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descriptive adjective

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Noun1.descriptive adjective - an adjective that ascribes to its noun the value of an attribute of that noun (e.g., `a nervous person' or `a musical speaking voice')
qualifying adjective
adjective - a word that expresses an attribute of something


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Second, that the more negative descriptive adjectives the young people identified as representing perceptions of them by significant others, the more likely the youths were to report involvement in delinquency.
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The Daily News stated it quite succinctly with its use of the descriptive adjective ``influential'' people.
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Devise a point system giving extra points for correct spelling or descriptive adjectives.
Summer assignments for students and their parents by Gentry, J. Richard / Instructor (1990)
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