Forming Adjectives

We can recognize most adjectives by their endings. Not all adjectives however have any kind of special endings.

Suffix	Examples
al	accidental, central, musical, national, personal
-ous	cautious, dangerous, famous, mountainous, poisonous
-y	brainy, guilty, skinny, stormy, wavy
-ry	angry, hungry, watery, weary, wintry
-ful	forgetful, harmful, hopeful, joyful, lawful
-ish	boyish, childish, girlish, selfish, yellowish
-sy	choosy, lousy, messy, noisy, posy, nosy,
-ar	circular, monocular, jugular, polar, vulgar,
-ive	active, addictive, radioactive, successive, talkative
-able	acceptable, accountable, agreeable, comfortable, lovable
-ly	cowardly, fatherly, manly, sickly, smoothly,
-ant	distant, intolerant, observant, pleasant, vigilant,
-en	golden, modern, molten, wooden, woolen,
-ic	academic, horrific, optimistic, organic, realistic,
-ent	consistent, non-existent, potent, silent, violent,
-some	handsome, loathsome, lonesome, meddlesome, quarrelsome
-ible	accessible, discernible, responsible, reversible, sensible
-ky	lucky, risky, silky, smoky, tricky
-less	endless, meaningless, powerless, shameless, toothless,
-ing	alarming, amazing, outstanding, satisfying, worrying
-ed	amused, annoyed, old-fashioned, one-sided, shattered
-hy	fishy, patchy, pushy, wealthy, worthy
-ory	compulsory, laudatory, dilatory, mandatory, statutory,
-ary	imaginary, necessary, ordinary, reactionary, voluntary,