记下这128个单词，不用“very”也能让形容词升级

有没有数过你的作文里出现了多少个very

这可以说是考生们最爱滥用的词汇之一

想要让你的形容词升级表达更强烈的感情

不用very也能做到

来和考官秀一发词汇量吧~

Don't say very accurate

Say exact

very afraid → fearful

very angry → furious

very annoying → exasperating

very bad → awful

very beautiful → gorgeous

very big → massive

very boring → dull

very bright → luminous

very busy → swamped

very clam → serene

very careful → cautious

very cheap → stingy

very clean → spotless

very clear → obvious

very cold → freezing

very colorful → vibrant

very competitive → cutthroat

very complete → comprehensive

Don't say very cute

Say adorable

very confused → perplexed

very creative → innovation

very crowded → bustling

very dangerous → perilous

very dear → cherished

very deep → profound

very depressed → despondent

very detailed → meticulous

very different → disparate

very difficult → arduous

very dirty → filthy

very dry → arid

very dull → tedious

very easy → effortless

very empty → desolate

very excited → thrilled

very exciting → exhilarating

very expensive → costly

Don't say very fast

Say swift

very fancy → lavish

very fat → obese

very friendly → amiable

very frightened → alarmed

very frightening → terrifying

very funny → hilarious

very glad → overjoyed

very good → excellent

very great → terrific

very happy → ecstatic

very hard → difficult

very hard-to-find → rare

very heavy → leaden

very high → soaring

very hot → sweltering

very huge → colossal

very hungry → starving

very hurt → battered

Don't say very loud

Say thunderous

very important → crucial

very intelligent → brilliant

very interesting → captivating

very large → huge

very lazy → indolent

very little → tiny

very long → extensive

very long-term → enduring

very loose → slack

very mean → cruel

very messy → slovenly

very necessary → essential

very nervous → apprehensive

very nice → kind

very noisy → deafening

very often → frequently

very old → ancient

very old-fashioned → archaic

Don't say very slow

Say sluggish

very open → transparent

very painful → excruciating

very pale → ashen

very perfect → flawless

very poor → destitute

very powerful → compelling

very pretty → beautiful

very quick → rapid

very quiet → hushed

very rainy → pouring

very rich → wealthy

very sad → sorrowful

very scared → petrified

very scary → chilling

very serious → grave

very sharp → keen

very shiny → gleaming

very short → brief

Don't say very upset

Say distraught

very shy → timid

very simple → basic

very skinny → skeletal

very small → petite

very smart → intelligent

very smelly → pungent

very smooth → sleek

very soft → downy

very sorry → apologetic

very special → exceptional

very strong → forceful

very stupid → idiotic

very sure → certain

very sweet → thoughtful

very talented → gifted

very tall → towering

very tasty → delicious

very thirsty → parched

very tight → constricting

very tiny → minuscule

very tired → exhausted

very ugly → hideous

very unhappy → miserable

very upset → distraught

very warm → hot

very weak → frail

very well-to-do → wealthy

very wet → soaked

very wide → expansive

very willing → eager

very windy → blustery

very wise → sage

very worried → distressed

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