JJEVAL YAML source
code: JJEVAL
xiao_number: D61
name: Evaluative adjectives
definition: Adjectives expressing general evaluation or quality judgements.
normalization: nouns
detection:
- source: xiao_2009
requires:
- usas
usas_code: "A5"
- source: mfte
requires:
- lemma
- pos
cql: '[lemma={words} & pos="JJ.*"]'
words:
- bad
- beautiful
- best
- fine
- good
- great
- lovely
- nice
- poor
- source: usas
requires:
- lemma
- pos
cql: '[lemma={words} & pos="JJ|JJR|JJS"]'
words:
- Machiavellian
- OKish
- abject
- above-average
- absolute
- abysmal
- acceptable
- accurate
- actual
- adulterate
- advantaged
- advantageous
- aggravated
- aggravating
- alright
- ameliorating
- amiss
- angel-like
- angelic
- angelical
- apocryphal
- appalling
- artificial
- atrocious
- auspicious
- authentic
- awry
- axiomatic
- bad
- balanced
- baseless
- beastly
- beaut
- believable
- best
- best-of-show
- best-quality
- better
- better-quality
- bettered
- bittersweet
- bogus
- botched
- brackish
- brill
- brilliant
- bum
- calamitous
- candid
- capitalised
- cataclysmic
- catastrophic
- checkered
- cheesy
- chequered
- choice
- choicest
- civilised
- civilized
- cloying
- cogent
- compelling
- continuous-improvement
- contrived
- copy-vault
- copyable
- copying
- correct
- corrected
- correcting
- corrigible
- counterfeited
- crack
- crafty
- crappy
- credential
- credible
- creditable
- cringeworthy
- dazzling
- deceived
- deceiving
- decent
- decent-looking
- deceptive
- defective
- defensible
- dependable
- deprived
- derogatory
- deteriorating
- detrimental
- developed
- devious
- diabolical
- dire
- direful
- disadvantaged
- disadvantageous
- disastrous
- dishonest
- disingenuous
- distorting
- dreadful
- dream-like
- dreamlike
- dummy
- dysfunctional
- earnest
- elite
- elitist
- enhanced
- enhancing
- enlightened
- enriching
- erroneous
- error-prone
- evaluated
- evil-smelling
- exact
- excellent
- exemplary
- fab
- fabulous
- facie
- factful
- factual
- fairish
- fake
- fallacious
- fallible
- 'false'
- false-hearted
- fantastic
- far-fetched
- fatal
- favorable
- favourable
- fearfullest
- fictional
- fictitious
- fine
- finest
- finest-quality
- first-class
- first-hand
- first-rate
- firsthand
- flawed
- flawless
- fly-on-the-wall
- forthright
- four-star
- frank
- garbage-in
- garbage-out
- genuine
- good
- good-quality
- great
- greater
- greatest
- grinding
- grounded
- groundless
- guileful
- haywire
- heartfelt
- high-class
- high-performance
- high-quality
- honest
- horrendous
- ideal
- idealised
- ignoble
- imaginary
- impeccable
- implausible
- improved
- improving
- impure
- inaccurate
- inauspicious
- inconceivable
- incorrect
- incorrectable
- indefensible
- indisputable
- infallible
- insincere
- invalid
- irredeemable
- lied
- lousy
- low-down
- low-end
- lower-end
- lurid
- magnificent
- make-believe
- marvellous
- marvelous
- masterly
- matchless
- mediocre
- middling
- misleading
- misled
- missed
- mistaken
- mitigating
- mock
- model
- modelling
- monstrous
- no.1
- non-standard
- o.K.
- o.k.
- ok
- 'on'
- optimal
- optimised
- optimum
- outstanding
- outstripped
- outstripping
- passable
- pathetic
- peerless
- perfect
- perfectist
- phantom
- phenomenal
- phoney
- plumb
- plus
- point-blank
- positive
- pre-eminent
- pretended
- printable
- privileged
- prize
- progressed
- progressing
- proper
- proved
- proven
- pseudo
- pseudo'ish
- pucker
- pure
- purest
- purist
- purported
- putative
- qual
- qualitative
- quick-fix
- rateable
- rated
- rating
- real-life
- rectified
- rectifying
- redeemable
- reliable
- renovated
- repaired
- repairing
- reprehensible
- reputed
- retrograde
- right
- rosy
- rubbish
- rubbishy
- satisfactory
- second-best
- second-class
- self-contradictory
- self-depreciating
- self-handicapping
- self-improvement
- self-worth
- semi-good
- severe
- severest
- shining
- shocking
- shoddy
- sincere
- skeptical
- sloppy
- smashing
- so-and-so
- spiffed-up
- splendid
- splitting
- spurious
- stylised
- sub-standard
- sublime
- substandard
- succulent
- super
- superb
- superior
- superlative
- supreme
- surreal
- suspect
- swell
- synthetic
- terrible
- terrific
- tickety-boo
- tip-top
- titular
- token
- tolerable
- top-line
- top-of-the-line
- top-of-the-range
- topping
- triffic
- 'true'
- truer
- truest
- trustworthy
- trusty
- truthful
- two-rate
- unbeatable
- unbelievable
- uncivilized
- unconfirmed
- undeniable
- underdeveloped
- unerring
- unfounded
- unparalleled
- unreliable
- unrelieved
- unrivalled
- unsatisfactory
- unsubstantiated
- unthinkable
- untrue
- untrustworthy
- untruthful
- valid
- veritable
- wholehearted
- wholesome
- wizard
- wonder
- wonderful
- world-class
- world-leading
- worse
- worsening
- worst
- wrong
sources:
- biber_2006
- mfte
- xiao_2009
- usas