Compound Adjectives

Compound Adjectives are hyphenated adjectives that contain two or more words joined by hyphens. The adjective is placed before the noun and modifies it.

Examples: 4-storey house, five-week holiday, 9-hour day, well-known writer, densely-populated area

Do not combine an adverb and an adjective as this does not create a compound adjective because no hyphen is required in this case, as the adverb modifies the adjective.

Example: terribly hot food

To join Compound Adjectives with Quotation Marks is also possible but rarely done.
Example:"go away" look,"Championship" team.

Compound Adjectives

Compound Adjectives List

4-storey	6-page	8-hour
all-too-common	badly-written	brand-new
brightly-lit	cold-blooded	densely-populated
five-week	four-wheel	free-range
full-length	four-foot	good-looking
green-eyed	hand-made	last-minute
left-handed	long-lasting	long-distance
long-haired	mouth-watering	multi-Word
north-west	old-fashioned	open-minded
part-time	record-breaking	second-class
second-hand	short-sighted	short-haired
short-sleeved	smoke-free	sun-dried
time-saving	tongue-tied	two-kilometer
two-seater	two-year-old	well-behaved
well-dressed	well-known	wind-powered
world-famous

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