Evaluative adjectives:
Positive:
awesome, beautiful, breathtaking, brilliant, excellent, gorgeous, interesting, sensational, stunning.
Negative:
appalling, awful, boring, depressing, disgusting, dismal, dreadful, dreary,foul, poor, tasteless, tedious, terrible, vile.
Awesome
1. very impressive or very difficult and perhaps
rather frightening
an
awesome sight
2. (especially North American English, informal) very good,
enjoyable, etc.
I
just bought this awesome new CD!
Breathtaking
1.very exciting or impressive (usually in a pleasant
way)
a
breathtaking view of the mountains
2. very surprising
He
spoke with breathtaking arrogance.
Gorgeous
very beautiful and attractive; giving pleasure and
enjoyment
a
gorgeous girl/man
a
gorgeous view
gorgeous
weather (= warm and with a lot of sun)
Sensational
1. causing great surprise, excitement, or interest
The
affair was the most sensational political sex scandal of the century.
2.(disapproving)
(of a newspaper, etc.) trying to get your interest by presenting facts or
events as worse or more shocking than they really are
sensational
news stories
3.(informal) extremely good; wonderful
You
look sensational in that dress!
Stunning
extremely attractive or impressive
You
look absolutely stunning!
a
stunning view of the lake
Appalling
1.(North American English, formal or British English)
shocking; extremely bad
The
prisoners were living in appalling conditions.
2.(informal) very bad
The
bus service is appalling now.
Awful
very bad or unpleasant
That's
an awful colour.
The
weather last summer was awful.
to
look/feel awful (= to look/feel ill)
Dismal
causing or showing sadness
synonym: gloomy,
miserable
dismal
conditions/surroundings/weather
Dreadful
very bad or unpleasant
What
dreadful weather!
Jane
looked dreadful (= looked ill or tired).
Dreary
that makes you feel sad; dull and not interesting
synonym dull
a
dreary winter’s day
Foul
(especially British English) very unpleasant; very bad
She's
in a foul mood.
His
boss has a foul temper.
Vile
(informal) extremely unpleasant or bad
synonym disgusting
The
weather was really vile most of the time.
He
was in a vile mood.
a view: awesome, beatiful, breathtaking, depressing, dismal, dreadful, gorgeous, sensational, stunning, terrible,
a journey: appalling, boring, dreary, interesting, sensational, tedious, terrible.
food: appalling, awful, disgusting, dreadful, excellent, interesting, sensational, tasteless, terrible, vile.
the service in a restaurant: appalling, awful, brilliant, dreadful, excellent, poor, terrible.
