23 Adjectives to Describe a Village

23 Adjectives to Describe a Village

Hello English learners. Welcome to a new lesson. Good conduct of English vocabulary is very important for developing your speaking skills and writing. Therefore, today’s lesson will look at 23 adjectives to describe a village.

A village is a group of houses and associated buildings smaller than a town.

1. Coastal
2. Desolate
3. Dreary
4. Dull
5. Global
6. Hospitable
7. Humble
8. Inaccessible
9. Medieval
10. Native
11. Obscure
12. Old-world
13. Peaceful
14. Populous
15. Prosperous
16. Quiet
17. Remote
18. Seaside
19. Sleepy
20. Suburban
21. Sustainable
22. Tranquil
23. Walled

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Coastal

Meaning: located on the sea coast.

Gemma was brought up in a Cypriot coastal village.

Desolate

Meaning: empty and boring.

On our way to the sea, we travelled through desolate villages.

Dreary

Meaning: boring and depressive.

The soldiers were posted to a dreary village.

Dull

Meaning: lacking vividness, boring.

As a teenager, Sandra was longing to escape from the dull village she lived in.

Global

Meaning: the world seen as a community connected by telecommunications.

Modern technology has turned the world into a global village.

Hospitable

Meaning: welcoming to visitors.

We were impressed by a hospitable village in Spain we visited.

Adjectives to describe a village

Humble

Meaning: poor.

Michael lives in a humble village where he runs a small shop.

Inaccessible

Meaning: difficult or impossible to reach.

Mary married in an almost inaccessible village in the mountains of Scotland.

Medieval

Meaning: related to the Middle Ages.

Visitors could walk up the mountain to the medieval village.

Native

Meaning: a village a person comes from, especially the one he/she was born in and lived there while they were young.

In this photo, you can see my father parading through my native village.

Obscure

Meaning: remote and isolated.

My family owns a house in an obscure village on the Knoydart peninsula.

Old-world

Meaning: a village that looks like or is from an earlier time in history.

Gainsthorpe is an old-world village in Lincolnshire.

Peaceful

Meaning: calm, tranquil.

The sun rose above a peaceful village.

Adjectives to describe a village

Populous

Meaning: a village with a lot of people in it.

Lancing in West Sussex, with a population of around 19,000, is the most populous village in England.

Prosperous

Meaning: successful and rich.

Placed in the heart of a fertile agricultural area has risen a prosperous village.

Quiet

Meaning: calm, silent.

George lived in a quiet little village on the Greek island.

Remote

Meaning: far from the town or a city, difficult to reach.

My car is my most valuable possession because I live in a remote village.

Seaside

Meaning: placed on the sea coast.

The writer originated from a small Norwegian seaside village.

Sleepy

Meaning: peaceful, quiet.

In the sleepy village of Clovelly, some residents make money from farming, while others work in a nearby town.

Suburban

Meaning: a low-density area that separates residential and commercial areas from one another.

Our relatives live in a small suburban village next to Lyon in France.

Sustainable

Meaning: clean and green village where people use their own means of livelihood.

The project plans the building of sustainable villages in this area.

Tranquil

Meaning: calm, quiet, free from noise and disturbance.

Long ago, a family was living in a small tranquil village by the river.

Walled

Meaning: surrounded by walls.

The walled village was attractive for tourists because of the imposing castle.

Adjectives to Describe a Village

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