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adjective
(adjective) extremely interested in what someone has to say
Example Sentences:
A: Do you want to know why I broke up with my girlfriend?
B: Yeah, I’m all ears. Tell me
The employees were all ears while the boss was talking about who was going to get fired.
Wife: Are you listening to me?
Husband: Yes, I’m all ears.
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(adjective) relaxed and confident
Example Sentence:
On my first day of school, I was so nervous about everything. My friend was as cool as a cucumber!
She was as cool as a cucumber before her presentation because she was well-prepared.
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(adjective) awesome, great, very good
Example Sentences:
Wow, your new car is so badass! Can I take it out for a drive?
Maria’s new tattoos are badass. I love them!.
(adjective) very tired, exhausted
Example Sentence:
I have been working all day. I am so bagged!
A: Why aren’t you working?
B: I was up all night preparing for our presentation. Now, I’m bagged.
If you stay at the nightclub until 4 A.M you will be bagged the next day.
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(adjective) to continually try the impossible
(adjective slang) terrible, awful, bad
Example Sentence:
This coffee shop really blows. Let’s go to Blenz instead.
A: How is the movie?
B: It really blows. It’s the worst movie I’ve seen in awhile.
My new teacher blows at teaching grammar, but she’s really good with vocabulary.
Note:
blows is slang and should be used carefully
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(adjective) depressed
Example Sentence:
I’m sorry I’ve been so blue lately. I’m just upset because my girlfriend left me.
Anna is blue because her father just died.
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(adjective) extremely angry, frustrated, annoyed, embarrassed or upset
Example Sentences:
The young boy was blue in the face because his mother wouldn’t buy him an ice cream cone.
Daughter: I want to go on a date with Bobby!
Mom: You’re too young! You’re only 15 years old!
Daughter: I don’t care!!! I want to!!! You can’t stop me!!!!
Mom: You can shout till you’re blue in the face, but I’m not letting you go!
The boss was blue in the face because his employees were late.
I was blue in the face after accidentally seeing my mother-in-law naked.
Media:
(adjective) extremely drunk
Example Sentence:
You can’t drive home, you’re bombed.
If you keep getting bombed before work, you’re going to get fired!
The College students were bombed during their late-night party.
Media:
(adjective) barely acceptable, almost
Example Sentence:
Ten dollars for a bottle of water? That’s borderline criminal!
Your homework assignment is borderline, at best. I’d like you to do it again.
Media:
(adjective) completely naked
Example Sentences:
The patient was forced to be buck-naked for his medical exam.
All of the people in the nudist colony enjoyed being buck-naked.
Media:
(adjective) perfect, foolproof, unable to fail
Example Sentences:
I’m going to call my boss and pretend to be sick. Then you and I can go to the beach. He won’t see me there because he’ll be at work. It’s bulletproof!
The bank robbers thought they had a bulletproof plan until they were caught by the police.
Media:
(adjective) extremely drunk
Example Sentence:
You can’t drive home, you’re buzzed.
If you keep getting buzzed before work, you’re going to get fired!
The College students were buzzed during their late-night party.
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(adjective) very unfriendly
Example Sentences:
The new teacher was unpopular because she was cold as ice. She should be more friendly.
A: How is your new boss?
B: He’s as cold as ice. He was unfriendly to everyone!
Media:
(adjective) to be extremely disappointed
Example Sentences:
The teenage girl was crushed when her boyfriend ended their relationship.
A: What’s wrong, you look crushed?
B: I am. I lost my job today!
A: Oh man!
I was crushed when my best friend forgot my birthday.
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(adjective) very stupid
Example Sentences:
My new boyfriend is dead from the neck up, but he’s really handsome.
My co-workers don’t know how to do anything. They’re dead from the neck up. I can’t believe how dumb they are!
(adjective) unsafe, uncertain, questionable
Example Sentences:
A: Do you want to go to the restaurant in the bad part of town?
B: No, it’s kind of dodgy over there. Let’s go to McDonald’s instead.
The English student decided to choose a different tutor because she thought that Wayne was a bit dodgy.
We decided to call the police after a dodgy man was seen walking around our house. The cops told us he was trying to damage our car!
Media:
(adjective) good, great, awesome
Example Sentences:
Pulp Fiction is a dope movie. It’s so great!
My English school is so dope, I love it!
What a dope song!
Media:
(adjective) awesome, great, very good
Example Sentences:
Wow, your new car is so dynamite! Can I take it out for a drive?
Maria’s new tattoos are dynamite. I love them!.
She is a dynamite Hebrew teacher!
Media:
(adjective) a very easy thing
Example Sentences:
That project was easy as pie. It only took me two hours!
The students asked their teacher for more homework, because their class was as easy as pie.
(adjective) changing frequently, choosy
Example Sentences:
Her boyfriend is such a fickle person. One moment he says he loves her, the next he wants to break up.
The fickle woman didn’t like the way her steak was cooked, so she demanded it be cooked again.
A: I love Bobby.
B: I thought you loved Mark.
A: That was last week. Now I love Bobby!
B: You are so fickle.
Media:
(adjective) sexy, good looking
Example Sentence:
When you wear that dress, you look so fine!
My new boyfriend is so fine, you should meet him.
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(adjective) very fresh
Example Sentences:
After a 10 hour flight, Johnny took a shower and felt fresh as a daisy.
A: What do you do to feel fresh as a daisy?
B: I like to drink a cup of coffee
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(adjective) environmentally friendly, environmentally conscious
Example Sentences:
I recycle, I take the bus instead of driving, and I don’t waste. I’m a very green person.
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(adjective) extremely interesting
Example Sentence:
This book is gripping. I couldn’t stop reading it.
The movie No Country for Old Men was gripping. I was interested the whole time!
Media:
(adjective) extremely drunk
Example Sentence:
You can’t drive home, you’re hammered.
If you keep getting hammered before work, you’re going to get fired!
The College students were hammered during their late-night party.
Media:
(adjective) sensible, intelligent, have common sense
(adjective) much better than
Example Sentence:
This textbook is head and shoulders above the other one. I like it a lot!
If you play football every day you will be head and shoulders above all of the other players.
(adjective) extreme sadness due to a death or the end of a relationship
Example Sentences:
A: What’s wrong with Bobby? He looks heartsick.
B: Yeah, his mom died unexpectedly last night.
The 13 year-old boy was heartsick after being dumped by his first girlfriend.
Media:
(adjective) a feeling of sadness about being away from home
Example Sentence:
A: How do you feel about your time in Vancouver?
B: Actually, I’m a little bit homesick, I miss my friends in Korea and my mother’s cooking.
(adjective) angry, embarrassed, bitter
Example Sentence:
The policeman was hot under the collar because the criminal escaped.
The nervous exchange student felt hot under the collar during his presentation.
A: Did you send my mother a thank-you note for the birthday gift?
B: No, I forgot.
A: She’s going to be hot under the collar if you don’t.
(adjective) very very large
Example Sentences:
The teenager had a humongous problem when he crashed his father’s car.
Look at that humongous man over there! He’s so big!
Media:
(adjective) completely naked
Example Sentences:
The patient was forced to be in his birthday suit for his medical exam.
All of the people in the nudist colony enjoyed being in their birthday suits.
Media:
(adjective) completely naked
Example Sentences:
The patient was forced to be in the flesh for his medical exam.
All of the people in the nudist colony enjoyed being in the flesh.
(adjective) completely naked
Example Sentences:
The patient was forced to be in the nude for his medical exam.
All of the people in the nudist colony enjoyed being in the nude.
(adjective) in very good health
After a very long illness, I am happy to be back in the pink.
Wendy is healthy, active, eats well, and doesn’t smoke. That is why she always feels in the pink.
Doctor: I have good news and bad news.
Patient: What’s the good news?
Doctor: You are in the pink.
Patient: What’s the bad news?
Doctor: You owe me $400.00
Media:
(adjective) completely naked
Example Sentences:
The patient was forced to be in the raw for his medical exam.
All of the people in the nudist colony enjoyed being in the raw.
(adjective) difficult
Example Sentence:
Teacher, this homework is so killer. Can’t you make it a bit more easy?
This is a killer assignment.
Mark was scared to go skiing down the hill, because it looked killer.
(adjective) good, great, awesome
Example Sentences:
Pulp Fiction is a killer movie. It’s so great!
My English school is so killer, I love it!
What a killer song!
(adjective) sensible, smart, and with good judgment
Example Sentence:
Mark is a teacher. He has a wife and three children. He never does anything that is too risky. He exercises, eats right, and is saving money for his children. Mark is a level-headed man.
(adjective) ruined, made ugly
Example Sentences:
The fireworks celebration was marred by drunk teenagers fighting in the streets.
East Vancouver’s beautiful neighbourhood was marred when a Wal-Mart came to town.
A: How was your date last night?
B: It was marred when my date’s ex-boyfriend joined us.
From the News:
Phillipine vote marred by violence
Media:
(adjective) old and no longer in the best part of your life
Example Sentence:
Once you turn 50, you are over the hill. The rest of your life will be terrible.
(adjective) extremely drunk
Example Sentence:
You can’t drive home, you’re pissed.
If you keep getting pissed before work, you’re going to get fired!
The College students were pissed during their late-night party.
Media:
(adjective) (slang) to be very angry
Example Sentence:
I am so pissed that you didn’t call me on Friday night. I stayed at home by myself!
Every time you come to work late you make me so pissed! One more time and you’re fired!
Media:
(adjective) (slang) to be very angry
Example Sentence:
I am so pissed off that you didn’t call me on Friday night. I stayed at home by myself!
Every time you come to work late you piss me off! One more time and you’re fired!
My sister is pissing me off because she always borrows my clothes without asking.
(adjective) extremely drunk
Example Sentence:
You can’t drive home, you’re plastered.
If you keep getting plastered before work, you’re going to get fired!
The College students were plastered during their late-night party.
Media:
(adjective) excited and full of energy
Example Sentences:
I am revved to go on vacation in Ireland!
The soldiers were revved as they prepared to battle their enemies.
Media:
(adjective) extremely drunk
Example Sentence:
You can’t drive home, you’re ripped.
If you keep getting ripped before work, you’re going to get fired!
The College students were ripped during their late-night party.
Media:
(adjective) disorderly and without rules
Example Sentences:
The rough-and-tumble hockey game was stopped after a player became injured.
A: How was your football match last night?
B: It was really rough-and-tumble. The referee didn’t call any penalties, so people started getting hurt!
A: Oh my!
From the News:
Rough and tumble series continues in New Jersey
Media:
(adjective) disorderly and without rules
Example Sentences:
The rough-and-tumble hockey game was stopped after a player became injured.
A: How was your football match last night?
B: It was really rough-and-tumble. The referee didn’t call any penalties, so people started getting hurt!
A: Oh my!
From the News:
Rough and tumble series continues in New Jersey
Media:
(adjective) unsafe, uncertain, questionable
Example Sentences:
A: Do you want to go to the restaurant in the bad part of town?
B: No, it’s kind of shady over there. Let’s go to McDonald’s instead.
The English student decided to choose a different tutor because she thought that Wayne was a bit shady.
We decided to call the police after a shady man was seen walking around our house. The cops told us he was trying to damage our car!
From the Blogs:
Media:
(adjective) unsafe, uncertain, questionable
Example Sentences:
A: Do you want to go to the restaurant in the bad part of town?
B: No, it’s kind of sketchy over there. Let’s go to McDonald’s instead.
The English student decided to choose a different tutor because she thought that Wayne was a bit sketchy.
We decided to call the police after a sketchy man was seen walking around our house. The cops told us he was trying to damage our car!
Media:
(adjective) done in a smooth, impressive, or effortless way
Example Sentences:
The slick car salesman convinced Tom that he needed to buy a sports car so he would be successful with the ladies.
Wilma was so slick during her job interview that she was hired right away.
From the News:
Lightning too slick for Luongo, Canucks
Media:
(adjective) extremely drunk
Example Sentence:
You can’t drive home, you’re sloshed.
If you keep getting sloshed before work, you’re going to get fired!
The College students were sloshed during their late-night party.
Media:
(adjective) extremely drunk
Example Sentence:
You can’t drive home, you’re smashed.
If you keep getting smashed before work, you’re going to get fired!
The College students were smashed during their late-night party.
Media:
(adjective) sexy, good looking
Example Sentence:
When you wear that dress, you look so smokin’!
My new boyfriend is so smokin’, you should meet him.
(adjective) very clean
Example sentence:
Mom: This room is spick and span, you must have spent a long time cleaning it!
Son: Yes, I did. It was so dirty!
The family spent hours cleaning their house so that it was spick and span before the big party.
(adjective) completely naked
Example Sentences:
The patient was forced to be stark naked for his medical exam.
All of the people in the nudist colony enjoyed being stark naked.
(adjective slang) terrible, awful, bad
Example Sentence:
This coffee shop really stinks. Let’s go to Blenz instead.
A: How is the movie?
B: It really stinks. It’s the worst movie I’ve seen in awhile.
My new teacher stinks at teaching grammar, but she’s really good with vocabulary.
Note:
stinks is slang and should be used carefully
(adjective slang) terrible, awful, bad
Example Sentence:
This coffee shop really sucks. Let’s go to Blenz instead.
A: How is the movie?
B: It really sucks. It’s the worst movie I’ve seen in awhile.
My new teacher sucks at teaching grammar, but she’s really good with vocabulary.
Note:
sucks is slang and should be used carefully
(adjective) very busy
Example Sentence:
I’m sorry I didn’t answer your email. I’m really swamped with work right now.
The lawyer was swamped at the office, so he couldn’t go to his son’s birthday party.
Media and Links:
Techs swamped with broken furnaces
(adjective) good, great, awesome
Example Sentences:
Pulp Fiction is a sweet movie. It’s so great!
My English school is so sweet, I love it!
What a sweet song!
Media:
(adjective) extremely drunk
Example Sentence:
You can’t drive home, you’re tanked.
If you keep getting tanked before work, you’re going to get fired!
The College students were tanked during their late-night party.
Media:
(adjective) something perfectly done, or done following specific instructions
Example Sentences:
The driving student performed a textbook parallel park while doing his driving test.
Your presentation was textbook. You did exactly what i told you.
Media:
(adjective) very stupid
Example Sentences:
My new boyfriend is thick, but he’s really handsome.
My co-workers don’t know how to do anything. They’re so thick. I can’t believe how dumb they are!
Media:
(adjective) extremely drunk
Example Sentence:
You can’t drive home, you’re three sheets to the wind.
If you keep getting three sheets to the wind before work, you’re going to get fired!
The College students were three sheets to the wind during their late-night party.
(adjective) angry
Example Sentence:
I am so ticked off that you didn’t call me on Friday night. I stayed at home by myself!
Every time you come to work late you make me so ticked off! One more time and you’re fired!
(adjective) a little bit drunk
Example Sentence:
You can’t drive home, you’re a little bit tipsy.
If you keep getting tipsy before work, you’re going to get fired!
The College students were tipsy after having two drinks.
Media:
(adjective) excellent, of the highest quality
Example Sentences:
My new teacher is top-notch. I think she is the best I’ve ever had.
Saltlik is a top-notch restaurant in Vancouver.
I only like staying in top-notch hotels. I have high standards.
(adjective) difficult
Example Sentence:
Teacher, this homework is too tricky. Can’t you make it a bit more easy?
(adjective) very tired
Example Sentence:
I am tuckered out after hiking to the top of Grouse Mountain!
The students were tuckered out from studying all night for their final exam.
Media:
(adjective) extremely drunk
Example Sentence:
You can’t drive home, you’re wasted.
If you keep getting wasted before work, you’re going to get fired!
The College students were wasted during their late-night party.
Media:
(adjective) something that causes a lot of excitement, tension, or stress
Example Sentences:
I had a white knuckle ride when I taught my young son to drive.
The roller coaster provided some white knuckle moments for the scared riders.
Media:
(adjective) very tired, exhausted
Example Sentence:
I have been working all day. I am so wiped out!
A: Why aren’t you working?
B: I was up all night preparing for our presentation. Now, I’m wiped out.
If you stay at the nightclub until 4am you will be wiped out the next day.
Media:
(adjective) confused, unable to concentrate
Example Sentence:
I’m so zoned today. I didn’t get any sleep last night.
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