Adjectives beginning with Y are familiar to many of you. They’re full of life and character. Here are our ‘yummy’ words to spice up your writing.
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Adjectives That Start with YA, YE (9 Words)
| yankee | Used by southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the united states (especially a union soldier) This direction was continued in the 1976 release clang of the yankee reaper. |
| yearlong | Lasting through a year Ruhle died in houston, texas after a yearlong battle with multiple myeloma. |
| yearly | Occurring or payable every year Anyone know the stand of the ohio yearly meeting |
| yeatsian | In the manner of william butler yeats |
| yelled | In a vehement outcry The troops yelled for his appearance. |
| yellow | Easily frightened Magenta is the complement of green, and yellow the complement of blue. |
| yellowed | Changed to a yellowish color by age The parchment is coarse and yellowed by age. |
| yellowish | Changed to a yellowish color by age Magenta is the opposite of green, and yellow the opposite of blue. |
| yemeni | Of or relating to or characteristic of yemen or its inhabitants Reported to be in yemeni custody. |
Adjectives That Start with YI, YO (7 Words)
| yielding | Inclined to yield to argument or influence or control He demands that wotan fill the crack by yielding the ring. |
| yogistic | Of or relating to yoga |
| yon | Distant but within sight (`yon’ is dialectal) Yon oasis is actually a virtual image. |
| yonder | Distant but within sight (`yon’ is dialectal) At the bottom of yonder cliff would please you better, |
| young | Being in its early stage From a young age, o’reilly was a tall and gangly player. |
| younger | Not tried or tested by experience At a young age, harold was found to exhibit the power to transmute into energy. |
| youngish | Harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity He moved to the united states at a young age and was naturalized in 1880. |
Adjectives That Start with YU (5 Words)
| yucky | Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust As for the vaporings, yes it does sound kinda yucky. |
| yugoslav | Of or relating to or characteristic of the former country of yugoslavia or its people or languages See yugoslav dinar for an example. |
| yugoslavian | Of or relating to or characteristic of the former country of yugoslavia or its people or languages The camouflage was not yugoslavian at all. |
| yuman | Of or relating to the language or culture of the yuma people It is part of the yuman language family. |
| yummy | Extremely pleasing to the sense of taste Kept forgetting to thank you for the yummy icecream. |
We hope you enjoyed our list of Y adjectives. You can use them in crosswords, scrabble games or even in your lyrics or poems.