10 Very British Adjectives
In this English lesson we look at 10 adjectives that are used all the time in British English. They are all very informal and are most frequently used in spoken English.
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@balsamakremed844
6 жыл бұрын
Eat Sleep Dream English that is really nice thank you 😍
You are very respectable and polite because you don't pronounce the rude swearing words
I'm an American and Peckish is one of my favorite British adjective that I use all the time. But I do love all things British. ❤
I am a former Dutch 🇳🇱citizen who was brought up in Brazil 🇧🇷 and who's (for the last 30+ years) as Canadian 🇨🇦 as maple syrup☺️. I fell in ❤️ love with the English 🇬🇧 language when I first started learning it at the age of 18. My Mom (you say 'Mum' 😄) sent me to The Kings School of English in Bournemouth for three months. I loved every minute of my experience and the ONE word that until today immediately comes to mind, the #1 on my list of words that are exclusively Certified British, by a long shot, is the praise "Brilliant!", as in "that was absolutely brilliant!". We tend to say "awesome" or "amazing". Many of the words you mentioned I though had actually originated here as they're quite North American today. Great job, I enjoy your videos, they're all... well, what can I say? absolutely brilliant!!!! 😄🤗❤️
My favourite English adjective of all times is FLABBERGASTED! I LOVE this word. I know it's not slang or young and fresh, probably not even very common, but it is sooooo nice! I always smile when I come across it!
You're such a smashing English teacher. Thanks a million.😄
Hi Tom! I am a Japanese who loves in the US and recently started reading novels written by British authors. I found this video really useful. Some phrases (like “blues and twos”) puzzle me and my dictionary doesn’t tell me the meaning of them so I usually have to google it. it would be great if you could cover some more of those very unique British sayings and phrases!
Great lesson, sir. I'm really chuffed that you presented the lesson well :)
Another great and useful lesson! Thanks Tom!
Very useful video! I do enjoy it! Thank you!
Thank you for your video! I love it, very useful. I love British accent, especially yours
Great video, thanks!
Nice video Tom! One of my favourite British adjs is Dench which means Brilliant
Very useful, thanks!
Great video thank you so much!
Great video! Thank you! 😘😘
I learn a lot and enjoy this lesson and your understandable accent tnx a milion Tom
Man, I learned a lot with your videos, I dare to say you have the best methodology, it's really a great work, Tom. Hugs.
Hi Tom...such a cute genuine English teacher and another great video. Thanks Tom. ❤👍👏👏👏
Good one! Thanks!
Just brilliant Tom...keep going please
Thank you for this super excellent video
i really liked your videos... please continue making such..
Learn so much via this, thanks !!!
Cheers! I really like this type of video. Make more pleeeease.
Hi Tom! Thank you for your great video, have a good weekend
Tom, can you please tell us about using o "rough" in regards to looks and also "innit" at the end of a sentence?
Thanks so much Awesome adjective
Delighted to listen to your lessons.best wishes.Julio retired teacher from Dolores Argentina
Thank you Tom for your videos. Newly subscribed. Would ask if you could post about nicknames in British Eng like for beloved, friends and children . Hope I am explained myself clearly
Hi there! Lovely words! Thanks! I love extreme adjectives such as: 'Parched': Extremely thirsty. 'Drenched': Very, very wet. 'Ecstatic': Really happy. 'Hilarious': Very funny. 'Gorgeous': Extremely beautiful. I could go on and on! :)
@EatSleepDreamEnglish
6 жыл бұрын
Ahh nice Julia, those are fantastic words : ) I'm very partial to the word parched : )
@Juliita65
6 жыл бұрын
Eat Sleep Dream English hahaha...
@Bruh-pl4zk
6 жыл бұрын
How about dank, can you explain what that means and why people associated it with memes when it means "slightly damp"
@aspenrebel
Жыл бұрын
I haven't heard or used those first two words in ages.
No sooner I had started watching your videos than I really improved my conversational English
Waw all the adjectives that you teached ,it was new for me. It was amazing, wanderlust, i really loved it. waw that's very nice. Thank you so much!
That's great of you sir.....
that's really interesting thank you
Thank you I learned a lot of vocabulary ☺️
Trully enjoyable!!!!!!
Hi Tom...!! Excellent video and tips to get more updated vocabulary. Thanks a lot. A respectful hug from Argentina. I'm your fan..hehe
Hi Tom, can you please make a video on irregular nouns in the plural? Nouns ending with -s which are singular, plural nouns without an ending -s, uncountable nouns... thanks
Brilliant! 💎
I think that the best or the most beautiful one is "Chuffed".. I like it.. 😊😊 and Thank you sir .. you're shine like always 🌷🌹🌸
Nothing more british saying the word lovely.
@emiliazet2119
5 жыл бұрын
Innit?:)
@gamegaloo
5 жыл бұрын
lovely!
@anaalonsovillalobos4693
4 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@allenbostonma
4 жыл бұрын
brilliant
@davee91889
3 жыл бұрын
BLOODY TRUE
Wonderful! I'll use it in my IELTS speaking test! Thanks a million!! ;)
Thank you!!!!! You are the best!!! 😀😘
I think this channel is great for learning british english because of its video that has detailed explanation. so the best channel. i love channel.
Very interesting thnx bro Keep on ♥♥
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@EatSleepDreamEnglish
6 жыл бұрын
Ah that's so kind English lovers, thanks for taking the time to comment.
Este es un buen canal. Congratulations!
Thanks !
А Absolutely useful video!!😁 Thak u very much for ur job, teacher!👍👍👍
He left out BRILLIANT!
this was too helpful ^_^ thanks ")
Hi there. Thank's for these new words. I like watching your videos.
No.s 1 and 10 (peckish and jammy) were new to me - I already knew the other ones! But still very helpful! (And, funny enough, I learned "chuffed" in the Great British Bake Off! Andrew said it all the time, and I guessed the meaning, but looked it up, and that's why 'chuffed' wasn't new to me! :-) )
Brilliant! 😉
Hey there, this is Alexandre from Brazil and I feel really jammy that I found you! New pleased subscribed here indeed!
Here in the U.S., we also use "pissed off" to mean angry, irate, and in the same way as in Brittain. We also use "wasted", "plastered" "sh-t-faced" and "hammered" to mean very drink.
thank you ! nice video!!!!
@EatSleepDreamEnglish
6 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it Irina : )
great n useful.... as usual ;)
Great lesson
@salaheddine3297
6 жыл бұрын
Stanley Man 👍
Thank you !
@EatSleepDreamEnglish
6 жыл бұрын
You are very welcome Sofia : )
Wonderful videos Buddy
Can you please also do a formal adjectives version!
Nice teacher ever i really like ur energy the way u explaining reallly amazing cheers teacher
@EatSleepDreamEnglish
6 жыл бұрын
Ahhh thanks Fafi : )
@fifielissa7578
6 жыл бұрын
U are very welcome my dear teacher keep going bless u
I died when I heard that sound😂😂 4:20
Tom,good job again!😁🤗
boozed up and woozy crossed my mind...cheers 🍻
@EatSleepDreamEnglish
6 жыл бұрын
Hehe boozed up is awesome! Thanks for sharing Anny : )
Heyy Tom really helful video Can you do more prononciation videos ?
Thanks Tom
I love your channel. I love jammy and chuffed. Cheers mate!
@aspenrebel
Жыл бұрын
I don't like those at all.
"tacky" is quite a good British one too i guess, when applied to people a bit overdone, flashy, close to vulgar.... Kim Kardashian would be my typical "tacky" person (according to my personal scale, but up to every one!). Also applied to anything that is rather cheap or in bad taste, a tacky attitude, a tacky place, a tacky shirt.... What would be the most typical situations you would ever use the word? How typically British? Is it used the same way in the US?
@criskity
6 жыл бұрын
"tacky" is widely used in the US.
@aspenrebel
Жыл бұрын
I haven't heard that word used in ages. "That bar is very tacky, I would never go in there." "Tacky" means sticky, grimmy, dirty, unclean. Low class, uncouth, tasteless. "OMG! Did you see that dress she was wearing last night? So very tacky".
Hello Tom! I'm watching your videos and they're really useful and especially easy to understand! In this video I'm wondering about the pronunciation of "adjective", It sounds you pronunce it as the Americans do. Am I wrong? Thank you for the reply :)
you always daze me in your spectacular didactic videos Tom you are the best you have just killed them all you know what I mean BEST TEACHER EVER
Brilliant😊😉
nice video! I like it
Hey Tom I'm Thanya. Today's class is yet stalwart.. It imposing your style of teaching.. some words... 1. Exhilarating - very exciting 2. Terrific.- very good 3. Venerable - antique. 4. Petrichor - sand smell that occurs during rainfall. Thank you so much Tom because of you I learnt many words..✌✌💟
@notaprohmm3459
6 жыл бұрын
Mani kkalaiarasan nice
@elizabethdurbin3255
5 жыл бұрын
Never heard a word used for that smell. That will be hard to remember. Is it because I have watched so much British videos that some sound common to me?
@mysticvibez8408
5 жыл бұрын
I guess it's vulnerable and not venerable 🤔 M I ryt? If not then plz clear my doubt 😃
@aspenrebel
Жыл бұрын
@@mysticvibez8408 "Venerable" means old, respected, honored. "He's a venerable religious leader in his country." "Vulnerable" means a very good possibility of being injured, hurt, get sick, being used, deceived, conned. "She's very vulnerable to be used and hurt by handsome and charming men". "She has a medical condition that makes her very vulnerable and susceptive to getting sick easily.". "He's very vulnerable. He'll fall for the same joke, trick, or prank every time."
@aspenrebel
Жыл бұрын
What the heck is a "sand smell"? How does sand smell, smell like what? Good Lord!! All these words I have never seen nor heard of before in my life. I feel like i'm learning a foreign language. Speak English you wankers!!
Some American English words for getting drunk are "Getting Gassed", "really tied one on", "getting with the happy juice", and, "three sheets to the wind."
Truly u have a hilarious sense of humour Tom ☺ Regards, Ahmad,
@EatSleepDreamEnglish
6 жыл бұрын
Hehe thanks Ahmad
You're videos are fun, informative, and you have a beautiful smile. What's not to like?
@EatSleepDreamEnglish
6 жыл бұрын
That's really kind Billy, much appreciated. I'm glad you find them helpful : )
Learned alot...please post something about dipthong,triphtong etc...please reply must..a hungry request
Hello thanks for this useful video but I'm a little bit confused 😖 we use all of these (adj) after the verb ( not usually before a noun ) but I guess "Hammy " and "dodgy" are exceptions, however, we use them after a verb but also we can use them before a noun, yes - for example, "she is such a Jammy girl " Do I get it right?
Finicky! Being very choosy and fussy about something, often about food. Also iffy (from if), mostly used when talking about the weather: it looks iffy today, meaning it looks pretty changeable and unstable.
please do a lesson on flip words like lovey dovey, okay dokey? hokey cokey?
@EatSleepDreamEnglish
6 жыл бұрын
Great idea Toby, I'll add it to the list : )
You are the best!!! 😀😘
I'm really chuffed that I found your videos.
@OxanaKlachkova
4 жыл бұрын
What is it??
I'm Canadian. I like that term 'stroppy'. Seems like a multipurpose, useful one.
very nice, funny, interesting videos.
Dodgy was the first word that came to my mind. Idk why I love you british vocab. Though I have to say ‘pissed off’ and ‘hammered’ are way too often used here in the US to have made onto this list. Maybe they’re widely used in both countries. But hammered is like the first adj I’d think of to describe someone who is really drunk, followed closely by ‘wasted’. As for pissed off, well it’s also probably the first word one would use to describe when someone’s angry, even more so than either ‘angry’ or ‘mad’ BUT I’ll have to admit that we tend to use ‘pissed’ more often. To us, pissed is a shortened version of pissed off (I don’t believe you guys drop the ‘off’) Regardless, even pissed off with the off is extremely common here.
What do u use for your skin btw? It's frigging fresh. Having said that, your videos are very conducive!
loving you x
Hey, nice work. How would you describe your accent? I mean, from which region in London?
Thanks my man 👨
Some of these we use in the States.... Rough, Pissed off are regularly used here I use "gutted" when I am so upset, I have no words !
Stunning Tom
“Cracking toast, Gromit!” Maybe old, but I love it.
I like your sense of humour ;)
Greetings from Kenya
Thank you for these nice new words ! I like the sound of wobbly and yummy :)
smitten is a good one too