Adjectives that start with T

Describing words, to help you tell someone else what something is like.

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T is for Torn

Something is torn if it has been damaged by ripping or tearing it. The mattress in the picture is torn.

T is for Tough

Tough is another word for strong. If something is tough, it can't be broken easily.

T is for Toxic

Toxic is another word for poisonous. If something is toxic, it is hazardous to your health or to the environment.

T is for Translucent

Something is translucent if some light can get through it, but you can't see through it clearly. Frosted windows are translucent, lower quality gemstones like quartz are often translucent, and many things that are very thin are translucent.
The leaves in the picture are translucent. Where they overlap, they are opaque.

T is for Transparent

Something is transparent if you can see through it. Glass in windows is transparent. The lenses of sunglasses are transparent.
If you can see through something but it changes the color of everything you see, that something is still transparent but it is tinted. Filter lenses for cameras are often tinted.
The glasswing butterfly in the picture has transparent wings.
The opposite of transparent is opaque. Something that lets light through but you can't easily see through it is translucent.

T is for Trapped

You are trapped when you are stuck in a place you cannot get out of. The cat in the picture is caught in a trap.

T is for Tucked

Tucked is the past tense of tuck. The sheets on the bed in the picture are tucked in, and have all the loose ends nicely hidden away.

T is for Turkish

Turkish describes anything relating to the country of Turkey, or the language spoken in Turkey.