Turkish Language - List of Turkish Intensified Adjectives
This is a pretty comprehensive list of Intensified Turkish Adjectives and Adverbs - many of them are in constant use both in daily conversation and newspapers and periodicals, plus stories and novels. It is a way that language colours itself. So when you are reading or listening you must always be on the look out for this type of usage as it is very common.
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| Adjective | Meaning | Intensified | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| acayip | queer | apacayip, çok acayip | very strange |
| acele | in a hurry | alelacele | very hastily |
| açık | clear/open | apaçık | very clear/open |
| ayrı | separate | apayrı | quite separate |
| bakkal | grocer | bakkal çakkal | grocers and the like |
| başka | another | bambaşka | quite another thing |
| bayağı | common | basbayağı | very common |
| baygın | unconscious | aygın baygın | languid |
| bedava | gratis | besbedava - (little used) | completely free |
| belli | evident | besbelli | very clear |
| beter | worse | besbeter | even worse |
| beyaz | white | bembeyaz | brilliant white |
| bok | shit | bombok | utterly spoilt |
| bol | full | bosbol | filled to the brim |
| boş | empty | bomboş | quite empty |
| burun | nose | baltaburun | hook nosed |
| buruşuk | creased | bumburuşuk | wrinkled all over |
| bütün | all | büsbütün | wholly |
| canlı | alive | capcanlı | animate |
| çabuk | quickly | çarçabuk | very quickly |
| çevre | surroundings | çepeçevre | all around |
| çöp | rubbish | çerçöp | sweepings |
| çıplak | naked | çırılçıplak | stark naked |
| dağınık | untidy | darmadağınık | really untidy |
| dar | narrow | dapdar | cramped, tight-fitting |
| daracık | pretty narrow | dapdaracık | very narrow |
| deli | madman | zıpırdeli | frantic madman |
| deli | crazy | zırdeli | raving mad |
| delice | crazily | deldelice | madly |
| dik | perpendicular | dimdik | bolt upright |
| diri | alive | dipdiri | full of life |
| dizgin | (stirrup) | doludizgin | at full pelt |
| dızlak | bald/naked | dımdızlak | destitute |
| doğru | right/correct | dosdoğru | dead right |
| dolu | full | dopdolu | crammed full |
| duru | limpid | dupduru | very clear |
| düz | flat | düpedüz | dead flat |
| düz | straight | dümdüz | dead straight |
| düz | even | düpedüz | dead even |
| geniş | wide | gepgeniş | expansive |
| gıcır | brand new | gıpgıcır | spanking brand new |
| gündüz | daylight | güpegündüz | broad daylight |
| ince | thin | ipince | very thin |
| ılık | tepid | ıpılık | lukewarm |
| ıslak | wet | ıpıslak | sopping/all wet |
| ıssız | uninhabited | ıpıssız | desolate |
| iri | big | ipiri | very huge |
| kara | black | kapkara | black as night |
| karışık | mixed up | karmakarışık | completely mixed up |
| kısa | short | kıpkısa, kısacık | very short |
| koca | large | koskoca | huge |
| kocaman | huge | koskocaman | enormous |
| kolay | easy | kopkolay | very easily |
| koyu | dense dark | kopkoyu | really dark |
| kör | blind | köpkör | absolutely blind |
| kötü | bad | köpkötü - (child talk) | very bad |
| kötürüm | paralyzed | köskötürüm | completely paralyzed |
| kuru | dry | kupkuru | bone dry |
| kütük | a log | küskütük | hopelessly drunk |
| kıvrak | tidy | kıskıvrak | neat and tidy |
| mavi | blue | masmavi | bright blue |
| mor | purple | mosmor | bright purple |
| pak | clean | akpak | squeaky clean |
| pembe | pink | pespembe | shocking pink |
| perişan | miserable/worried | perperişan | very perturbed |
| parça | bits | paramparça | in smithereens |
| pis | dirty | pimpis - (child talk) | filthy dirty |
| sağlam | healthy | sapsağlam | in fine fettle |
| sağlam | healthy | sapasağlam | in fine fettle |
| sarı | yellow | sapsarı | bright yellow |
| sefil | miserable/poor | sersefil | very miserable/poor |
| sıcak | hot | sımsıcak | red-hot |
| sıklam | damp | sırılsıklam | sopping wet |
| sıkı | tight | sımsıkı | very tight |
| sivri | sharp | sipsivri | dead sharp |
| siyah | black | simsiyah | jet black |
| şirin | charming | şipşirin | very charming |
| talan | pillage | alantalan | in utter confusion |
| tamam | complete | tastamam | perfect |
| tatlı | sweet | taptatlı | very sweet |
| taze | fresh (food) | terütaze | blooming/very fresh |
| taze | fresh | taptaze | very fresh |
| temiz | clean | tertemiz | squeaky clean |
| top | round, ball-like | tortop | quite round |
| uslu | well behaved | upuslu | very well behaved |
| uzun | long | upuzun | very long |
| uygun | suitable | upuygun | quite adequate |
| yalnız | alone | yapayalnız | absolutely alone |
| yassı | flat and wide | yamyassı | very flat |
| yaş | wet | yamyaş | all wet |
| yeni | new | yepyeni | brand new |
| yeşil | green | yemyeşil | bright green |
| yumru | swollen/round | yusyumru | very swollen/round |
| yumuşak | soft | yusyumuşak | very soft |
| yuvarlak | globular | yusyuvarlak | absolutely spherical |
| zayıf | thin/feeble | zapzayıf | very thin/feeble |
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