DEAD WORDS WALKING
DEAD WORD
a lot
actually
also
always
am
awesome
awful
bad
beautiful
big
boring
but
even
every
fun
funny
happy
good
got, get
great
hate
kind of
laughed
LIVING WORDS! (REPLACEMENTS)
sufficiency, adequacy, enough, sufficient, plenty; abundance; amplitude,
galore, profusion; affluence, outpouring; flood, great quantity, considerable,
fair, above par; big, huge; Herculean, cyclopean; ample; abundant (enough),
full, intense, plenary, vast, immense, enormous, extreme; inordinate,
excessive, extravagant, exorbitant, stupendous
in truth, genuinely, indeed, positively
too, moreover, besides, as well as, in addition to
AVOID EXTREME TERMS
avoid “to be” words such as am, is, was, were, and are
exceptional, extraordinary, magnificent, preeminent, rare, remarkable,
singular, towering, uncommon
dreadful, alarming, frightful, terrible, horrid, shocking
evil, immoral, iniquitous, sinful, vicious, wicked, displeasing, offensive,
uncongenial, unpleasant, putrid, rotten, detrimental, injurious
attractive, gorgeous, handsome, lovely, pulchritudinous, ravishing, sightly,
stunning
towering, gigantic, mammoth, enormous, tremendous, massive, giant,
colossal, immense, considerable, magnanimous, monumental, significant,
substantial
dreary, dry, dull, irksome, monotonous, tedious, tiresome, uninteresting,
wearisome, weary
however, moreover, yet, still, nevertheless, though, although, on the other
hand
equal, equivalent, identical, same, tantamount
AVOID EXTREME TERMS
pleasant, pleasurable, amusing, entertaining, jolly, recreation, sport
amusing, comical, laughable, jovial, farcical, jocular, humorous, witty,
hysterical, sidesplitting, hilarious, laughable, silly, nonsensical
glad, jovial, jubilant, joyful, thrilled, cheerful, merry, contented, pleased,
delighted, jolly, elated
excellent, exceptional, fine, marvelous, splendid, superb, amazing, wonderful,
pleasant, delightful, superior, grand, terrific
received, obtained, attained, succeed in, ascertained, earned
wonderful, marvelous, fantastic, distinguished, notable, prestigious,
prominent, renowned, prime, splendid, superb, divine
abhorrence, abomination, aversion, detestation, loathing, repellence,
repugnance, repulsion, revulsion
variance, variation, variety; diversity, distinction, contradistinction; alteration,
shade of difference
snickered, giggled, roared, chuckled, chortled, crowed, guffawed, cackled,
howled, tittered, hee-hawed, bellowed
little
like
lots
love
many
much
never
nice
pretty
quite
ran
rather
really
said
sad
saw
slight
smart
so
something
super
things, stuff
totally
truly
very
walked
teeny, diminutive, compact, microscopic, petite, wee, small, tiny, miniscule,
miniature, slight, minute
such as, similar to, similarly, love, admire, appreciate, fancy, adore, idolize,
prefer, cherish, care for, favor, enjoy, treasure
numerous, heaps, scores, innumerable, mass, abundance, profusion, wealth,
slew
adoration, devotion, worship, amorousness, passion, romance, affection,
attachment, devotion, fondness; beloved, darling, minion
myriad, numerous, multitudinous, multi-faceted, various, all-around
abundance, mass, plenty, profusion, wealth
AVOID EXTREME TERMS
pleasant, charming, fascination, captivating, delightful, pleasurable, pleasing,
kind, benevolent, thoughtful, gracious, considerate, decent, congenial,
agreeable, courteous, warm
lovely, glamorous, attractive, elegant, exquisite, gorgeous, stunning,
handsome, striking, fair
absolutely, completely, entirely, fully, utterly, wholly, thoroughly
hurried, raced, scurried, dashed, galloped, trotted, bolted, darted, sped,
jogged, sprinted, rushed
fairly
in truth, fairly, genuinely, indeed, positively, truthfully
argued, asserted, barked, complained, cried, demanded, exclaimed, fussed, screamed, growled, snapped, snarled,
sneered, yelled, hissed, grumbled, asked, agreed, implored, questioned, suggested, proposed, interrogated,
answered, begged, breathed, croaked, gasped, sprayed, muttered, whispered, whimpered, prayed, added, argued,
babbled, blubbered, blurted, called, chastised, chuckled, commanded, confessed, declared, gabbed, explained,
giggled, gushed, groaned, hollered, howled, insisted, jabbered, joked, lied, nagged, mused, objected, persuaded,
pestered, plead, pressed, purred, ranted, rambled, raved, repeated, requested, roared, sighed, stammered, urged,
uttered, wailed, etc…
downcast, depressed, woeful, gloomy, miserable, sorrowful, unhappy,
dejected, forlorn, melancholy, crestfallen, mournful
glimpsed, noticed, observed, sighted, spotted, stared at, clanked at, eyes,
gazed at, spied, examined, watched
faint, remote, negligible, outside, slender, slim
witty, bright, quick-witted, knowledgeable, intelligent, clever, ingenious, sharp,
brainy, brilliant, gifted, wise
USED AS A TRANSITION, FINE; OTHERWISE, PURGE IT FROM YOUR
VOCABULARY
being, entity, existence, individual, object
divine, fantastic, glorious, marvelous, sensational, splendid, ripping, swell,
tremendous
objects, articles, materials, matter, elements, substance, core, essence, root,
soul, quintessence, substance, items, contraption, contrivance, belongings,
personal effects
absolutely, completely, entirely, fully, perfectly, thoroughly, utterly,
genuinely, indeed, positively, truthfully, verily
extremely, exceedingly, incredibly, intensely, infinitely, surely, especially,
shockingly, immeasurably, severely, powerfully, chiefly, bitterly, mightily
staggered, traveled, trudged, strutted, marched, hiked, shuffled, sauntered,
lumbered, paraded, ambled, strolled