Hi,
Today, I'll continue learning 7 new words about "beauty".
Hmm, so what adjectives can I use describe a building or to say our feeling towards it?
beautiful, breathtaking, impressive...? what else?
Well,it's time to adopt some new words before I get annoyed with my limited vocabulary :D
Now, when you evaluate a building you can:
A describe it physically
B say how effect it has on you
Look at the adjectives below and decide which category they fit in, A or B.
evocative (1) overawed (2) melancholic thoughtful ancient spacious
humbling (3) ecstatic (4) overjoyed (5) nostalgic (6) overwhelmed
dazzling (7) majestic
Comments
(1) evocative: making you remember or imagine sth pleasant
Ex: evocative music, an evocative sound of the sea
(2) overawed: feeling respect but slightly afraid of sth that is extremely impressive or powerful
Ex: Some players were totally overawed by playing their first game at the national stadium.
(3) humbling: making you realize that you are not as important, good, or clever as you thought.
Ex: It's a humbling experience to see ppl so possitive about life when they have so little.
(4) ecstatic: extremely happy
Ex: The new president was greeted by an ecstatic crowd.
(5) overjoyed: extremely pleased and happy
Ex: Helen was overjoyed when she heard she got the job.
(6) nostalgic: feeling happy but slightly sad when you think about things that happened in the past
Ex: Talking about our old family holidays made me feel nostalgic.
We'll take a nostalgic look at the music hit of the '60.
(7) dazzling: extremely attractive and exciting
Ex: a dazzling performance/ display, a dazzling smile
feeling slightly afraid of something that is extremely impressive or powerful
It's true, MindMeme.
And by keeping enlarging your word source, you have a better chance of coming up with a more precise words :)