Adjectives Starting with B

• All B Adjectives
• B Adjectives to Describe a Person
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A More Categories for the Adjectives that Start with B

The first section is a collection of interesting descriptive words, followed by a section of positive adjectives that can be used to describe a person. The last section contains the shortest and longest adjectives that start with B.

For the Shortest/ Longest Adjectives that start with B category, the top ten adjectives with the least and the most number of letters are presented. The next category, which is the Interesting Adjectives, consists of descriptive words that can add color to any kind of writing or speech. Using this type of adjectives is an effective way to pique the interest of your audience and make your sentences more exciting.

The Positive Adjectives refer to the good qualities of a particular noun, and the adjectives that fall under this category are sorted depending on whether they are best used to describe a person, an event, or a place. On the other hand, the Negative Adjectives category is composed of adjectives that refer to qualities of a noun that are considered undesirable. In this category, the adjectives are organized similarly to the Positive Adjectives category.

Interesting Adjectives

bawdy: humorously vulgar

–   bawdy jokes

blissful: completely happy and contented

–   blissful ignorance

bodacious: unrestrained by convention or propriety

–   bodacious trick

bittersweet: tinged with sadness; having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness

–   bittersweet ending
baffling: making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

–   baffling problem

Positive Adjective to Describe a Person

blithe: carefree and happy and lighthearted

–   was loved for her blithe spirit

bonny: very pleasing to the eye

–  bonny lass

bouncy: marked by lively action

–  bouncy toddler

brainy: having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence

–  our project needs brainy women

bubbly: full of or showing high spirits

–   bubbly children

Positive Adjective to Describe an Event

beatific: marked by utter benignity

–   beatific gathering

benefic: exerting a favorable or beneficent influence

–  benefic program

beneficient: doing or producing good

–  beneficent regime

bewitching: capturing interest as if by a spell

–  bewitching speech

braw: brightly colored and showy

–   a braw event

Positive Adjective to Describe a Place

botanical: of or relating to plants or botany

–   botanical garden

boundless: unlimited; immense

–   boundless territory

breathtaking: tending to cause suspension of regular breathing

–   breathtaking scenery

breezy: abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes

–   breezy mountaintop

bright: giving out or reflecting a lot of light; shining

–   bright park

Negative Adjectives to Describe a Person

barbaric: without civilizing influences

–   barbaric neighbor

belligerent: characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight

–   a belligerent son

benighted: lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture

–  benighted population

brutal: disagreeably direct and precise

–  a brutal uncle

bumptious: offensively self-assertive

–   a bumptious young man

Negative Adjectives to Describe an Event

baleful: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

–   baleful catastrophe

baneful: exceedingly harmful

–   baneful disaster

bland: lacking strong features or characteristics and therefore uninteresting

–   bland election

boring: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

–   a boring evening with uninteresting people

burdensome: not easily borne; wearing

–   the burdensome task

Negative Adjectives to Describe a Place

banal:so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring

–   at the same banal location

barren: too poor to produce much or any vegetation

–   barren field

bedraggled: dirty and disheveled

–  bedraggled garage

bizarre:conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

–  bizarre restaurants

bleak:  lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements

–   a bleak moor

Heroic Adjectives

beefy: muscular and heavily built

–  a beefy gym instructor

bold: fearless and daring

–   a bold adventurer

brave: invulnerable to fear or intimidation

–   brave warrior

butch: used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner

–  he is not butch enough

burly: muscular and heavily built

–   a burly wrestler

Sporty Adjectives

beastly: resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility

–  a beastly captain

brawny: (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful

–   a brawny boxer

brisk: very active; quick and energetic

–   brisk runner

bruising: brutally forceful and compelling

–   a bruising sports game

brute: a savagely violent person or animal

–   brute football player

 Romantic Adjectives

beatific: marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint

–   a beatific face

beguiling: misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods

–   beguiling suitor

beloved: dearly loved

–   beloved spouse

benevolent: well meaning and kindly

–  benevolent partner

blessed: worthy of adoration, reverence, or worship; blissfully happy or contented

–   a blessed wife and mother

Shortest Adjectives

bad: feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough’ is occasionally used colloquially for `bad’)

–   bad cough

bay: (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color

–   bay hide

big: conspicuous in position or importance; in an advanced stage of pregnancy

–   a big figure

bum: of very poor quality; flimsy

–   bum memory

braw: brightly colored and showy

–   braw banners

brut:  unsweetened; very dry

–   glasses of brut champagne

buff: of the yellowish-beige color

–   buff leather

bush: not of the highest quality or sophistication

–   bush party

bust: lacking funds

–   bust businessman

busy: crowded with or characterized by much activity

–   a very busy week

Longest Adjectives

bacteriological: of or relating to bacteriology

–   a bacteriological study

bacteriophagous: of or relating to bacteriophages

–   bacteriophagous amoeba

basidiomycetous: pertaining to or characteristic of fungi of the class Basidiomycetes

–   a basidiomycetous yeast

bibliographical: relating to or dealing with bibliography

–   a bibliographical history

bibliothecarial: of or relating to a library or bibliotheca or a librarian

–   bibliothecarial information

biogeographical: of or relating to or involved with biogeography

–   biogeographical evidence

boustrophedonic: of or relating to writing alternate lines in opposite directions

–   a boustrophedonic script

brachydactylous: having abnormally short finger or toes

–   brachydactylous rabbit

brobdingnagian: unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

–   brobdingnagian seaside

butterfingered: lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

–   butterfingered mechanic

Through this article, you will learn about the various adjectives that you can use for different contexts. With the knowledge that you gained, you will be able to discern which word is most appropriate to use and compose well-constructed writing or speech.