Spice Up Your Writing With These 414 Adjectives and Delight Your Readers
414 alternatives to the 25 most boringly common written adjectives
Are you looking to fluff up your writing a bit more? One easy way to do that is by fluctuating your word usage.
In the vast ocean of articles being posted online every day, there is an overabundance of similarity.
I believe this stems from the frequency of our spoken language.
“If you learn only 800 of the most frequently-used lemmas in English, you’ll be able to understand 75% of the language as it is spoken in normal life.”
Most people write using the words they say every day — and that’s great for the act of being understood.
But if you want to stand out, you should add some spice to your writing and mash in some flavorful synonyms.
This article takes the most common 25 English adjectives used in written form according to the Oxford English Corpus.
I spent some time gathering interesting alternatives to these overused words and combined them with examples for further understanding.
I hope you enjoy it!
In the meantime, I’m off to go make a very particular sandwich.
