This article provides a comprehensive list of adjectives starting with “H” to help you enhance your writing and vocabulary.
- Happy- Feeling or showing pleasure or contentment.
- Harmonious- Forming a pleasing or consistent whole.
- Hasty- Done with excessive speed or urgency.
- Heroic- Having the characteristics of a hero or heroine; very brave.
- Humorous- Funny, entertaining, amusing.
- Handsome- Attractive in appearance, especially of a man.
- Hilarious- Extremely funny, causing great amusement.
- Honest- Free from deceit; truthful and sincere.
- Hardy- Robust, capable of enduring difficult conditions.
- Hot- Having a high temperature; spicy.
- Healthy- In good health; free from illness.
- Heavenly- Of the heavens or divine; blissfully delightful.
- Humble- Having or showing a modest or low estimate of one’s importance.
- Harmonizing- Producing a pleasing combination.
- Humane- Showing compassion or benevolence.
- Hypnotic- Having the quality of inducing hypnosis; mesmerizing.
- Hectic- Full of incessant or frantic activity.
- Helpful- Giving or ready to give help.
- Honorable- Deserving of honor and respect.
- Huge- Extremely large in size, quantity, or extent.
- Hushed- Quiet, silent.
- Hyperactive- Extremely active, too energetic.
- Heartfelt- Sincere, deeply felt.
- Handy- Convenient, useful.
- Hardy- Capable of enduring difficult conditions.
- Hospitable- Friendly and welcoming to guests and visitors.
- High- Of great height; elevated.
- Hopeful- Feeling or inspiring optimism about a future event.
- Hypothetical- Based on or serving as a hypothesis.
- Heartwarming- Causing feelings of happiness and affection.
- Horrible- Causing horror; very unpleasant.
- Hidden- Kept out of sight; concealed.
- Homely- Simple but cozy and comfortable, as in one’s own home.
- Harmonious- Free from disagreement or dissent.
- Healthy- Having good health.
- Hypothetical- Supposed or assumed true, but unproven.
- Horrific- Causing horror.
- Holographic- Of or relating to holography or holograms.
- Hurtful- Causing hurt or pain.
- Homosexual- Sexually attracted to people of one’s own sex.
- Haughty- Arrogantly superior and disdainful.
- Homogeneous- Consisting of parts all of the same kind.
- Hypocritical- Behaving in a way that suggests one has higher standards than is the case.
- Holy- Dedicated or consecrated to God or a religious purpose.
- Hardy- Robust; adaptable to harsh conditions.
- Hushed- Speaking quietly.
- Humane- Having or showing compassion.
- Humid- Marked by a high level of moisture in the air.
- Hazy- Covered by a mist or haze; unclear, vague.
- High- pitched – Having a high frequency of sound.
- Hulking- Large, heavy, or clumsy.
- Haunted- Inhabited or frequented by a ghost.
- Hustling- Energetic and busy, often in a somewhat forceful way.
- Hollow- Having a space or cavity inside; not solid.
- Hazardous- Risky; dangerous.
- Hovering- Remaining in one place in the air.
- Horrified- Filled with horror.
- Hypersensitive- Excessively sensitive.
- Hunched- Bent over.
- High- spirited – Lively and cheerful in behavior or mood.
- Humming- Making a low, steady continuous sound.
- Heralded- Publicly announced.
- Horrendous- Extremely unpleasant or bad.
- Heinous- Utterly odious or wicked.
- Herculean- Requiring great strength or effort.
- Heated- Marked by intense emotion or activity.
- Howling- Producing a long, loud, doleful cry.
- Homely- Plain or unattractive in appearance.
- Heterogeneous- Diverse in character or content.
- Hokey- Overly sentimental or melodramatic.
- Helpless- Unable to defend oneself or act effectively.
- Humbug- Deceptive or false talk or behavior.
- Hoarse- Having a rough or harsh voice.
- Hirsute- Covered with hair.
- Hooded- Wearing or having a hood.
- Humdrum- Lacking excitement or variety; boringly monotonous.
- Hardy- Capable of enduring hardship.
- Hallowed- Made holy; consecrated.
- Healing- Tending to heal or restore health.
- Harmonized- Brought into harmony or agreement.
- Hypnotized- Under or as if under the influence of hypnosis.
- Handpicked- Carefully chosen.
- Hyperbolic- Exaggerated.
- Hunched- Bent forward with the upper part of the body.
- Hubristic- Excessively proud or self-confident.
- Hybrid- Made from two different things.
- Halcyon- Denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful.
- Hands- on – Involving active participation.
- Hyper- Hyperactive or unusually energetic.
- Hypotonic- Relating to or exhibiting hypotonia.
- Honed- Having been refined or perfected.
- Heart- pounding – Exciting or thrilling.
- Huntable- Able to be hunted.
- Hygienic- Conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease.
- Hushed- Quiet and still.
- Harrowing- Acutely distressing.
- Habitual- Done or doing constantly or as a habit.
- High- minded – Having strong moral principles.
- Halfhearted- Without enthusiasm or energy.
- Headstrong- Self-willed and obstinate.