Word for the set of adjectives that describe someone who gets a certain emotion easily
For the next examples
Touchy: Someone who gets offended easily.
Jealous: Someone who feels jealousy easily.
Irascible: Someone who gets angry easily.
The adjectives above describe a person who experiences some feeling frequently or gets that feeling easier than the average person. Is their a word or an expression in grammar which refers to this set of adjectives in English?
single-word-requests grammar
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For the next examples
Touchy: Someone who gets offended easily.
Jealous: Someone who feels jealousy easily.
Irascible: Someone who gets angry easily.
The adjectives above describe a person who experiences some feeling frequently or gets that feeling easier than the average person. Is their a word or an expression in grammar which refers to this set of adjectives in English?
single-word-requests grammar
asked 2 hours ago
S Adam
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None of those words necessarily mean easily. In theory, somebody could feel each of those things a single time in their life.
– Jason Bassford
1 hour ago
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For the next examples
Touchy: Someone who gets offended easily.
Jealous: Someone who feels jealousy easily.
Irascible: Someone who gets angry easily.
The adjectives above describe a person who experiences some feeling frequently or gets that feeling easier than the average person. Is their a word or an expression in grammar which refers to this set of adjectives in English?
single-word-requests grammar
asked 2 hours ago
S Adam
565
For the next examples
Touchy: Someone who gets offended easily.
Jealous: Someone who feels jealousy easily.
Irascible: Someone who gets angry easily.
The adjectives above describe a person who experiences some feeling frequently or gets that feeling easier than the average person. Is their a word or an expression in grammar which refers to this set of adjectives in English?
single-word-requests grammar
single-word-requests grammar
asked 2 hours ago
S Adam
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asked 2 hours ago
S Adam
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asked 2 hours ago
S Adam
565
asked 2 hours ago
S Adam
565
asked 2 hours ago
S Adam
565
565
None of those words necessarily mean easily. In theory, somebody could feel each of those things a single time in their life.
– Jason Bassford
1 hour ago
add a comment |
None of those words necessarily mean easily. In theory, somebody could feel each of those things a single time in their life.
– Jason Bassford
1 hour ago
None of those words necessarily mean easily. In theory, somebody could feel each of those things a single time in their life.
– Jason Bassford
1 hour ago
None of those words necessarily mean easily. In theory, somebody could feel each of those things a single time in their life.
– Jason Bassford
1 hour ago
add a comment |
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None of those words necessarily mean easily. In theory, somebody could feel each of those things a single time in their life.
– Jason Bassford
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