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100 “Very” Phrases & What to Use Instead

September 16, 2026

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No. Item Definition
1. very accurate precise, spot-on
2. very angry furious, enraged
3. very bad terrible, dreadful
4. very beautiful gorgeous, stunning
5. very big enormous, immense
6. very boring tedious, mind-numbing
7. very brave courageous, dauntless
8. very bright dazzling, brilliant
9. very busy swamped, snowed under
10. very calm serene, unruffled
11. very careful meticulous, painstaking
12. very careless negligent, slipshod
13. very certain convinced, in no doubt
14. very cheap dirt-cheap, a bargain
15. very clean spotless, immaculate
16. very clear crystal-clear, unambiguous
17. very cold freezing, icy
18. very common widespread, ubiquitous
19. very confused bewildered, baffled
20. very crowded packed, jam-packed
21. very dark pitch-dark, inky
22. very difficult arduous, formidable
23. very dirty filthy, grimy
24. very dishonest deceitful, duplicitous
25. very dry parched, bone-dry
26. very easy effortless, a breeze
27. very effective potent, highly successful
28. very excited thrilled, ecstatic
29. very expensive exorbitant, prohibitively costly
30. very fair scrupulously impartial, evenhanded
31. very famous renowned, world-famous
32. very fast swift, lightning-fast
33. very fragrant aromatic, richly scented
34. very friendly warm, welcoming
35. very full brimming, filled to capacity
36. very funny hilarious, side-splitting
37. very generous openhanded, unstinting
38. very good excellent, superb
39. very happy delighted, overjoyed
40. very hard rock-hard, unyielding
41. very healthy robust, in excellent health
42. very heavy weighty, ponderous
43. very hot scorching, sweltering
44. very hungry ravenous, famished
45. very important crucial, vital
46. very inefficient wasteful, needlessly cumbersome
47. very interesting fascinating, engrossing
48. very kind compassionate, exceptionally considerate
49. very lazy indolent, bone-idle
50. very light featherlight, light as a feather
51. very long lengthy, seemingly endless
52. very loud deafening, thunderous
53. very mean cruel, vicious
54. very narrow constricted, pencil-thin
55. very necessary essential, indispensable
56. very new brand-new, fresh off the press
57. very old ancient, age-old
58. very painful excruciating, agonizing
59. very polite courteous, impeccably mannered
60. very poor impoverished, destitute
61. very popular in great demand, widely loved
62. very quiet hushed, nearly silent
63. very rare scarce, few and far between
64. very rich wealthy, affluent
65. very rough coarse, abrasive
66. very rude insolent, obnoxious
67. very sad miserable, heartbroken
68. very scared terrified, petrified
69. very selfish self-centered, entirely self-serving
70. very serious grave, solemn
71. very sharp razor-sharp, keen-edged
72. very sick gravely ill, seriously unwell
73. very slow sluggish, glacial
74. very small tiny, minuscule
75. very smart brilliant, exceptionally intelligent
76. very smelly stinking, foul-smelling
77. very smooth silky, glassy
78. very sour mouth-puckering, sharply acidic
79. very spicy fiery, tongue-burning
80. very strange bizarre, outlandish
81. very strong powerful, mighty
82. very stupid idiotic, foolish
83. very successful triumphant, a resounding success
84. very surprised astonished, astounded
85. very tall towering, sky-high
86. very tasty delicious, delectable
87. very thirsty parched, desperate for a drink
88. very tired exhausted, worn out
89. very ugly hideous, repulsive
90. very uncertain doubtful, far from sure
91. very unfair unjust, grossly inequitable
92. very unfriendly hostile, frosty
93. very useful invaluable, immensely helpful
94. very vague nebulous, ill-defined
95. very valuable precious, worth a fortune
96. very weak feeble, frail
97. very wet soaked, drenched
98. very wide broad, expansive
99. very worried distressed, distraught
100. very wrong grossly mistaken, wildly inaccurate

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