Comparative & Superlative Adjectives and Examples! There are three forms of adjectives in English- comparative, superlative and positive. Comparative adjectives are used to compare two things, while superlative adjectives are used to compare more than two things. In order to make these comparisons, we use the following structure: comparative adjective + than + second comparative adjective.

For example, “He is taller than me” or “This book is more interesting than that one.”

To form the superlative adjective, we use the word “most” before the comparative adjective.

For example, “He is the most tallest person I know” or “This book is the most interesting book I have ever read.” Let’s take a look at some examples!

• He is taller than me.
• This book is more interesting than that one.
• Most people think that he is the most tallest person in the world.
• However, I believe that this book is the most interesting book ever written.

Comparative & Superlative Adjectives Examples

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
close	closer	closest
cruel	crueler	cruelest
late	later	latest
sleepy	sleepier	sleepiest
strange	stranger	strangest
curly	curlier	curliest
grave	graver	gravest
narrow	narrower	narrowest
scary	scarier	scariest
stingy	stingier	stingiest
bitter	bitterer	bitterest
classy	classier	classiest
clear	clearer	clearest
dusty	dustier	dustiest
hairy	hairier	hairiest
long	longer	longest
moist	moister	moistest
sad	sadder	saddest
thick	thicker	thickest
tired	more tired	most tired
broad	broader	broadest
damp	damper	dampest
fancy	fancier	fanciest
itchy	itchier	itchiest
pretty	prettier	prettiest
greasy	greasier	greasiest
smart	smarter	smartest
soon	sooner	soonest
wild	wilder	wildest
wise	wiser	wisest
crazy	crazier	craziest
hip	hipper	hippest
lively	livelier	liveliest
poor	poorer	poorest
windy	windier	windiest
cloudy	cloudier	cloudiest
healthy	healthier	healthiest
humble	humbler	humblest
silly	sillier	silliest
worldly	worldlier	worldliest
calm	calmer	calmest
fine	finer	finest
lazy	lazier	laziest
sincere	sincerer	sincerest
smelly	smellier	smelliest
bold	bolder	boldest
great	greater	greatest
low	lower	lowest
neat	neater	neatest
tall	taller	tallest
cold	colder	coldest
dry	drier	driest
rich	richer	richest
rough	rougher	roughest
sane	saner	sanest
busy	busier	busiest
heavy	heavier	heaviest
old	older	oldest
roomy	roomier	roomiest
salty	saltier	saltiest
creamy	creamier	creamiest
messy	messier	messiest
pure	purer	purest
raw	rawer	rawest
tiny	tinier	tiniest
dark	darker	darkest
gentle	gentler	gentlest
light	lighter	lightest
spicy	spicier	spiciest
weird	weirder	weirdest
dumb	dumber	dumbest
filthy	filthier	filthiest
interesting	more interesting	most interesting
sweet	sweeter	sweetest
wide	wider	widest
clever	more clever	cleverest
fresh	fresher	freshest
mild	milder	mildest
slim	slimmer	slimmest
slow	slower	slowest
beautiful	more beautiful	most beautiful
juicy	juicier	juiciest
proud	prouder	proudest
small	smaller	smallest
ugly	uglier	ugliest
black	blacker	blackest
creepy	creepier	creepiest
deep	deeper	deepest
naughty	naughtier	naughtiest
sour	sourer	sourest
fat	fatter	fattest
firm	firmer	firmest
needy	needier	neediest
shallow	shallower	shallowest
tan	tanner	tannest
curvy	curvier	curviest
fierce	fiercer	fiercest
sharp	sharper	sharpest
thin	thinner	thinnest
brave	braver	bravest
full	fuller	fullest
happy	happier	happiest
quiet	quieter	quietest
steep	steeper	steepest
cool	cooler	coolest
gross	grosser	grossest
likely	likelier	likeliest
strict	stricter	strictest
sweaty	sweatier	sweatiest
dense	denser	densest
fast	faster	fastest
gloomy	gloomier	gloomiest
kind	kinder	kindest
bloody	bloodier	bloodiest
chewy	chewier	chewiest
easy	easier	easiest
new	newer	newest
shy	shyer	shyest
cheap	cheaper	cheapest
guilty	guiltier	guiltiest
icy	icier	iciest
nice	nicer	nicest
worthy	worthier	worthiest
fit	fitter	fittest
flaky	flakier	flakiest
flat	flatter	flattest
near	nearer	nearest
wealthy	wealthier	wealthiest
expensive	more expensive	most expensive
lovely	lovelier	loveliest
modern	more modern	most modern
wet	wetter	wettest
blue	bluer	bluest
fair	fairer	fairest
greedy	greedier	greediest
hungry	hungrier	hungriest
plain	plainer	plainest
faint	fainter	faintest
polite	politer	politest
sorry	sorrier	sorriest
tasty	tastier	tastiest
warm	warmer	warmest
angry	angrier	angriest
bad	worse	worst
few	fewer	fewest
popular	more popular	most popular
quick	quicker	quickest
chubby	chubbier	chubbiest
cute	cuter	cutest
shiny	shinier	shiniest
skinny	skinnier	skinniest
soft	softer	softest
good	better	best
handy	handier	handiest
large	larger	largest
rusty	rustier	rustiest
coarse	coarser	coarsest
crispy	crispier	crispiest
mean	meaner	meanest
smoky	smokier	smokiest
true	truer	truest
deadly	deadlier	deadliest
dull	duller	dullest
hard	harder	hardest
smooth	smoother	smoothest
weak	weaker	weakest
big	bigger	biggest
clumsy	clumsier	clumsiest
dirty	dirtier	dirtiest
mad	madder	maddest
odd	odder	oddest
bright	brighter	brightest
harsh	harsher	harshest
lonely	lonelier	loneliest
safe	safer	safest
sore	sorer	sorest
bland	blander	blandest
difficult	more difficult	most difficult
funny	funnier	funniest
simple	simpler	simplest
sunny	sunnier	sunniest
bossy	bossier	bossiest
friendly	friendlier	friendliest
slimy	slimier	slimiest
tough	tougher	toughest
brief	briefer	briefest
little	littler	littlest
nasty	nastier	nastiest
rare	rarer	rarest
thirsty	thirstier	thirstiest
early	earlier	earliest
far	further	furthest
high	higher	highest
ripe	riper	ripest
risky	riskier	riskiest
clean	cleaner	cleanest
hot	hotter	hottest
noisy	noisier	noisiest
oily	oilier	oiliest
rude	ruder	rudest
crunchy	crunchier	crunchiest
grand	grander	grandest
loud	louder	loudest
short	shorter	shortest
strong	stronger	strongest

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