Adjectives that start with p
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Paramount
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Patient
- enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance
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Peaceful
- not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war
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Perky
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Permissive
- not preventive
- granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline
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Persuasive
- intended or having the power to induce action or belief
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Picturesque
- suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture
- strikingly expressive
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Proficient
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Prosperous
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Purposeful
- serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal
- having meaning through having an aim
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Painful
- causing physical or psychological pain
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Painless
- requiring little hard work or exertion
- not causing physical or psychological pain
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Pallid
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Paranoid
- suffering from paranoia
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Parched
- toasted or roasted slightly
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Parched
- toasted or roasted slightly
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Parsimonious
- excessively unwilling to spend
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Passable
- able to be passed or traversed or crossed
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Passive
- lacking in energy or will
- peacefully resistant in response to injustice
- expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb
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Pasty
- resembling paste in color; pallid
- (usually used in the plural) one of a pair of adhesive patches worn to cover the nipples of exotic dancers and striptease performers
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Patent
- (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage
- grant rights to; grant a patent for
- make open to sight or notice
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Pathetic
- inspiring mixed contempt and pity
- inspiring scornful pity
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Peculiar
- markedly different from the usual
- characteristic of one only; distinctive or special
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Pedestrian
- lacking wit or imagination
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Penurious
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Petty
- contemptibly narrow in outlook
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Piteous
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Pitiable
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Plaintive