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, |