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Descriptive adjective Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Descriptive adjective has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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')

2

An adjective that describes a noun.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
adjective
Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
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