| elasticised | (adjective) made with strands or inserts of elastic | Synonyms: elasticized |
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| elasticized | (adjective) made with strands or inserts of elastic | Synonyms: elasticised |
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| elated | (adjective) exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits | - |
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| (adjective) full of high-spirited delight | Synonyms: gleeful, joyful, jubilant |
| elected | (adjective) subject to popular election | Synonyms: elective |
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| elevated | (adjective) increased in amount or degree | Synonyms: raised |
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| (adjective) of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style | Synonyms: exalted, grand, high-flown, high-minded, idealistic, lofty, noble-minded, rarefied, rarified, sublime |
| (adjective) raised above the ground | - |
| elicited | (adjective) called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation | Synonyms: evoked |
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| elongated | (adjective) having notably more length than width; being long and slender | Synonyms: elongate |
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| (adjective) drawn out or made longer spatially | Synonyms: extended, lengthened, prolonged |
| emaciated | (adjective) very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold | Synonyms: cadaverous, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted |
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| emancipated | (adjective) free from traditional social restraints | Synonyms: liberated |
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| emasculated | (adjective) (of a male animal) having the testicles removed | Synonyms: cut, gelded |
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| embarrassed | (adjective) made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride | Synonyms: humiliated, mortified |
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| (adjective) feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed | Synonyms: abashed, chagrined |
| embattled | (adjective) having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement | Synonyms: battlemented, castellated, castled, crenelated |
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| (adjective) prepared for battle | - |
| (adjective) (of a person) beset by difficulties or conflict | - |
| embedded | (adjective) inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole | - |
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| (adjective) enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass | - |
| embezzled | (adjective) taken for your own use in violation of a trust | Synonyms: misappropriated |
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| embodied | (adjective) possessing or existing in bodily form | Synonyms: bodied, corporal, corporate, incarnate |
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| emboldened | (adjective) made bold or courageous | - |
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| embossed | (adjective) embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery | Synonyms: brocaded, raised |
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| embroiled | (adjective) deeply involved especially in something complicated | Synonyms: entangled |
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| emended | (adjective) improved or corrected by critical editing | Synonyms: edited |
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| emphasised | (adjective) spoken with emphasis | Synonyms: emphasized, emphatic |
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| emphasized | (adjective) spoken with emphasis | Synonyms: emphasised, emphatic |
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| employed | (adjective) having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary | - |
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| (adjective) made useful | Synonyms: utilised, utilized |
| empowered | (adjective) invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter | Synonyms: sceptered, sceptred |
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| empurpled | (adjective) excessively elaborate or showily expressed | Synonyms: over-embellished, purple |
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| enamored | (adjective) marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness | Synonyms: in love, infatuated, potty, smitten, soft on, taken with |
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| encased | (adjective) covered or protected with or as if with a case | Synonyms: cased, incased |
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| enchained | (adjective) bound with chains | Synonyms: chained, in chains |
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| enchanted | (adjective) influenced as by charms or incantations | - |
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| encircled | (adjective) confined on all sides | Synonyms: surrounded |
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| enclosed | (adjective) closed in or surrounded or included within | - |
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| encouraged | (adjective) inspired with confidence | Synonyms: bucked up |
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| encrusted | (adjective) having a hardened crust as a covering | Synonyms: crusted, crustlike, crusty |
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| encumbered | (adjective) loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load | - |
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| encysted | (adjective) enclosed in (or as if in) a cyst | - |
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| endangered | (adjective) (of flora or fauna) in imminent danger of extinction | - |
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| ended | (adjective) having come or been brought to a conclusion | Synonyms: all over, complete, concluded, over, terminated |
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| endowed | (adjective) provided or supplied or equipped with (especially as by inheritance or nature) | - |
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| enervated | (adjective) lacking energy or vitality | Synonyms: adynamic, asthenic, debilitated |
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| enforced | (adjective) forced or compelled or put in force | Synonyms: implemented |
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| enfranchised | (adjective) endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote | - |
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| engaged | (adjective) built against or attached to a wall | - |
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| (adjective) having services contracted for | - |
| (adjective) (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting | Synonyms: intermeshed, meshed |
| (adjective) involved in military hostilities | - |
| (adjective) (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line) | Synonyms: busy, in use |
| (adjective) reserved in advance | Synonyms: booked, set-aside |
| (adjective) having ones attention or mind or energy engaged | Synonyms: occupied |
| (adjective) pledged to be married | Synonyms: bespoken, betrothed |
| engorged | (adjective) overfull as with blood | Synonyms: congested |
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| engraved | (adjective) cut or impressed into a surface | Synonyms: etched, graven, incised, inscribed |
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| engrossed | (adjective) giving or marked by complete attention to | Synonyms: absorbed, captive, enwrapped, intent, rapt, wrapped |
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| (adjective) written formally in a large clear script, as a deed or other legal document | - |
| enhanced | (adjective) increased or intensified in value or beauty or quality | - |
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| enkindled | (adjective) set afire | Synonyms: ignited, kindled |
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| enlarged | (adjective) (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells | Synonyms: hypertrophied |
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| (adjective) as of a photograph; made larger | Synonyms: blown-up |
| (adjective) larger than normal | - |
| (adjective) enlarged to an abnormal degree | Synonyms: exaggerated, magnified |
| enlightened | (adjective) having knowledge and spiritual insight | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved | Synonyms: educated |
| enlivened | (adjective) made sprightly or cheerful | - |
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| (adjective) made lively or spirited | Synonyms: spirited |
| enmeshed | (adjective) caught as if in a mesh | Synonyms: intermeshed |
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| enraged | (adjective) marked by extreme anger | Synonyms: angered, furious, infuriated, maddened |
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| enraptured | (adjective) feeling great rapture or delight | Synonyms: ecstatic, rapt, rapturous, rhapsodic |
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| ensorcelled | (adjective) captured, as if under a spell | Synonyms: bewitched |
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| entangled | (adjective) deeply involved especially in something complicated | Synonyms: embroiled |
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| (adjective) involved in difficulties | - |
| (adjective) twisted together in a tangled mass | - |
| entertained | (adjective) pleasantly occupied | Synonyms: amused, diverted |
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| enthralled | (adjective) filled with wonder and delight | Synonyms: beguiled, captivated, charmed, delighted, entranced |
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| entitled | (adjective) qualified for by right according to law | - |
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| entranced | (adjective) filled with wonder and delight | Synonyms: beguiled, captivated, charmed, delighted, enthralled |
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| entrenched | (adjective) established firmly and securely | - |
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| (adjective) dug in | - |
| enured | (adjective) made tough by habitual exposure | Synonyms: hardened, inured |
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| envisioned | (adjective) seen in the mind as a mental image | Synonyms: pictured, visualised, visualized |
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| enwrapped | (adjective) giving or marked by complete attention to | Synonyms: absorbed, captive, engrossed, intent, rapt, wrapped |
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| equipoised | (adjective) lacking lateral dominance; being neither right-handed nor left-handed | - |
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| equipped | (adjective) provided or fitted out with what is necessary or useful or appropriate | Synonyms: equipt |
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| (adjective) provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority) | Synonyms: furnished |
| (adjective) carrying weapons | Synonyms: weaponed |
| (adjective) prepared with proper equipment | Synonyms: fitted out |
| eroded | (adjective) worn away as by water or ice or wind | Synonyms: scoured |
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| escaped | (adjective) having escaped, especially from confinement | Synonyms: at large, loose, on the loose |
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| established | (adjective) brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established | Synonyms: constituted |
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| (adjective) introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation | Synonyms: naturalized |
| (adjective) conforming with accepted standards | Synonyms: conventional |
| (adjective) shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt | - |
| (adjective) settled securely and unconditionally | Synonyms: accomplished, effected |
| esteemed | (adjective) having an illustrious reputation; respected | Synonyms: honored, honoured, prestigious |
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| estranged | (adjective) caused to be unloved | Synonyms: alienated |
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| etched | (adjective) cut or impressed into a surface | Synonyms: engraved, graven, incised, inscribed |
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| etiolated | (adjective) (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light | Synonyms: blanched, etiolate |
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| evaporated | (adjective) drawn off in the form of vapor | - |
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| evenhanded | (adjective) without partiality | - |
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| evidenced | (adjective) supported by evidence | - |
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| evoked | (adjective) called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation | Synonyms: elicited |
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| exaggerated | (adjective) represented as greater than is true or reasonable | Synonyms: overdone, overstated |
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| (adjective) enlarged to an abnormal degree | Synonyms: enlarged, magnified |
| exalted | (adjective) of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style | Synonyms: elevated, grand, high-flown, high-minded, idealistic, lofty, noble-minded, rarefied, rarified, sublime |
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| exasperated | (adjective) greatly annoyed; out of patience | Synonyms: browned off, cheesed off |
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| exchanged | (adjective) changed for (replaced by) something different | - |
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| excited | (adjective) in an aroused state | - |
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| (adjective) (of persons) excessively affected by emotion | Synonyms: aroused, emotional, worked up |
| (adjective) (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive | Synonyms: activated |
| (adjective) marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion | Synonyms: delirious, frantic, mad, unrestrained |
| exculpated | (adjective) freed from any question of guilt | Synonyms: absolved, clear, cleared, exonerated, vindicated |
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| excused | (adjective) granted exemption | - |
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| executed | (adjective) put to death as punishment | - |
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| exhausted | (adjective) depleted of energy, force, or strength | Synonyms: spent |
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| (adjective) drained physically | - |
| (adjective) drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted | Synonyms: dog-tired, fagged, fatigued, gone, played out, spent, washed-out, worn-out, worn out |
| exhilarated | (adjective) made joyful | Synonyms: gladdened |
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| exonerated | (adjective) freed from any question of guilt | Synonyms: absolved, clear, cleared, exculpated, vindicated |
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| expanded | (adjective) increased in extent or size or bulk or scope | - |
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| expected | (adjective) considered likely or probable to happen or arrive | - |
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| experienced | (adjective) having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation | Synonyms: experient |
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| expired | (adjective) having come to an end or become void after passage of a period of time | - |
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| exploded | (adjective) showing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another | - |
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| exploited | (adjective) developed or used to greatest advantage | - |
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| (adjective) (of persons) taken advantage of | Synonyms: ill-used, put-upon, used, victimised, victimized |
| exposed | (adjective) not covered with clothing | Synonyms: uncovered |
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| (adjective) with no protection or shield | Synonyms: open |
| expressed | (adjective) precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication | Synonyms: explicit |
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| (adjective) communicated in words | Synonyms: uttered, verbalised, verbalized, voiced |
| expurgated | (adjective) having material deleted | - |
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| extended | (adjective) fully extended or stretched forth | - |
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| (adjective) beyond the literal or primary sense | - |
| (adjective) large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity | Synonyms: extensive |
| (adjective) drawn out or made longer spatially | Synonyms: elongated, lengthened, prolonged |
| (adjective) relatively long in duration; tediously protracted | Synonyms: drawn-out, lengthy, prolonged, protracted |
| exterminated | (adjective) destroyed completely | Synonyms: annihilated, wiped out |
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| extinguished | (adjective) of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement | - |
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| extraverted | (adjective) being concerned with the social and physical environment | Synonyms: extravert, extravertive, extrovert, extroverted, extrovertive |
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| extroverted | (adjective) not introspective; examining what is outside yourself | Synonyms: extrospective |
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| (adjective) being concerned with the social and physical environment | Synonyms: extravert, extraverted, extravertive, extrovert, extrovertive |
| (adjective) at ease in talking to others | Synonyms: forthcoming, outgoing |