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ADJ - more important than anything else
Everybody agrees that education is the paramount issue.
There are many priorities, but reducing the budget deficit is of paramount importance.
ADJ - causing fear, shock, or suffering
I'm sure she caught that dreadful disease from one of them and it killed her.
* ONLY BEFORE NOUN - used for emphasizing how bad something is:
It’s a dreadful shame that you can’t go.
ADJ - fairly large
- a sizable income
- a sizable amount/area/house
SIZEABLE (UK) - SIZABLE (US)
ADJ - A ... matter or amount of money is small or not important
It was such a trifling sum of money to argue about!
Fortunately, the stormy waves caused trifling damage to the boat.
ADJ - attractive because of being unusual and especially old-fashioned
- a quaint old cottage
Quaint can also be used to show that you do not approve of something, especially an opinion, belief, or way of behaving, because it is strange or old-fashioned:
"What a quaint idea!" she said, laughing at him.
ADJ -
1. (of an amount of money) very small and of little or no value
2. of little quality or value
1. The company offered Frazer a paltry sum, which he refused.
2. She made some paltry excuse and left.
ADJ - extremely interesting or exciting
The story is excellent, riveting stuff.
ADJ - extremely ugly or bad
They've just built some hideous new apartment blocks on the waterfront.
She wears the most hideous color combinations you could ever imagine.
ADJ - not interesting or exciting in any way; boring
He's pleasant enough, but deadly dull.
ADJ - difficult to understand, confusing, extremely surprising
I found what he was saying completely baffling.
ADJ - clearly very much better than what is usual
- an outstanding performance/writer/novel/year
- It's an area of outstanding natural beauty.
ADJ - easy to understand or simple
Just follow the signs to Bradford - it's very straightforward.