Intensifying Adjectives When describing physical objects you can use a wide variety of adjectives such as: large, big, tiny, minuscule, small, etc. However, when describing nouns that are not physical (e.g. joy, anger, wealth) you need to pay careful attention to the choice of intensifying adjectives. This feature provides a guide to the use of the most common intensifying adjectives for non-physical nouns. Absolute / Complete / Total / Utter： Absolute, complete, total and utter are used to express strong feelings, extreme situations, and other events - especially negative experiences. absolute agony complete astonishment total bliss (an) utter catastrophe absolute despair total ecstasy utter fury a complete idiot utter loathing total madness Big: Big tends to describe a happening or a type of person. It is not usually used with uncountable nouns. Happenings a big decision a big disappointment a big improvement a big mistake a big surprise Types of Persons a big eater a big dreamer a big drinker a big spender a big talker Great: Great usually describes nouns which express feelings or qualities. great admiration great anger in great detail (a) great disappointment great enjoyment great excitement a great failure great fun great happiness great joy at great length a great number (of) great power great pride a great quantity (of) great sensitivity great skill great strength great understanding great wealth Large: Large is often used with nouns concerning numbers and measurements. It is not usually used with uncountable nouns. a large amount a large number (of) a large population a large proportion a large quantity a large scale Common Adjective Collocations A collocation is a word pair, in this case adjective and noun, that always goes together. There are no specific rules for these collocations, however, it is important to learn some of the standard collocations. Here is a guide to collocations with deep, heavy, high (low) and strong. Deep deep depression deep devotion a deep feeling deep pockets deep sleep in deep thought in deep trouble Heavy a heavy drinker heavy rain a heavy sleeper a heavy smoker heavy snow heavy traffic High - Low. Notice that a number of nouns (but not all) which take 'high' also take 'low'. high - or low - cost high - or low - density high - or low - energy high - or low - esteem a high - or low - expectation (of) a high - or low - level (of) a high - or low - opinion (of someone or something) high - or low - pressure a - or low - high price high quality high speed Strong strong criticism strong denial a strong feeling a strong opinion (about something) a strong sense (of) a strong smell a strong taste 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/7d87ace7caaedd3383c4d382.html