Compound Adjectives
Here are some of the combinations we found last week. Can you think of some others?
empty-handed
bringing back or taking away nothing
well-dressed
wearing fashionable/expensive clothesbroken-hearted
completely miserableopen-minded
willing to consider new ideashome-made
made at homebroad-minded
a person with wide knowledge
long-winded
talking or writing at a length that makes you fed up
right-handed
person using the right hand more than the left one
cold-hearted
without sympathy or kindness (...boss)absent-minded
forgetful, not concentratingfaint-hearted
not brave, timid (...knight)well-fed
having good meals regularly (...cat)
warm-hearted
kind, friendly and sympathetic (... mother)
self-made
having become successful, rich etc. by one's own efforts (...man)
bloody-minded
refusing to be helpful in a deliberately unreasonable way; (... colleague)
time-consuming
an activity that demands a long time to complete
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