Common Suffixes: Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -y

This vocabulary list features words with the common suffix that means "characterized by."
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  1. angry
    feeling or showing extreme displeasure or hostility
  2. cloudy
    full of or covered with clouds
  3. comfy
    providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief
  4. cosy
    enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space
  5. dusty
    covered with a layer of fine powdery material
  6. easy
    posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
  7. flaky
    made of or easily forming small fragments
  8. fuzzy
    covering with fine light hairs
  9. gloomy
    depressingly dark
  10. hazy
    filled or abounding with fog or mist
  11. icy
    covered with or containing or consisting of ice
  12. jumpy
    in a very tense state
  13. misty
    filled or abounding with fog
  14. moody
    subject to sharply varying moods
  15. noisy
    full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds
  16. rainy
    (of weather) wet by periods of rain
  17. rocky
    abounding in rocks or stones
  18. sandy
    resembling or containing or abounding in sand
  19. scary
    provoking fear or terror
  20. shiny
    reflecting light
  21. soggy
    (of soil) soft and watery
  22. sticky
    having the sticky properties of an adhesive
  23. sunny
    bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
  24. sweaty
    (of the body) soaked with or smelling of dampness
  25. thirsty
    feeling a need or desire to drink
  26. wavy
    (of hair) having waves
  27. windy
    abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes
  28. wordy
    using or containing too many words
  29. zesty
    having an agreeably pungent taste
Created on Fri May 03 15:45:46 EDT 2024 (updated Fri Jul 26 16:35:19 EDT 2024)

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