Positive and Negative Adjectives, Comparison Expressions

Flashcards for vocabulary learning.

exquisite

Extremely beautiful and delicate; exceptionally well-crafted.

stellar

Outstanding; extremely high quality or brilliant.

phenomenal

Remarkable or exceptional, especially in a way that is impressive.

unsurpassed

Better than anything else; not exceeded by any other.

unmatched

Having no equal; impossible to match.

transcendent

Going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing or exceeding expectations.

sublime

Of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe.

atrocious

Extremely bad, unpleasant, or appalling.

deplorable

Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad in quality or morally unacceptable.

banal

So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.

repulsive

Arousing intense distaste or disgust.

bland

Lacking strong features or characteristics and therefore uninteresting.

far superior to

Much better or higher in quality than something else.

pale in comparison to

Seems much worse or less impressive when compared to something better.

trump

Surpasses or outperforms something else.

less (adjective) than it's made out to be

Not as good (adjective) as people claim it to be.

on the same level as

Equal in quality, skill, or standard.

comparable to

Able to be likened to something else in terms of quality or performance.

in a class of its own

Exceptionally good; unique in its excellence.

second to none

The best; not surpassed by anything else.

head and shoulders above

Much better than others; clearly superior.