Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

qualifying adjective

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables: qual-i-fy-ing ad-jec-tive
IPA

48

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

6

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

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’)

Synonyms

descriptive adjective

Questions

What does qualifying adjective mean?: 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’)

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