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Adjectives with -ed and -ing

Introduction

Some adjectives end in –ed or –ing. This does not mean that they are past or present tense. Adjectives do not have tenses. Only verbs have tenses.
Some examples of adjectives ending in –ed or –ing:

bored/boring
confused/confusing
annoyed/annoying
frustrated/frustrating
charmed/charming
amazed/amazing

Adjectives Ending in -ED

Notice that the adjectives ending with -ed mainly describe feelings. In fact, we can say:

I am bored or I feel bored.
I am confused or I feel confused.

...and so on. The adjectives are usually (but not always) applied to people.

Adjectives Ending in -ING

Notice that the adjectives ending in -ing describe things that give us a particular feeling:

The book is confusing (...so I feel confused.)
My boss is annoying (...so I feel annoyed.)
The magician was amazing (...so I was amazed by his tricks.)


...so, for example, a movie is exciting, and I am excited when I watch it.

Verb Forms

Whenever there is an adjective that can end in -ing/-ed, there is also a verb form of the word.

For example, we often use the adjective boring, but did you know that bore can be used as a verb?

Do I bore you?

Here is an example of charming used as a verb and an example of charming used as an adjective:

Verb: Joseph spent his time in hospital charming the nurses.
Adjective: Joseph was a charming young fellow.

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💢Adjectives and Prepositions

The Basics

In English, a particular adjective often matches a particular preposition. For example:

Stephen is fond of chocolate cake.

fond is an adjective. It matches the preposition of.

Examples

fond of
keen on
interested in
good at
fascinated by
terrified of
annoyed with
afraid of
shy with
different from
addicted to
ashamed of
aware of
jealous of
fed up with
proud of
used to
wrong with
bad at
impressed with
related to
sensitive to
full of
safe from
famous for

More Examples

Here is a long list of examples:

accustomed to
accused of
acquainted with
addicted to
annoyed about/with/at
allergic to
amazed at/by
anxious about
appreciated for
ashamed of
associated with
astonished at/by
aware of
angry with
afraid of
attached to
bad at
based on
beneficial to
boastful for
bored with
brilliant at
busy with
capable of
careful with/about/of
certain about
characteristic of
clever at
connected with
conscious of
content with
crazy about
crowded with
curious about
dissatisfied with
delighted at/about
derived from
different from
disappointed with
eager for
eligible for
enthusiastic about
excellent in/at
excited about
experienced in
exposed to
envious of
faithful to
familiar with
famous for
fed up with
free of/from
frightened of
friendly with
fond of
furious about
furnished with
full of
generous with/about
guilty of/about
gentle with
good at
grateful to
happy about
hopeful of/about
identical with/to
immune to
impressed with
inferior to
indifferent to
innocent of
interested in
involved with
incapable of
jealous of
kind to
keen on
late for
limited to
lucky at
nervous of/about
notorious for
opposed to
patient with
pessimistic about
pleased with
polite to
popular with
presented with
proud of
punished for
puzzled by/about
ready for
related to
relevant to
respectful for
responsible for
rid of
sad about
safe from
satisfied with
scared of
sensitive to
serious about
sick of
similar to
shocked by
skilful at
slow at
sorry for/about
successful in
suitable for
sure of/about
superior to
surprised at
suspicious of
terrible at
terrified of
tired of
thankful to/for
thrilled with
troubled with
typical of
unaware of
upset about
used to
wrong with/about
worried about

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