Adjectives
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There are approximately 125,000 adjectives in the English language. That's a lot of words to consider when looking to perfectly describe that jaw-dropping sunset before us.
![word cloud with the five words Amazing! Jolting! Awesome! Stunning! Eye-opening! in front of a sunset over the ocean](images/word-cloud.png)
This estimate is based on the fact that about a quarter of the words we use are adjectives – and if we assume there are 500,000 total words. That total is based on the number of entries found in unabridged dictionaries like Webster's Third New International Dictionary.
![word cloud with the five words Astounding! Blindsiding! Shocking! Startling! Surprising! in front of a sunset over the ocean](images/word-cloud2.png)
Incidently, this means there are approximately 250,000 nouns, 70,000 verbs, and 55,000 adverbs, exclamations, conjunctions and prepositions.