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