Adjectives 11 Flashcards
Evil
Maléfique
Misunderstood
( / underappreciated / underrated artist style )
Incompris
méconnu
Utopian / fanciful / “dream _____ “
Imaginary
chimérique
Nicked ( corner of furniture, etc )
Worn ( at the corner )
écorné
( verb: écorner )
Pale Blue Eye, 42:18
Hoarse
“he was hoarse from screaming so much”
Enroué
“il s’est enroué à force de crier.”
In formal garbe, dressed up
“In one’s Sunday best”
Endimanché
Grimy, nasty
crasseux
To have something purely pathetic
(Intelligence, lack of class, rudeness)
crasse
“Être d’une ignorance crasse”
Bare-bones, minimalist ( style, decor, etc )
In a sleek, sexy and refined way:
Dépouillé, minimaliste
épuré
Moldy
Moisi
( du moisi - mold )
No frills, no junk, simple, straightforward
Sans fioritures
Down to earth, grounded
Terre à terre
Disoriented, lost, thoroughly confused
déboussolé
Désorienté
Carefree
( but also, heedless, thoughtless )
Insouciant
( animal ) hairless
( terrain, montagne ) bare
pelé
Spend-happy, wasteful, extravagant
( big spender, someone with a hole in their pocket )
dépensier
( un panier percé, un gaspilleur )
“Between the divorce and your crazy spending habits…”
“Entre le divorce et ton train de vie dépensier…”
Inconceivable, unthinkable
Impensable, inimaginable
Rainy
Pluvieux
Cloudy
Nuageux
