word extraordinary simply as a critic tacking on a blurb-friendly adjective. Theater Review: Conor McPherson’s ‘The Night Alive,’ With Ciaran Hinds 2013-12-13T03:00:09Z But she also starred in the 1964 musical “The Unsinkable Molly Brown,” a title whose adjective best explains the full Debbie Reynolds experience: maximum buoyancy. The Unsinkable Debbie Reynolds 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z I'm not freak-free when it comes to gustatory matters, and I use that formal adjective quite on purpose. Russell Kane's ordered life 2010-10-23T23:05:00Z The counter-argument, from the grammatical standpoint, is that nouns morph into adjectives all the time: a “manservant” is a male servant; the “autumn equinox” sounds better than the “autumnal equinox.” Female Trouble: The Debate Over “Woman” as an Adjective 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Rather, the adjectives most used to describe their clothing were “rumpled” and “understated.” Bankers in the Age of Bernie: Do They Need Camouflage? 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z He sometimes writes out whole pages of adjectives just so he can find the right word, and this is for books that can run more than 1,000 pages. Stream These Three Great Documentaries 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z The authors' adjective of choice for rabies is diabolical — and it's a good one, heavy with threat and evil design. 'Rabid': the fascinating story of a diabolical disease 2012-08-08T19:41:04Z However momentous or trivial the subject, almost nothing that happens here merits even an adjective. ‘The Double Life of Liliane’ review: A novel that blends fact and fiction 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Rarely has an artist so gleefully invited the adjective "lumpen". Sculpture's lost in the third dimension 2010-05-12T20:35:00Z “Bleak” is the predominant adjective in writing about Michael Hersch’s music. Cancer Haunts a Composer’s Life and Work 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z One of her favorite adjectives was “perfect,” and rarely did she apply it to people. Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver dies at 83 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z The best adjective for the authors’ book is delightful. Facts rule: 8 great nonfiction books 2013-06-14T17:29:09Z Ms. Poelher may be that wonderful, but the case will not be made through quantity of adjectives. Critic’s Notebook: Following Tina Fey, Comedians Churn Out Books 2012-05-24T20:42:34Z No one can seem quite so alive on the page as Plath — “I have become a verb, instead of an adjective,” she sang, with months left to live. In New Volume of Sylvia Plath’s Letters, a Marriage Falters and Masks Fall Away 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z If you were to pick one adjective to describe the show, it would be humane. Master of None: Aziz Ansari makes a sitcom with soul 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z The pattern, Marshall explains, is “deceptively simple: Single clause declarative sentence, single clause declarative sentence, primary adjective/term of derision.” Donald Trump’s “insult haiku”: Scholars are having a field day parsing the poetics of Trump’s “idiolect” 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Cowardly, avaricious, annoying, territorial, deceitful, opportunistic: There aren’t enough shady adjectives in the dictionary to describe the narrator of Andrew Lipstein’s “Last Resort.” In ‘Last Resort,’ a Writer Turns a Friend’s Story Into a Smash Success 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z "Lively" is his favorite English adjective, and it was a search for liveliness that brought Ichiyanagi to New York in 1954. A dean of Japanese music talks boundaries, John Cage and life with Yoko Ono 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z The adjective Falls uses most often is "extraordinary," mostly in reference to other theater artists with whom he has had long collaborative relationships. Robert Falls, Midwesterner at heart, warms to L.A. for 'Luna Gale' 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z The compound adjective post-truth was defined as "relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief." 'Post-truth' beats 'Brexiteer' to title of word of the year 2016 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Boring is the best adjective I can come up with. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z And “beloved” was always the adjective of choice when mentioning the emirate. The sheikh and I: Ghostwriting for a crown prince in exhile 2013-01-12T14:00:00Z But for all of the surrealism in “Amerika,” whose runic metaphysics helped give rise to the adjective “Kafkaesque,” the manuscript doesn’t begin to match the genuinely American phantasmagoria of “Boom Town.” Oklahoma City, the Ultimate ‘Boom Town,’ Rendered Vivid and Surreal 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z The production has rough edges, including the strained performance of Mr. Stadelmann, a gifted actor who may have outgrown the adjective “boyish,” and an abrupt, unsatisfying ending. | 'Seven Minutes in Heaven': At Here Arts, Steven Levenson?s Play About Teen Desire 2010-06-13T21:49:00Z Water now is best drunk with a modifying adjective. Weird waters: the trend for modified, melted or infused H20 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z The definitive expletive of the 18th century was bloody, which is still in frequent use in Britain today, and is so common Down Under that it is known as “the great Australian adjective.” The modern history of swearing: Where all the dirtiest words come from 2013-05-11T12:30:00Z This expectation is communicated in the adjectives typically used to describe a film's potency, among them: Chilling. No sweets for the sweet in new "Candyman," which neglects the legend's seductively scary legacy 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z "Laureate", because of its common usage, is understood better, but as it's actually an adjective describing the noun "poet", it is, come to think of it, itself rather a foosty antique construction. Makar's a muckle of an honour 2011-01-25T10:39:43Z Her family didn’t fit in with everyday society; “weird” is the adjective I’ve heard her use. Margaret Atwood: ‘If you’re going to speak truth to power, make sure it’s the truth’ 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z It repeated adjectives and explanatory phrases from one paragraph to the next, perhaps to jog the dulled short-term memory of the tired long-haul flier. Dan Brown's Inferno: a tall writer offers his historic review 2013-05-14T06:01:01Z The two other “true story” movies up for best picture also try to set themselves above the crowd, in part through adjectives: “Lion” has an “unforgettable” story, and the one behind “Hacksaw Ridge” is “incredible.” How Trailers for Oscar Nominees Make Their Cases 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z One suggestion: During the first few minutes of a meeting, “have everyone go around and share one adjective that describes how they’re showing up today.” Most workers hate meetings. Here’s how to make sure yours are productive. 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z There’s a reason why the crucial adjective for art is “powerful”; it’s ultimately forced to engage with power as such. What Died at Altamont 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Now might television, struggling for viewers as mightily as any August black-box stage show ever did, be about to flood us with the adjectives of sin and scandal? Critic’s Notebook: For a TV Ratings Lift, Try a Naughty Trend 2013-07-08T21:35:46Z For all of Okri's furiously excited adjectives, this is a book in which hardly anything of note occurs. Booker club: The Famished Road 2011-01-20T13:46:07Z Other shortlisted words related to political or social events included Brexiteer, a person in favor of Britain withdrawing from the EU, and "woke", an adjective defined as "alert to injustice in society, especially racism". 'Post-truth' beats 'Brexiteer' to title of word of the year 2016 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z The grandiose adjective, by itself, was not enough. The presidency has been swamped by the Trump Aesthetic 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Marc Almond's version of The Falconer, meanwhile, is gorgeous and richly melodic – not adjectives often associated with the oeuvre of Throbbing Gristle, but ones that equally apply to My Only Child, sung by Tutti. Chris Carter, Peter Christopherson, Cosey Fanni Tutti: Desertshore/The Final Report – review 2012-11-22T15:29:01Z But is there a dance style anywhere today that more truly deserves the adjective “classical”? Dance Review: Royal Ballet of Cambodia at Brooklyn Academy of Music 2013-05-03T22:54:41Z Have you noticed that lately you can’t get through a day without seeing, hearing or even using the adjective “effortless” or its adverbial cousin “effortlessly’”? How to cook a summery seafood meal in a sack 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z “African-Americans are foundational to U.S. popular culture, and for Latinos there’s the adjective ‘Latin’ music that’s used to describe a variety of musical forms. Music: Eastern Promise: YouTube Helps Legaci?s Breakout 2010-06-18T17:46:00Z Over-the-top is an adjective that barely does this tale justice; but, then again, the real-life story on which it’s based is even more distastefully baroque. Review | The Gypsy Rose Blanchard case gets another twist in the novel ‘Darling Rose Gold’ 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z "Even this: 'seductress?'" she said, picking up her book and flipping to the inside jacket, where she is described using various bold adjectives. A revealing interview with Carly Simon at her home in Martha's Vineyard about her new book, 'Boys in the Trees' 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z The adverb took on the sense “strongly, vigorously,” which evolved into “quickly,” a meaning that spread to the adjective. Inside the topsy-turvy world of contronyms 2013-04-07T20:00:00Z Their movies were slow and weird and occasionally awkward, which, not coincidentally, happened to be three adjectives easily ascribed to myself during that period. It’s good to be pretentious! 2012-06-28T00:00:00Z Definitely do not use the word "amazing" at these events, since the Guardian has declared that adjective officially "over" at South by. A guide to the end of SXSW's Interactive Festival 2011-03-16T17:17:00Z The adjective most often seen in reviews of Falls' versions of classics is "audacious." Robert Falls, Midwesterner at heart, warms to L.A. for 'Luna Gale' 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z That the adjective “Lynchian” applies both to Lynch’s art and to America’s history suggests how deeply the traumas in his films run. ‘David Lynch: The Man From Another Place’ review 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z In 2018, there are not enough adjectives in the world; a parade of people vie for the deepest bow. Sucking up has always been part of Washington culture. In the Trump era, it’s a sport. 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z All of those adjectives, and many more, apply to the Marsalis concerto. NSO offers exuberant Marsalis concerto 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z As an adjective, it takes on a more ineffable flavour: "it was all very meh". The 10 best words the internet has given English 2013-04-17T09:19:32Z Dare we say it: Cold brew is the summer beverage — caffeinated and cold, two adjectives you and your money can get behind. How to make cold brew coffee — no equipment needed! 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z The adjectives that loop around these titles are often simply descriptors of summer-ness: airy, buoyant, salty, sunny, breezy. The Invention of the “Beach Read” 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z The language is peppered with introductory adjectives, but otherwise it’s pretty swagger-free. The Virtues of Shelf-lessness 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Read aloud, the adjective "gurly" might sound like an unlikely description of the North Sea, but not half as unlikely as a reference to "lumps / of water". Found at Sea by Andrew Greig – review 2013-05-03T14:36:01Z The adjectives I use to describe beer’s taste and smell, and it doesn’t matter if it’s a pilsner, IPA, hefeweizen or stout, include “toe cheese,” “cat urine” and, when I’m low on imagination, “bitter.” Even beer skeptics can enjoy Oregon’s craft-brewery mecca 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z When people talk about Bob Mould and his guitar onslaught, the adjectives tend to be of the sort CNN anchors use when describing natural disasters: enormous, deafening, slashing, chaotic, flattening, consuming. Books of The Times: H?sker D? From the Inside, in a Memoir 2011-06-14T16:10:39Z It was only in later editions that "all-purpose" became an expected adjective, as is the norm nowadays in food publishing. For the fudgiest brownies, skip the flour 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Dawkins’s bracing asperities are now routinely met in kind: ‘Puffed up, self-regarding, vain, prickly and militant’ was one columnist’s string of adjectives for him. Richard Dawkins’ moralizing atheism: Science, self-righteousness and militant belief — and disbelief 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z Those adjectives also describe the words spoken here, which mix poetic philosophical musings with the more terse, confrontational speech of wary strangers feeling their way through unknown territory. Review: Lost and Found in a Steve Earle Soundscape in ‘Samara’ 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z “Having combed Roget’s Thesaurus in vain for a suitable adjective to describe the Johnny Depp comedy Mortdecai, I’m forced to say it’s just … bad.” Here Are the Worst Things Critics Had to Say About Mortdecai 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Part of that is to drop the adjective “encyclopedic,” a term that reflects a biased and Eurocentric view of art, Marciari-Alexander said, and one that she finds limiting. In Baltimore, the Walters Art Museum confronts the Confederate history of its founders 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z “Funny” is a rare adjective for an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Inside Art: The Metropolitan, in All It?s Hilarity 2011-05-12T21:49:16Z It just seems that way as one compiles a list of roaring adjectives capable of rising sky high. Pianist Murray Perahia scales the Everest of Beethoven's 'Hammerklavier' in a momentous performance 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z These are the only scenes in which the adjective “wondrous” truly applies. Review: ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ and a Trippy Time Machine 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z “Innocent” has never been an adjective attached to Mr. Sondheim, the most sophisticated lyricist of his generation, and it’s not one that could ever be used to describe “Into the Woods.” Theater Review: ‘Into the Woods,’ by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine 2012-08-10T04:58:42Z Though this is the first time, I have ever used that unseemly adjective, it is suddenly popping up on blurbs outside West End theaters. London Theater Journal: Feeling The Pain 2010-07-19T16:58:00Z Any of those adjectives that can be applied to the fruit can be applied to our characters as well. Director Sean Baker learned a lot of new slang while filming ‘Tangerine’ 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z The parade of cliched "sea" adjectives in the fourth stanza mocks Whitmanesque celebration, emphasising the point with a finely judged pause before naming names. Poem of the week: Hymn of Hymns by John Rodker 2013-04-29T16:24:03Z Barbaric is an adjective that comes to mind. The draw of Yuja Wang and Bartók brings surprising consequences 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z Though I could ascribe a slew of adjectives to the week I spent at Monestevole — relaxing, mysterious, slow-moving — none seem so accurate as self-designed and spontaneous. A Working Vacation on an Umbrian Farm 2014-05-09T19:04:24Z The “ballet” in ballet skiing functioned as an adjective; the style did not involve ballet technique. When Ski Ballet Pushed at the Porous Boundary Between Art and Sport 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z The usual adjectives came out and did duty: ‘frightful’, ‘disgraceful’, ‘wasteful’, and so on. The war that made Orwell 2014-01-11T15:00:00Z His name has been fashioned into a useful adjective. Books of The Times: J. G. Ballard’s Memoir, ‘Miracles of Life’ 2013-02-05T21:10:03Z “Bess rewrites all the time, and minutiae — a pronoun, an adjective,” Alexander said. Don’t Tell, but Jane Alexander Is Also a Comedian 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z Her lyrics formed an invented language, words chosen for texture rather than meaning, and the adjectives that clung to her among ardent critics in the artier music pages were "ethereal" or "otherworldly". Elizabeth Fraser: 'I'm so excited to have made this decision to perform' 2012-06-23T23:05:30Z Ustvolskaya is right of course: instead of all those adjectives and metaphors, listen to this piece … Told you it was physical: it's one of Ustvolskaya's last works, her 6th Piano Sonata, composed in 1988. A guide to Galina Ustvolskaya's music 2013-04-08T11:27:24Z The adjective before the word “paragraph” in the previous sentence was chosen for a reason. 2010-02-15T18:04:00Z In that blistering moment of twisted candor, “Orwellian” became the adjective of our era. Perspective | Conservatives crying ‘Orwell’ are downright Orwellian 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Too understated, one might think at first — but gradually the adjective comes to feel just right. A Version of Homer That Dares to Match Him Line for Line 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z You could also use those adjectives to describe Roy Miller, who goes from eerie, wisecracking calm to trigger-twitch near-psychosis as easily as he leaps from one Salzburg rooftop to the next. Tom Cruise's crazy, clever comeback attempt 2010-06-23T13:01:00Z Crisis-ridden, troubled, beleaguered: these were the stock adjectives used to describe an organisation that was embroiled in deep financial traumas and dogged by an apparently unshakeable reputation for elitism. Hall in this together: a new boss at the BBC to 'lead us out of a crisis' 2012-11-22T21:10:16Z Her work is a magnet for adjectives such as "dark", "uncomfortable", "twisted", and these are not inaccurate. Hunderby: why this Julia Davis comedy is worth watching 2013-01-14T10:00:00Z In a book like this Kate’s thought that “Dexter was straightforward, readable, dependable and nice” guarantees that at least one of those adjectives does not apply to him. Books of The Times: ?The Expats,? a Thriller by Chris Pavone 2012-03-11T19:46:33Z Called upon to describe the photographer Paul Strand not long after his death, in 1976, his friend Georgia O’Keeffe chose two adjectives: “thick and slow.” Paul Strand’s Sense of Things 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Fresh vocabularies are required, oddly angled adjectives and surprising sentence arrangements to startle us out of complacency. Wayne Koestenbaum’s Cerebral, Smutty Essays Playfully Disobey the Rules 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z “The adjectives that readers often attach to Bynum’s work — ‘enchanting,’ ‘charming,’ ‘precise’ — are accurate, but can give the impression that she specializes in dollhouse miniatures, masterfully crafted but bloodless,” Caitlin Horrocks writes in her review. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z “Relentless” and “dogged” are adjectives employed so frequently to describe Ms. Chasen and her working methods that they might serve as an unofficial epitaph. The Missing Guest at Oscar?s Party 2011-02-25T19:30:12Z In it, he took himself to task for numerous sins, including things like adding unnecessary adjectives to fill out lines rhythmically and paying insufficient attention to a melodic line. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z It's scary, gritty, suspenseful, exciting, intriguing, amazing, thrilling, dark, emotional, stunning … and about a million more adjectives – and all very, very positive. Betrayal by Gregg Olsen – review 2013-03-31T11:00:00Z I was hard-pressed to find many nouns that did not arrive mansplained with an unnecessary adjective. Alan Moore’s sprawling new epic, ‘Jerusalem’ 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z “Timeless” being the operative adjective — in the sense of paring away everything lighthearted, stylish or pertaining to the idea of the zeitgeist. Cook’s Illustrated’s Christopher Kimball Believes Cooking Is Ultraserious Business 2012-10-14T16:30:31Z Well, I say bad, but the correct adjective could perhaps be "Madonna". Pop stars who pop up as actors 2012-07-20T12:29:10Z It is okay to use adjectives that are less common in everyday conversation. Writing an artist statement? First ask yourself these four questions 2013-04-15T11:56:25Z A century of readers have reached for the same adjective. Sons and Lovers: a century on 2013-05-25T07:00:22Z Let us instead consider the series as advancing a mini-trend of increasingly naughty adjectives in television show titles. Critic’s Notebook: For a TV Ratings Lift, Try a Naughty Trend 2013-07-08T21:35:46Z Among horror devotees the film is drawing both condemnation and praise, although it can be hard to distinguish between the two in a genre where adjectives like “sick” and “repellent” are accolades. Rodleen Getsic in the Horror Film ‘The Bunny Game’ 2012-09-15T03:18:45Z I'm curious for their opinion on the "immersive" tag, an adjective that now seems to encompass everything from cinema seasons to weekend-long sessions of English folk dance. How Punchdrunk breathed life into The Drowned Man 2013-06-05T17:00:00Z Those are just some of the adjectives victims use to describe their tormentors in Isaac Butler’s jaw-dropping book “The Method.” Is It Finally Twilight for the Theater’s Sacred Monsters? 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z It’s a track exuding self-love and pride by a woman whose name, thanks to a Kanye West lyric, has become an adjective for a beautiful darker-toned Black woman. For Kelly Rowland, good things come in threes 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z The special promises wholesome family fun, and I can think of worse things to do on a weeknight than musically unpacking my adjectives in the judgment-free zone of my living room. ‘Schoolhouse Rock!’ at 50: Those Are Magic Numbers 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Your critic can toss out adjectives — lively! amusing! corny!— but can’t say all that much about what happens. ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Review: Listen Bud, No Spoilers Here 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Or simply appending adjectives to the definition of “professional” in an attempt to clarify it for the 21st century. From the L.P.G.A. to Congress, Dress Code as a Cause Célèbre 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z Why do we attach certain adjectives to certain pieces of music? Ll?r Williams ? review 2011-08-23T10:26:37Z “There are so many adjectives you can imply with the clothes that you wear.” In Court, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Dress to Suggest 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Director Matthew Richter points out that "west" is "an adjective, a direction, an idea ... and there's always more of it." 'Awesome' goes West in new show 2010-04-15T20:47:00Z And, if used as an adjective, it means able, sound. How a Mancunian taxi driver taught me the true meaning of friendship 2010-12-26T00:05:09Z Clicking on the word “cette” brought up a pop-up box with two translations: the pronoun “this” and the adjective “that.” Inventive, Cheaper Tools for Learning a Language 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Women are limned based upon a handful of hollow adjectives. Jack Kerouac, misogynist creep: Inside his ugly infatuation with Marilyn Monroe 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z The adjectives that readers often attach to Bynum’s work — “enchanting,” “charming,” “precise” — are accurate, but can give the impression that she specializes in dollhouse miniatures, masterfully crafted but bloodless. Dreams and Waking Life Blur in a New Story Collection 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Peel was never one for hype or eulogy, but somewhere within the lugubrious voice and deadpan delivery, I thought I heard a little note of excitement and perhaps even an adjective of praise. Big mouth strikes (once) again 2010-09-03T20:30:00Z “Irresistible” is one of those adjectives that critics should handle with utmost care. Review: In ‘Queen of Katwe,’ a Pawn Finds Her Crown Through Chess 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Fred Savage, the actor from “The Wonder Years” and more recently “The Grinder,“ used a lot of adjectives. Spoiler-Free Reviews of ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z The cloud of adjectives that has come to hover over the Republican candidate Mitt Romney in news reports is familiar by now: smooth, smart, slick; detached, disciplined, dogged; pragmatic, protean, phony; careful, cautious, calculating. Books of The Times: ?The Real Romney,? by Michael Kranish and Scott Helman ? Review 2012-01-16T20:12:57Z Nothing about that sentence is uncalculated, especially the adjectives, which hit the popular notes — words like rich, flavorful, bold, smooth — that research must indicate are deeply appealing to fans of Apothic. Supermarket Wines Are Poured, and Worlds Collide 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Pick another gushing adjective and it probably fits. Getting to know San Diego’s lovable beaches 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z The casting director struggles for another adjective — urban? — before saying what she really means. These television shows turn the spotlight on racist, sexist Hollywood auditions 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z "It was beautiful," she says, the adjective rather at odds with her straightforward tone. David Nicholls, the man who made a nation cry 2011-08-06T23:05:39Z TJ's choice adjective for its All Natural Fresh Mozzarella Cheese is "magical" — and we couldn't agree more. Trader Joe's 13 best pizza ingredients to add to your shopping cart right now 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z If you were to turn “Taipei” into a word cloud, here’s what you’d end up with: adjectives like “stranded,” “disengaged” and “fetal”; verbs like “dispersed” and “cringing”; past participles like “alienated,” “muffled,” “depleted” and “doomed.” Books of The Times: ‘Taipei,’ by Tao Lin 2013-06-04T12:00:01Z There are few printable adjectives to describe the narrator of Matt Sumell’s linked stories. Kelly Link’s ‘Get in Trouble’ and Five Other Works 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z “Spider-Man” may be the only Broadway show of the past half-century to make international headlines regularly, often with the adjective “troubled” attached to its title. | 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark': 1 Radioactive Bite, 8 Legs and 183 Previews 2011-06-15T02:30:06Z Those very Texan of adjectives apply to the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center in Austin, with the world's first photograph, a Gutenberg Bible, and 36 million literary manuscripts. 40 Things I Love About Texas 2010-06-02T17:24:00Z Meanwhile, tensions between the old friends are rising, as exemplified by their dispute over possession of the adjective “incredible.” The Incredible Burt Wonderstone: Strange Magic 2013-03-15T03:30:24Z There were words, of course, for widow, widower and orphan, but no noun, no adjective, for a parent who had lost a child. Sleeping giant Colum McCann awakens with new collection 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z True, there are a lot of venerable nostrums in her advice: show, don't tell; write what you know; keep a taut chain of causation; wince over your adjectives and adverbs. Monkeys With Typewriters by Scarlett Thomas – review 2012-10-13T23:05:32Z Varietal is not a noun, it is an adjective. Don’t Judge a Wine by the Grape on Its Label 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Lest all the artifice of breed descriptions, chemistry-set jargon and ingredient rebranding in the posher kind of restaurant make a certain kind of diner suspicious, a parallel recent trend is the reassuring adjective "proper". Let's start the foodie backlash 2012-09-28T21:45:06Z There is a notable absence of aggression and of the kind of manipulation that yanks adjectives like “devastating” from the laptops of unwitting reviewers. Review: In ‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,’ a Comfort Zone That Cannot Last 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Take an adjective and make it a verb. The director of Folger Shakespeare Library on inventing words, abusing language 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z I have amazing friends and family, adjectives and descriptions that don’t convey the same meaning in print. How drugs and “Saved by the Bell” saved my life 2014-03-16T23:00:00Z ‘Pretty’ over gorgeous or stunning or any other hyperbolic adjective because the collection was restrained, delicate, feminine.” | Alexander McQueen Wins! 2011-03-10T01:54:21Z Typically we reserve the adjective "contextual" to describe buildings that are polite, eager to blend in with the architecture that surrounds them. Maltzan's One Santa Fe apartment complex plays with notion of density 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z "Surreal" is an overused and misused adjective, and yet applicable here. Great Scott 2010-08-26T10:52:00Z By my incomplete reckoning, it has been paired with the adjectives “massive,” “tiny,” “total,” “gigantic,” “complete,” “huge,” “absolute” and “phony.” Perspective | Gene Weingarten’s definitive guide to the ‘nothingburger’ 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z We designed the name to be an adjective that can be attached to anyone — any woman or any man. Brandi Carlile conquered the Grammys. Now she and The Highwomen are coming for country radio’s boys club. 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z WHO can say what order should be used to list adjectives in English? Hidden in plain sight 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z What’s gratifying on this occasion is the convergence on a mainstream Washington stage of so many potent actresses of Asian descent: The unifying adjective for their work, under the direction of Desdemona Chiang, is ferocious. Review | ‘White Pearl’ is an amusing take on the beauty business. But watch out — things get ugly. 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z The was one of the first outlets to be described with the now-common adjective “snarky,” but although sarcasm and knowingness were part of its formula, there was much more to it than that. Peter W. Kaplan, A Consummate Editor’s Editor 2013-11-30T20:33:25Z “In the editing room, all the time, I was just trying to be a surrogate to his compassion and his concern for the American fate,” he said, using an earthy adjective for Mr. Pynchon’s attitude. Paul Thomas Anderson Films ‘Inherent Vice’ 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z And while the documentary hints at how this rarefied reputation was constructed and developed, it is far more focused on familiar faces and promotional adjectives. Review: ‘Always at the Carlyle’ Hints at Scandal, Chooses Discretion 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z "I am at a loss for adjectives sufficient to the task of describing these actions by the Postal Service," said Cliff Guffey, president of the American Postal Workers Union. Postmaster General calls for 'radical changes' 2011-09-06T22:50:00Z But I'm pretty sure all of us, regardless of age and adjectives, will be thoroughly caught up in her story, with little more than a glance toward our own reflections. 'Poser': Yoga as metaphor for earnest young parents seeking to do right 2010-12-29T23:02:04Z Her colleagues trip over their words trying to find enough adjectives to describe her likability, decency, kindness, her friendliness to the entire crew on any shoot, her lack of diva-dom. Olivia Colman: Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears the Crowns 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z Beginning with an unprintable adjective, the subtitle of Hito Steyerl’s latest New York show identifies it as a “Didactic Educational Installation.” Hito Steyerl: ‘How Not to Be Seen’ 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Maybe from different vantage points all those adjectives could be seen to be the truth.’ Plum Role: History?s Ultimate Godfather 2011-03-25T20:53:57Z I suppose… it's certainly nice for people to consider you attractive or… handsome or whatever the particular adjective is. Mad about the man 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z By American blockbuster standards, it's a slow film, so slow that many critics tagged it the ultimate mainstream audience-repelling adjective: European. Why we need more "adult" movies 2010-09-07T15:28:00Z “He’s very laid-back,” Adriana told me, using an adjective that cut against everything Patrick had told me about himself. Date Lab: He was nervous that he would come off as ‘a weird guy’ 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z This Reacher is referred to regularly out loud by adjectives about his height, such as “giant” and “stretch.” Amazon’s ‘Reacher’ brings character closer to author’s book 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Between songs at the Borderline in London, the 70-year-old mocks rock critics who apply words such as "smarmy, quirky, idiosyncratic: adjectives that have lost their special charm to me". Van Dyke Parks: 'I was victimised by Brian Wilson's buffoonery' 2013-05-09T17:30:01Z Family-friendly adjectives do not always describe the yanking of certain heart strings in this lovely but occasionally overworked novel. ‘Young Mungo’ Explores Love and Violence in Emotional Technicolor 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Those are not the adjectives I like to use. Whit Stillman and the Song of the Preppy 2012-03-18T05:30:57Z Her impetus, to interrogate the adjective in the title — to confront its “implicit paradoxes,” says a news release — manifests as an assortment of overlapping studies, each concerned, it seems, with just running its course. Jen Rosenblit’s ‘a Natural dance’ Plays at the Kitchen 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Mola is Spanish slang for “cool,” a jazz-era adjective that still has currency in modern society. Review | A peaceful neighborhood haunt serving the flavors of Spain 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z The adjective that shows up again and again for the C-major Quintet is "sublime." Calder Quartet takes a bow with a timeless performance 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z To reduce Peace's 30-year existence to a single adjective derived from Greek drama does a disservice to Peace, however. 'The Short and Tragic Life' explores class, race amid struggle and wonder 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z “During the time I lived in central Pennsylvania,” she writes, “the adjective I used most to describe the place to faraway friends was ‘murdersome.’ What Makes an Essay American 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Note the superlative—the grammatical form of choice for comic-book adjectives. “Suicide Squad” Reviewed 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z The A&F look was simple and could be described using three short adjectives: Natural, American and Classic. 6 shocking revelations from Netflix's new Abercrombie & Fitch doc 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z If we want to dress that up in fancy adjectives, that's great; Ron Galella and the legions who followed him just try to capture it in the raw. "Smash His Camera": The man who stalked Jackie O. 2010-07-31T00:30:00Z Serial eavesdroppers may have noticed something alarming recently—more alarming than usual, anyway—in the public uses of a common adjective: “epic.” An Epic Takedown 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Even worse is what she conquers: the Jabberwock, the monster from the nonsensical poem by Carroll that was meant to be open to interpretation, down to its very nouns and adjectives. Movie Review: Taking the Wonder Out of Wonderland 2010-02-26T23:10:00Z That trio of adjectives captures the pin's minuteness, though the poet might be criticised for using both "small" and "little". Poem of the week: Of Many Worlds in This World by Margaret Lucas Cavendish 2012-07-02T10:52:13Z And, yes, I know that’s not an adjective usually found anywhere near “Measure for Measure,” one of the creepiest plays in the canon. Theater Review: ‘Measure for Measure’ Full of Dual Natures and Hard Choices 2014-03-02T23:23:31Z These examples illustrate why scientists must specify the context and the species when using adjectives like bold or tame to describe an animal or a human. Science doesn’t know everything 2013-06-02T18:00:00Z Verbs outnumber adjectives, which Patterson appears to view as the literary equivalent of parsley. James Patterson mostly doesn’t write his books. And his new readers mostly don’t read. 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z “Monster Portraits” resists review and anticipates and complicates any attempt at an adjective. The Latest in Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z “Whatever their name, they continue to paint pictures before which descriptive adjectives retreat in disorder,” the article says. Before He Was a Cubist, Picasso Was an Invertebrate 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z “It has always been linked to folklore or handicrafts, and all those kinds of adjectives that are usually applied to something seen as ‘lesser than.’ In Brazil, a Museum Within a Museum Restores a Legacy 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Critics routinely used adjectives like “sumptuous,” “opulent” and “exquisite” to describe his work. Peter J. Hall, Costumer for Opera, Theater, Dies at 84 2010-06-10T05:00:00Z There is even an adjective for his distinctive, dystopian themes in the Collins English dictionary: Ballardian. JG Ballard archive acquired for British Library 2010-06-10T15:10:00Z The picture Hemley Gonzalez describes to me is not one often associated with adjectives such as “saintly” in the medical profession. The West’s big lie about Mother Teresa: Her “glorification of suffering instead of relieving it” has had little impact on her glowing reputation 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z Furious 6 — the series has become so accelerated, stripped-down and Formula One-efficient that it can dispense with one of its previously essential adjectives — revs everything up, purifies and improves it. Furious 6: Faster, Crazycars! Thrill Thrill! 2013-05-20T16:47:36Z What a marvellous sentence Hopkins sets soaring across the first seven lines of the octet: I particularly like those cliff-hanger adjectives summoned "in the riding/ Of the rolling level underneath him steady air". Poem of the week: The Windhover by Gerard Manley Hopkins 2010-04-05T09:00:00Z Netflix also provides shows with more flexibility in regards to language, nudity and violence, though it’s safe to say that “restrained” is not one adjective any fan would use when describing . What If Better Call Saul Had Ended Up at Netflix? 2013-09-20T21:22:49Z Did I mention that Neff listed “honest” as the adjective that best describes him? Date Lab: He is a proud Trump supporter. She was not turned off. 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z “Post-truth is an adjective that is describing a much bigger thing. It’s saying that the truth is being regarded as mostly irrelevant.” ‘Post-Truth’ Defeats ‘Alt-Right’ as Oxford’s Word of the Year 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z And, while never a firecracker stylist, Rowling almost always writes clean, clear prose, although her marked liking for adjectives and adverbs may have been one of the things that gave her away. The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith – review 2013-07-18T11:42:26Z The clue to the name of the country that fought in the second world war, Dr Fox, is in the adjective of your series title. TV review: Show Me The Funny and British Masters 2011-07-18T21:00:01Z His footnotes alone can ramble for more than a thousand words at a stretch, and his most famous novel, “Infinite Jest,” all but bore out the adjective of the title. Theater Review: David Foster Wallace Inspires Piece at Chocolate Factory 2012-03-25T21:57:25Z The media’s attempts to find a neutral formulation were in stark contrast with the partisan fray on social media, where supporters and detractors of the protest group found their own adjectives. Terrorists? Freedom fighters? Oregon standoff poses quandary for media. 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z It is static, predictable and unexciting, adjectives that would kill most programs but work in "PHC's" favor. The news from Puget Sound? Keillor and 'Companion' broadcast live from Seattle 2010-03-25T23:41:00Z He’s a writer, Mr. Berman says, who “would never stoop to using a strong adjective like “repulsive,” or any adjective at all, unless it were presented as a double negative.” Books of The Times: Paul Berman?s ?Flight of the Intellectuals? 2010-05-02T21:52:00Z A lavish arrangement of adjectives can do as much to perk-up a plain old idea as diamonds and lipstick can for a plain old face. Unmastered by Katherine Angel – review 2012-08-10T21:55:05Z So, in his essay, he dutifully honors her preference by crafting strings of four, five or even six adjectives. In Julian Barnes’s New Novel, a Teacher’s Pet Becomes Obsessed 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z There would be fewer passive tenses in the book and way fewer adjectives. Take the long view: Chile revisited 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z Glamour is probably not an adjective at the forefront of Ms. Raddatz’s viewers’ minds. Martha Raddatz Tells War Stories With a Human Angle 2011-11-12T00:17:16Z The same few passages, in the very first pages, remind me of this — they’re markings on an entryway — sudden bursts of bristly adjective clusters. Riff: How William Faulkner Tackled Race — and Freed the South From Itself 2012-06-30T04:00:04Z Sorry but Scotch, even with all it's rich history and over abundance of adjectives, just doesn't hold a candle to a good Bourbon. The Whisky Chronicles 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z The Sommelier’s Smell TestIn the film, the four stars and others who’ve already passed the Masters test, riff on the lowbrow adjectives experts use to talk about a wine’s aroma. | The Goofy, Cultish World of Master Sommeliers 2013-06-19T22:45:49Z “Am I pleased? Absolutely. But,” he repeated, “It’s about time,” using the same colorful adjective. Bon Jovi Leads 2018 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees: ‘It’s About Time’ 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z The expected adjective is "humped" but "hunched" both suggests the characteristic shape, and, in a stroke of realism, shows us animals huddled together on the sand, at rest, because it's night. Poem of the week: An Arab Love-Song by Francis Thompson 2012-12-17T10:52:15Z It sounds snappier with the two-syllable adjective that Davis throws in. Theater Review: Bette Davis Stays and Stays in ‘Me and Jezebel’ 2013-07-25T02:00:01Z We have gone back to the beginning with a new star, a new villain, a smarter, leaner and more interesting "origin" storyline and that all-important adjective restored to the title. The Amazing Spider-Man – review 2012-07-04T11:42:32Z Rogers "Psychedelic" is an adjective that tends to be used these days as shorthand for painstaking 60s revivalism, but Hookworms' debut album Pearl Mystic is nothing of the sort. The best albums of 2013 (so far) - the critics' choice 2013-07-11T19:53:04Z The gateway to ugly — an adjective used here with affection — was the Birkenstock. Perspective | Fanny packs. Prairie dresses. Luxury shower shoes: Is fashion trolling us or what? 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Violinist David Balakrishnan pauses a half-beat to think of the adjective best describing exactly what he never wanted the Turtle Island Quartet to be: “monolithic.” Turtle Island Quartet brings its eclectic tastes and passion for discovery to Seattle 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z The same adjectives are repeated over and over again. In New Memoirs, Food Writers Serve Up Stories About Their Beat 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z I would have never expected you to use the adjective "fun" when describing the process. Lana Del Rey talks about her Globe-nominated 'Big Eyes' title track 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z The reviewer for the Times wrote, “Wonderful is the nearest adjective. . . . Oklahoma! could be called a folk operetta; but whatever it is, it’s very good.” An “Oklahoma!” for Today 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z These supposedly complimentary adjectives have a way of canceling out the very qualities they’re meant to describe: Opinionated. She Moved From the Chem Lab to the Kitchen, but Not by Choice 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Chivers’s book is the prose equivalent, full of nouns and the simplest, least affected adjectives. On the Ground in Afghanistan and Iraq 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z It is an interesting adjective, as significance has always been the big issue at the World Trade Centre. Memories at Ground Zero 2011-07-30T23:03:01Z I wish I had better adjectives to describe how sad I felt. 'I cried all night': homeless women on their first night on the streets 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z For example, a reference in the first draft to the leader’s “ambiguous” attitude under the occupation loses its qualifying adjective in the second version. How Paul de Man hid his past 2014-03-30T15:00:00Z I try to teach students, don’t throw a bunch of adjectives at something and think that that’s a review. How a Review Changed Both Sarah Silverman and Our Critic 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z Many of the adjectives that were attached to “The Normal Heart” at that time still apply: fierce, angry, engaged, confrontational. | 'The Normal Heart': Raw Anguish of the Plague Years 2011-04-28T02:30:28Z I’ll leave the creative adjectives and meal analysis to the foodies. A staycation, heavy on the ‘stay,’ at El Gaucho Seattle 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z And if she had to pick three adjectives to sum herself up? Joanna Hogg and Honor Swinton Byrne: ‘We should tell whatever stories we like’ 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z Cromulent is now listed in "Webster's New Millennium Dictionary of English," and its dictionary.com listing says that cromulent is an adjective meaning "fine" or "acceptable." 10 words "The Simpsons" made famous 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Of course much of my thinking is in images and, yes, every picture for me holds thousands of fairly arbitrary adjectives and adverbs. Twyla Tharp’s Final Rehearsals: Creating a Company 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z By the 1930s, the word had morphed into an adjective that meant an active or intractable member of a group — first in reference to the unemployed, and then to political activists. Cottagecore, cluttercore, goblincore — deep down, it’s about who we think we are 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z It's a legitimate adjective but one that disgusts enough of the world's population that wordsmiths stretch for other ways of describing snack cakes and basements. Hulu's "How I Met Your Father" is the sad cover version of a show that's best left forgotten 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z “I really want to say it’s about time,” he added, using a colorful adjective omitted here. Bon Jovi Leads 2018 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees: ‘It’s About Time’ 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z “Confident” is the adjective most used to describe Ms. Kelly. For Anchorwomen, Family Is Part of the Job 2011-12-09T23:16:20Z The need to append the adjective “male” to the phrase “biological clock” hints at why this data has mostly gone ignored: society speaks as if only women had bodies. The foul reign of the biological clock | Moira Weigel 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Now adjectives are compiled by us as we look: dense, atmospheric, flecked, porous, arboreal, lunar, glimmering, cascading, photographic, matte, shiny. Richard Serra Scales Down With ‘Ramble Drawings’ 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z My own struggle was always how to write about it, in a way that might matter, with adjectives I hadn’t already used a hundred times before. Perspective | I’m signing off as TV critic, but here are six shows I’d happily watch again 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z In this formulation, “genre” is a pejorative adjective for any kind of mediocre writing rather than a designation for nonliterary styles, and can easily refer to mediocre fiction that happens to carry “literary” markers. Emily St. John Mandel Is Back, With a Ponzi Scheme Instead of a Pandemic 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z His ultimate put-down for any story, any publication and any person was a one-word adjective: “limp.” Ben Bradlee: His sense of Style brought a new sensibility to features Most descriptions of him include the adjective “rumpled” to describe the attire that accompanies his unruly hair. Sherrod Brown was talking like Elizabeth Warren way before she was. So why isn’t anyone urging him to run? 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Adverbs are, in general, considered weak parts of speech, at least per Strunk and White’s controversial dictum, “Write with nouns and verbs, not with adjectives and adverbs.” A Certain Word Is Really Getting on My Nerves 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z “Epic” and “amazing” are her two favorite adjectives. The Most Watched Editor at Fashion Week 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z An impossible proposal for writers of the River Plate: avoid the adjectives “ominous,” “inveterate,” and “execrable” for ten years. Andrés Neuman crosses boundaries across the Americas in 'How to Travel Without Seeing' 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z It got me thinking generally about the way certain vegetables are described, the adjectives they are often associated with. These Leeks Are Anything but Humble 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z “He is adept at constructing overarching plotlines with heroes and villains, their conflicts supported by flurries of carefully chosen adjectives, quotations and leaks from named and unnamed senior officials,” Samuels wrote. Obama official says he pushed a ‘narrative’ to media to sell the Iran nuclear deal 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z The attributions are laden with unnecessary and burdensome adjectives — “said an emotional Roser” — an authorial shorthand that results in stage directions better suited to a screenplay. Review | In ‘A Long Petal of the Sea,’ Isabel Allende delivers another sentimental epic set in troubled times 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z The new show starts on Monday, so brace yourself for all the old Nigella favourites such as licked fingers, obliviously amused dinner party guests and thousands of steaming, unctuous, overflowing, blisteringly unnecessary adjectives. Finger licking good: Nigella Lawson is back! 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Single women are often reluctant to admit the challenges of living alone for fear they will be slapped with darker adjectives—“desperate,” “pathetic.” Stop telling single women they’re fabulous! 2014-02-05T13:00:00Z Despite such chatter, Ms. Massenet consistently projects a calm that is not just preternatural, to use a favorite adjective of celebrity magazines, but perhaps supernatural as well. Net-a-Porter Founder Natalie Massenet Looks to Expand on Success 2013-12-20T21:39:03Z The best adjective for the authors' book is delightful. 'Rabid': the fascinating story of a diabolical disease 2012-08-08T19:41:04Z “Happening” qualifies as both an adjective and a verb in this instance. Review: In ‘Hamilton,’ Lin-Manuel Miranda Forges Democracy Through Rap 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z This is so nice: it’s very rare that I get a letter from someone who describes themselves with positive adjectives. I have low self-esteem. Is online dating for me? 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z “That’s the reason so many of us in the advice racket spend so much time telling women to break up” with crummy guys, he added — using a substantially more pungent adjective. Operatic Codependency? We Put Wagner on the Couch 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z When the song ended, she declared, “That was” — she paused to choose a valid but positive adjective — “amazing.” Mariah Carey Smiles and Glitters Through a Television Fiasco 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z When she could, Parker moved from the salad bar to red-meat roles in melodramas that earn the adjective “lurid.” Eleanor Parker: More Than Just the Sound of Music Baroness 2013-12-11T03:11:54Z It was clear that in this moment, he was only trying to find the appropriate adjective to describe the pencil. Mommy’s got a potty mouth 2013-06-03T00:30:00Z A more specific answer might be found in the adjective “sophisticated”, which often gets paired with “taste” to describe a refined sensibility or liking for complexity. In defence of pretentiousness | Dan Fox 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z “Sophomoric” is the right adjective for “Something Rotten!,” and presumably its creators wouldn’t have it any other way. Review: ‘Something Rotten!,’ an Over-the-Top Take on Shakespeare 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z I would be reading the anguished, angry responses from fans, and I would be worrying about my adjectives. Perspective | J.K. Rowling’s Twitter comments about transgender women treat equality like it’s a zero-sum game 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z Like the word “festival,” in 2017 “Brooklyn” is an adjective as much as it is a pronoun. The omnivore’s delight: Experiencing New York’s diffuse music scene at Northside Festival 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z The adjective "Shakespearean" is overused and mostly undeserved, but not in this case. Books of the year 2012: authors choose their favourites 2012-11-23T22:55:14Z The couple became notorious — one of Hallett’s more relied-upon adjectives — after they survived the sinking of the Titanic under arguably less than honorable circumstances. The Big, Bold Life of the Woman Who Brought Us the ‘It Girl’ 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z The Young Pope was great, because the adjective “young” did some of the work for us. Goodbye, Jude Law. Now who should play The New Pope? 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z The ubiquity of the adjective, however, is another matter. We’re all so ‘mindful’ these days. But what the heck does that mean? 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z On the contrary, they're navigating a tricky new normal – divorced parents, two households, a newly gay mom who isn't even sure yet if gay is the right adjective for her – with astounding, beautiful ease. Say gay 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Low-key might be the best adjective for these plans. Carpetbagger Blog: No Popping the Cork for These Nominees 2011-12-15T18:07:41Z His count, using methodology that includes every version of the word — whether verb, adjective, or Quaalude-induced — adds up to 544, while a colleague determined that there were fewer, but still plenty. The Carpetbagger: Really Counting the Epithets in ‘Wolf’ 2014-01-30T15:30:06Z Gellar seems stranded in a purposefully nonspecific part; I like her a lot, but when I mentally list adjectives that describe her screen persona, "mysterious" is not among them. Sarah Michelle Gellar flounders in a bland new drama 2011-09-13T15:03:00Z "The only adjective that really matters with stand-up is 'funny.'" Jim Gaffigan on making darker jokes in today's divided America: "It's a decent vehicle for comedy" 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z "We might ask: What kinds of adjectives were used near female characters in 19th-century novels?" says Leonard. A Seattle connection to the massive Google Books project 2010-07-23T22:02:00Z I’ve twice pulled out my big adjectives for Jeremy O. Harris’s play about three interracial couples on an “antebellum sexual performance therapy” retreat. Best Theater of 2019 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z But Mulally, a Kansas native whose favorite adjective to describe his company's success is "neat," kept his exuberance in check Thursday in a conference call with reporters and analysts to review Ford's 2009 performance. 2010-01-28T18:45:00Z I’m pleased, and don’t dare say that, in general, I tend not to put next to the word “friend” adjectives that refer to a hierarchy of feelings or reliability. Elena Ferrante: ‘A woman friend is as rare as a true love’ 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z Buster Keaton, whose given name was Joseph and whose nickname was, according to one legend, bestowed on him by Harry Houdini, is one of the few film artists to achieve immortality as an adjective. Review: ‘The Great Buster’ Brings a Deadpan Genius Back to Life 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z “Old lady” is not just an adjective married to a noun. Perspective | Let’s talk about ‘Project Runway’ stars using ‘old lady’ to describe unflattering clothes 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Iconoclastic, deconstructionist, post-modernistic and futuristic are among the more common, if not always accurate, adjectives. Review: Conjuring the Ghosts of Theater Past in ‘A Pink Chair’ 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z That’s not an adjective to apply to any of Ms. Brown’s other pieces here. Dance Review: Gallim Dance and Camille A. Brown at Joyce Theater 2010-08-10T22:30:00Z Every look the first lady wears to a state dinner practically breaks the internet and is described with adjectives such as “stuns” and “wows” and “slays.” In Versace, Michelle Obama Sends a Powerful Message at Her Final State Dinner 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Perhaps “earlier” isn’t the most accurate adjective: “The Staircase” is now both old and new. ‘The Staircase’ on Netflix Revisits a Genre-Defining Trial 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z “Honest,” “sensible,” “satisfactory”: Even at Ormandy’s death, in 1985, the adjectives for the defense did not suggest inspiration. 120 CDs Later, a Conductor’s Legacy Is Still Uncertain 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Are you editorializing much in your choice of adjectives? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Just steady yourself and ask him to be exclusive 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Classics by Roald Dahl have already been stripped of adjectives like “fat” and “ugly” along with references to characters’ gender and skin color. As Classic Novels Get Revised for Today’s Readers, a Debate About Where to Draw the Line 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z But Mr. Sanchez also noted that discussion of the politics of surveillance often resorts to “a language borrowed from fiction,” notably the adjectives Orwellian and Kafkaesque. ArtsBeat: Rushdie Brings PEN Festival to Close 2012-05-07T14:23:30Z These days we encounter “problematic” exclusively as an adjective: an offhand judgment of moral disapproval, from a speaker who can’t be bothered by precision. With Hannah Gadsby’s ‘It’s Pablo-matic,’ the Joke’s on the Brooklyn Museum 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z The adjective “organic” can refer to gentle hills and dales, or to the crazed space inside an ant’s nest. How Frank Lloyd Wright Tried to Solve the City 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Circuses often advertise using adjectives like “astonishing” and “amazing.” 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Based on grammar alone, Tinder is making a statement: Single is a noun, a state of being, not an adjective that might apply for a short time. Analysis | Tinder and OkCupid have given up on finding you a soul mate. Their ads even admit it. 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z The buzzwords on Part I of that list include such innocuous verbs and adjectives as “challenge,” “confront,” “explore,” and “quirky.” Ayn Rand’s wacky art theory 2012-09-20T20:43:00Z "Untold", however, is hardly the first adjective that comes to mind when considering such a project. Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 – review 2012-10-06T23:05:43Z Robinson's verbs are exceptionally active, his adjectives carefully planted. Poem of the week: Eros Turannos by Edwin Arlington Robinson 2010-05-03T10:13:00Z You could use a lot of adjectives to describe him, but "dignified" would never be among them. Eddie Murphy to host 2012 Oscar telecast 2011-09-06T20:07:00Z Dangerous is an adjective for so many things in Croatian. "Murina" filmmaker: "You need to be a 'dangerous' woman in Croatia to survive" 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Craven called it “Mansonite” and in a spirit of dark humour he applied the adjective as much to the film’s creator as the thing itself. Tobe Hooper: the director who took a chainsaw to wholesome family life 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z Indeed, Grant adhered to Adams’s own instructions to the staff of the North American Review: “Strike out all superfluous words, and especially all needless adjectives.” The Ghost That Haunts Grant’s Memoirs 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Ultimately the consensus was that the adjective is racist, since it implies that African-Americans who don't speak as clearly are in some way fundamentally inferior, and therefore worth less. Motherlode Blog: I Hate Being Called a Good Dad 2012-11-09T16:57:12Z Often the emotional content is — if I may use the adjective — blurred, suggesting a flailing state of confusion about to boil into rage. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Ghosts,’ ‘Blurred Lines’ and ‘The Pass’ in London 2014-02-04T18:25:15Z There is traditionally a difference between the adjectives “alternate” and “alternative.” A Small Point of Usage Concerning Those “Alternative Facts” 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z The term “mad men” has become an adjective, a shorthand way to describe things that are louche, elegant and dissipated in an antediluvian way. Television: Changes for Fourth Season of ?Mad Men? 2010-07-16T19:01:00Z Early profiles of Crow were fixated on her motivation and professionalism: “Driven” was the preferred loaded adjective. The Sheryl Crow You Never Knew 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z In one, he apologizes for not knowing enough adjectives. Review: Hemingway, Man of Few Words and Many Mementos, at the Morgan 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Adjectives are key to writing a useful breakdown, but the adjectives describing appearance get a lot more play in a female description. Hollywood’s hidden sexism: How casting notices keep beauty standards alive 2014-01-25T00:00:00Z If that’s the qualification for racism, then the word “racist” is a useless adjective, as it can apply to any person or piece of art. Outgrowing the cosmetic left: A liberal plea for fake liberalism to grow up 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z Asked by Matt Lauer on “Today” for some adjectives to describe an Inauguration Day that few people predicted before November, NBC’s Chuck Todd offered these: “Unusual. Anxious. Uncertain.” Mr. Reality TV Goes to Washington 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z "I skip over the adverbs and adjectives," I said. Author, author: Adrian Mole, aka Sue Townsend 2010-09-03T23:06:00Z “Sexy and dangerous” — adjectives used to describe Rodrigo on the show — presumably aren’t in the job description for the New York Philharmonic’s next music director. The New York Philharmonic and the Search for a New Music Director 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z The German speakers were more likely to describe it using adjectives like "beautiful" or "elegant," while the Spanish speakers were more likely to describe it in masculine ways — "tall" and "strong." Stop using "Latinx" if you really want to be inclusive 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Production’s Wagnerian Difficulties Much as I detest that overused adjective “awesome,” it seems an appropriate word to describe the Canadian director Robert Lepage’s recent staging of Wagner’s “Ring” cycle at the Metropolitan Opera. | ‘Wagner’s Dream’: ‘Wagner’s Dream,’ Documentary About Met’s ‘Ring’ Cycle 2012-07-18T23:04:08Z The press corps, I found, was flawed, amusing, smart, fumbling, witty – and a range of adjectives beyond. Tom Rachman's top 10 journalist's tales 2011-07-27T11:26:31Z The Mix, the subject of the seventh night of 's Tate Modern residency, deserves a different adjective: troublesome, perhaps. Kraftwerk at Tate Modern, night seven: The Mix 2013-02-14T16:09:51Z Bruno got so lost in his trail of adjectives, “Tailored, enticing, titillating, caresses, expectations beyond my wildest dreams,” that Len has the good sense to get up and vacate the premises. Dancing with the Stars Watch: The Final Four 2012-05-15T13:43:24Z The word is even ubiquitous in the good ol' UK, where people have traditionally been predisposed to describing things they like with adjectives no stronger than "lovely". SXSW 2011: A crash guide to 'awesome' 2011-03-15T18:03:00Z As someone similarly sensitive to vocabulary I found "horrified" a strange adjective. Britain's anger issues: something to shout about 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z What did I mean by using vague adjectives like “magnificent” to describe a thrilling performance? An Essential Music Critic, but Nobody’s Role Model 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Complex = “complete” + “excrement”: An adjective used increasingly by political leaders. Style Invitational Week 1241: Less taste, more fill-in— our not-crossword 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z There are just too many platitudes here, as Ellie puts it, using profanity as an adjective. 'Broadchurch' Season 2 Episode 5 Recap: The Center Collapses 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z And when it comes to cultural associations, there are few garments as rich in adjectives as a black leather jacket. Silicon Valley Has a New Style Icon 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z He calls himself pretentious, lame, narcissistic, unstable and many other cruel adjectives. Love or Hate Emmanuel Carrère’s Forceful Tangents, They’re Back in ‘Yoga’ 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, I lectured my writing students on the power of words: “Beware the thoughtless adjective. Beware the vague pronoun,” Modern Love: Learning to Silence My Inner Editor 2014-02-13T19:38:06Z “The Aeronauts” is the kind of movie that, based on premise alone, you’d like to apply all the positive adjectives associated with hot-air ballooning: soaring, elevated, lofty! Amazon’s gorgeous hot-air balloon movie “The Aeronauts” has lofty goals but is afraid of heights 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z For a critic, his descriptive prose groans under comatose adverbs and adjectives. Books of The Times: Paradise Is Only Half the Story in a Complex Caribbean Nation 2011-04-14T21:52:13Z Perhaps they price up the adjectives by the pound too. The five-a-day disaster: why the numbers don't add up 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z What's noteworthy about the commentary revealed by a Twitter search is the adjectives used to praise her — empathetic, compassionate, sympathetic, sensitive — are often used to describe femininity, or traits commonly considered to be feminine. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and the power of "feminine" leadership 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Using the words 'nice, ok, so-so' is considered scandalous in English lessons - yet those are the exact adjectives I'd use to describe his story. The Last Wild by Piers Torday - review 2013-03-17T12:00:00Z Yet, we are in a crisis, where most people's primary identity is on the adjective before the hyphen, not on the collective noun, American. How to Be a Jew in the Age of Trump? 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z The publisher defines the adjective as "relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief." 'Xenophobia' is the word of the year for 2016, says Dictionary.com 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z I heard adjectives such as "extreme", "bizarre" and "weird". Hit & Miss: should non-transgender actors play transgender characters? 2012-05-23T14:17:11Z A parliamentary panel later said Rupert and James Murdoch were “unfit” to run a public company — an adjective that could haunt them again if the O’Reilly matter intersects with British approval of the Sky takeover. Is this the end of Bill O’Reilly? That’s a complicated question. 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z So you pick up the phone, dial the label president, and beg for release from the adjective that's become pure poison in the marketplace. 2009-12-10T17:54:00Z For much of its history, the subtext of the adjective, “American,” was “white.” Barack Obama, invisible president: To truly see him requires white Americans to see themselves 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z The adjective “architectural” is part of an attempt to apply the concepts more broadly. Dance Review: Harrison Atelier Enlists Merce Cunningham Dancers ? Review 2011-11-28T22:29:41Z “I just wanted a job,” he added, using a colorful adjective. The In-Your-Face Films of Alan Clarke 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Seattle Times reporter/reviewer Ken Armstrong wrote that while “the authors’ adjective of choice for rabies is diabolical ... Facts rule: 8 great nonfiction books 2013-06-14T17:29:09Z “Simple” and “easy” are appropriate adjectives for the line, which effortlessly balances rumpled informality and tailored sophistication — without a hint of prepster irony. Basics Instinct 2010-08-26T19:06:00Z It's "depressing and inspiring in equal measure," which are two adjectives you can certainly pin to his music. Baltic Fleet – New Band Up North #33 2013-07-22T16:00:00Z So instead of looking at a poem and saying 'Don't you like these words?', or 'Doesn't it make you think interesting thoughts?', they are saying to students 'Where is the adjective and the adverb here?' Poetry's future 2010-06-18T07:30:00Z Those adjectives scared off distributors, particularly in the United States, where the director said "everyone was really afraid of the film" about a dying man played by Javier Bardem. Foreign films navigate rough waters to reach Oscars 2011-02-27T00:26:51Z This is sweet—but it is worth noting that these adjectives might as easily be applied to the eyes of a loyal dog. The Ideal Marriage, According to Novels 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z |
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