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1473 Adjectives That End With Y

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Word Definitions Synonyms
curvey (adjective) having curves Synonyms: curvy
curvy (adjective) having curves Synonyms: curvey
(adjective) (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves Synonyms: bosomy, busty, buxom, curvaceous, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, voluptuous, well-endowed
cushiony (adjective) softened by the addition of cushions or padding Synonyms: cushioned, padded
cushy (adjective) not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship Synonyms: easygoing, soft
customary (adjective) in accordance with convention or custom
(adjective) commonly used or practiced; usual Synonyms: accustomed, habitual, wonted
daily (adjective) appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions Synonyms: casual, everyday
(adjective) of or belonging to or occurring every day Synonyms: day-after-day, day-by-day, day-to-day
dainty (adjective) delicately beautiful Synonyms: exquisite
(adjective) excessively fastidious and easily disgusted Synonyms: nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish
(adjective) especially pleasing to the taste
damnatory (adjective) threatening with damnation Synonyms: damning
dandy (adjective) excellent Synonyms: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, old, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell
dastardly (adjective) despicably cowardly Synonyms: dastard
daughterly (adjective) befitting a daughter
deadly (adjective) exceedingly harmful Synonyms: baneful, pernicious, pestilent
(adjective) extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom Synonyms: venomous, virulent
(adjective) involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death Synonyms: mortal
(adjective) (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect
(adjective) causing or capable of causing death Synonyms: deathly, mortal
(adjective) of an instrument of certain death Synonyms: lethal
deathly (adjective) having the physical appearance of death Synonyms: deathlike
(adjective) causing or capable of causing death Synonyms: deadly, mortal
declamatory (adjective) ostentatiously lofty in style Synonyms: bombastic, large, orotund, tumid, turgid
declaratory (adjective) relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration Synonyms: asserting, declarative
defamatory (adjective) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign Synonyms: calumniatory, calumnious, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous
deflationary (adjective) associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money
delusory (adjective) causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true Synonyms: deceptive
denary (adjective) containing ten or ten parts Synonyms: ten-fold, tenfold
(adjective) numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten Synonyms: decimal
denigratory (adjective) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign Synonyms: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, libellous, libelous, slanderous
denunciatory (adjective) containing warning of punishment Synonyms: comminatory, denunciative
depilatory (adjective) able to remove hair or render hairless
deprecatory (adjective) tending to diminish or disparage Synonyms: belittling, deprecating, deprecative, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting
depreciatory (adjective) tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value Synonyms: depreciating, depreciative
(adjective) tending to diminish or disparage Synonyms: belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, slighting
derisory (adjective) so unreasonable as to invite derision Synonyms: absurd, cockeyed, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous
derogatory (adjective) expressive of low opinion Synonyms: derogative, disparaging
desultory (adjective) marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another
dewy (adjective) wet with dew Synonyms: bedewed
dextrorotary (adjective) rotating to the right Synonyms: dextrorotatory, right-handed
dextrorotatory (adjective) rotating to the right Synonyms: dextrorotary, right-handed
dicey (adjective) of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk Synonyms: chanceful, chancy, dodgy
dickey (adjective) (British informal) faulty Synonyms: dicky
dicky (adjective) (British informal) faulty Synonyms: dickey
dietary (adjective) of or relating to the diet Synonyms: dietetic, dietetical
dilatory (adjective) wasting time Synonyms: laggard, pokey, poky
dingy (adjective) causing dejection Synonyms: blue, dark, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry
(adjective) thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot Synonyms: begrimed, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy
(adjective) (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear Synonyms: dirty, muddied, muddy
dinky (adjective) (British informal) pretty and neat
(adjective) small and unimpressive Synonyms: insignificant
dirty (adjective) soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime Synonyms: soiled, unclean
(adjective) (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency
(adjective) spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination Synonyms: contaminating
(adjective) unethical or dishonest Synonyms: shoddy, sordid
(adjective) expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
(adjective) obtained illegally or by improper means Synonyms: ill-gotten
(adjective) (of a manuscript) defaced with changes Synonyms: foul, marked-up
(adjective) (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear Synonyms: dingy, muddied, muddy
(adjective) vile; despicable Synonyms: filthy, lousy
(adjective) contaminated with infecting organisms Synonyms: pestiferous
(adjective) unpleasantly stormy
(adjective) violating accepted standards or rules Synonyms: cheating, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike
disciplinary (adjective) relating to a specific field of academic study
(adjective) relating to discipline in behavior
(adjective) designed to promote discipline Synonyms: corrective, disciplinal
discretionary (adjective) having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment Synonyms: discretional
(adjective) (especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed
discriminatory (adjective) being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand Synonyms: prejudiced
(adjective) manifesting partiality Synonyms: preferential
(adjective) capable of making fine distinctions Synonyms: discriminative
(adjective) containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice Synonyms: invidious
dishy (adjective) (informal British) sexually attractive
disorderly (adjective) undisciplined and unruly
(adjective) in utter disorder Synonyms: higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy
(adjective) completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing Synonyms: chaotic
dissatisfactory (adjective) not up to expectations Synonyms: disappointing, unsatisfying
diversionary (adjective) (of tactics e.g.) likely or designed to confuse or deceive
divinatory (adjective) resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy Synonyms: mantic, sibyllic, sibylline, vatic, vatical
(adjective) based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence Synonyms: conjectural, hypothetic, hypothetical, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious
dizzy (adjective) lacking seriousness; given to frivolity Synonyms: airheaded, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly
(adjective) having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling Synonyms: giddy, vertiginous, woozy
documentary (adjective) relating to or consisting of or derived from documents Synonyms: documental
(adjective) (of film, television, radio, or photography) depicting a real-life event using images or interviews with people involved in the event
doddery (adjective) mentally or physically infirm with age Synonyms: doddering, gaga, senile
dodgy (adjective) marked by skill in deception Synonyms: crafty, cunning, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily
(adjective) of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk Synonyms: chanceful, chancy, dicey
domiciliary (adjective) of or relating to or provided in a domicile
dopey (adjective) having or revealing stupidity Synonyms: anserine, dopy, foolish, gooselike, goosey, goosy, jerky
dopy (adjective) having or revealing stupidity Synonyms: anserine, dopey, foolish, gooselike, goosey, goosy, jerky
dormy (adjective) in match play a side that stands as many holes ahead as there are holes remaining to be played Synonyms: dormie
dotty (adjective) intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with Synonyms: crazy, gaga, wild
(adjective) informal or slang terms for mentally irregular Synonyms: around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky
doughy (adjective) having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking Synonyms: soggy
dowdy (adjective) lacking in smartness or taste
(adjective) primly out of date Synonyms: frumpish, frumpy
downy (adjective) covered with fine soft hairs or down Synonyms: puberulent, pubescent, sericeous
(adjective) like down or as soft as down Synonyms: downlike, flossy, fluffy
dozy (adjective) half asleep Synonyms: drowsing, drowsy
drafty (adjective) not airtight Synonyms: draughty
draughty (adjective) not airtight Synonyms: drafty
dreamy (adjective) dreamy in mood or nature Synonyms: moony, woolgathering
(adjective) lacking spirit or liveliness Synonyms: lackadaisical, languid, languorous
dreary (adjective) causing dejection Synonyms: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, gloomy, grim, sorry
(adjective) lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise Synonyms: drab
dressy (adjective) in fancy clothing
drippy (adjective) effusively or insincerely emotional Synonyms: bathetic, hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy
(adjective) leaking in drops
(adjective) wet with light rain Synonyms: drizzly
drizzly (adjective) wet with light rain Synonyms: drippy
droopy (adjective) hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness) Synonyms: drooping, sagging
drowsy (adjective) half asleep Synonyms: dozy, drowsing
(adjective) showing lack of attention or boredom Synonyms: oscitant, yawning
dry (adjective) free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
(adjective) not producing milk
(adjective) (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
(adjective) opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
(adjective) lacking moisture or volatile components
(adjective) without a mucous or watery discharge
(adjective) having a large proportion of strong liquor
(adjective) humorously sarcastic or mocking Synonyms: ironic, ironical, wry
(adjective) practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages Synonyms: teetotal
(adjective) used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
(adjective) not shedding tears
(adjective) lacking warmth or emotional involvement
(adjective) unproductive especially of the expected results
(adjective) lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless Synonyms: juiceless
(adjective) (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
(adjective) having no adornment or coloration
dummy (adjective) having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function
dumpy (adjective) resembling a garbage dump
(adjective) short and plump Synonyms: podgy, pudgy, roly-poly, tubby
(adjective) short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature Synonyms: chunky, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy
dusky (adjective) naturally having skin of a dark color Synonyms: dark-skinned, swart, swarthy
(adjective) lighted by or as if by twilight Synonyms: twilight, twilit
dusty (adjective) covered with a layer of dust Synonyms: dust-covered
(adjective) lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new Synonyms: cold, moth-eaten, stale
early (adjective) at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
(adjective) of an early stage in the development of a language or literature
(adjective) being or occurring at an early stage of development
(adjective) belonging to the distant past Synonyms: former, other
(adjective) very young
(adjective) expected in the near future
earthly (adjective) of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven
earthy (adjective) of or consisting of or resembling earth
(adjective) conspicuously and tastelessly indecent Synonyms: crude, gross, vulgar
(adjective) not far removed from or suggestive of nature
(adjective) sensible and practical Synonyms: down-to-earth
(adjective) hearty and lusty
easterly (adjective) from the east; used especially of winds Synonyms: eastern
(adjective) lying in or toward the east Synonyms: eastern
easy (adjective) posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
(adjective) free from worry or anxiety
(adjective) obtained with little effort or sacrifice, often obtained illegally
(adjective) less in demand and therefore readily obtainable
(adjective) affording comfort
(adjective) marked by moderate steepness Synonyms: gentle
(adjective) readily exploited or tricked
(adjective) having little impact Synonyms: gentle, soft
(adjective) affording pleasure
(adjective) in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich Synonyms: comfortable, prosperous, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do
(adjective) casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior Synonyms: light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton
(adjective) not hurried or forced Synonyms: easygoing, leisurely
(adjective) not strict Synonyms: lenient
ebony (adjective) of a very dark black Synonyms: ebon
ecofriendly (adjective) Good for the environment
edgy (adjective) being in a tense state Synonyms: high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight
eery (adjective) inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening Synonyms: eerie
eightpenny (adjective) used of nail size; 2 1/2 in or 6.4 cm long
eighty (adjective) being ten more than seventy Synonyms: 80, fourscore, lxxx
elderly (adjective) advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables) Synonyms: aged, older, senior
eleemosynary (adjective) generous in assistance to the poor Synonyms: beneficent, benevolent, philanthropic
elementary (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of elementary school or elementary education
(adjective) of or being the essential or basic part Synonyms: basal, elemental, primary
(adjective) easy and not involved or complicated Synonyms: simple, uncomplicated, unproblematic
elocutionary (adjective) of or relating to elocution
(adjective) (used of style of speaking) overly embellished
empty (adjective) holding or containing nothing
(adjective) emptied of emotion
(adjective) needing nourishment Synonyms: empty-bellied
(adjective) devoid of significance or force Synonyms: hollow, vacuous
epistolary (adjective) written in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence Synonyms: epistolatory
epistolatory (adjective) written in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence Synonyms: epistolary
every (adjective) (used of count nouns) each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception
(adjective) each and all of a series of entities or intervals as specified
everyday (adjective) commonplace and ordinary
(adjective) appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions Synonyms: casual, daily
(adjective) found in the ordinary course of events Synonyms: mundane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workaday
evidentiary (adjective) pertaining to or constituting evidence
(adjective) serving as or based on evidence Synonyms: evidential
evolutionary (adjective) of or relating to or produced by evolution
excitatory (adjective) (of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate Synonyms: excitant, excitative
exclamatory (adjective) sudden and strong Synonyms: emphatic
excretory (adjective) of or relating to the process of excretion
exculpatory (adjective) clearing of guilt or blame
excusatory (adjective) offering or expressing apology Synonyms: apologetic

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