106 Adjectives That Start with J [Infographic]

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You can use these adjectives to pay someone a compliment, write a story, play a game or anything you can imagine.

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Positive Adjectives That Start with J
Negative Adjectives That Start with J

Descriptive Adjectives Starting with J
J Adjectives to Describe a Person
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Full List of Adjectives That Start with J

Let’s begin with a full list of adjectives that start with J. Probably most of them look unfamiliar to you.

Jabbering	Jerky	Joyless
Jacksonian	Jerry-Built	Joyous
Jacobean	Jesting	Jubilant
Jacobinic	Jesuit	Judaic
Jacobinical	Jesuitic	Judaical
Jade	Jesuitical	Judgmental
Jaded	Jet	Judicable
Jadish	Jet-Black	Judicial
Jagged	Jetting	Judicious
Jaggy	Jeweled	Jugular
Jain	Jewelled	Juiceless
Jainist	Jewish	Juicy
Jamaican	Jiggered	Julian
Jamesian	Jiggling	Jumbled
Jammed	Jihadi	Jumbo
Jam-Packed	Jihadist	Jumentous
Jangling	Jilted	Jumpy
Jangly	Jingly	Jungian
Janus-Faced	Jingoistic	Jungly
Japanese	Jinxed	Junior
Jarring	Jittering	Junoesque
Jaundiced	Jittery	Jural
Jaunty	Jobless	Jurassic
Javan	Jocose	Juridic
Javanese	Jocular	Juridical
Jaw-Dropping	Jocund	Jurisdictional
Jawed	Joint	Juristic
Jawless	Jointed	Jury-Rigged
Jazzy	Jolly	Just
Jealous	Jolty	Justifiable
Jeering	Jordanian	Justificative
Jeffersonian	Journalistic	Justificatory
Jejune	Jovial	Justified
Jellied	Jovian	Juvenile
Jellylike	Jowly	Joyful
Jerkwater

Positive Adjectives That Start with J

By using following adjectives beginning with J, you express your thoughts in a positive way. These words can also potentially affect the mood of the listeners.

Jaculable	Jocoserious	Joysome
Jake	Jocular	Jubilant
Jaunty	Jocund	Judicious
Jazzy	Jokey	Juicy
Jessant	Jolif	Junoesque
Jeweled	Jolly	Just
Jiggish	Jovial	Justifiable
Jim-dandy	Joyful	Justified
Jocose	Joyous

Negative Adjectives That Start with J

“Jealous” is usually one of the few negative adjectives starting with J people can think of. Is that true to you?

Jabber	Jealous	Joker
Jaded	Jeering	Jolted
Jagged	Jeopardizing	Jaundiced
Jam	Jittering	Jumpy
Jammed	Jittery	Jobless
Jarring	Job-killing	Junky

Descriptive Adjectives That Start with J

Since “J” is not a common letter in the English language, you may think there are not many descriptive words that start with J. But actually, there are dozens.

Jacketed	Jestful	Judge
Jacobean	Jesting	Judgmental
Jaded	Jewish	Judicial
Jadish	Jiggish	Judiciary
Jaggy	Jocular	Jugular
Jamaican	Joculatory	Juiceless
Jammed	Jointed	Junior
Jangling	Jolly	Jurassic
Jarred	Journalistic	Jurist
Jarring	Jovial	Just
Jaunty	Joyful	Justifiable
Jawed	Joyless	Justified
Jealous	Jubilant	Jutting
Jeering	Judaic	Juvenile
Jerky	Judaistic

Adjectives That Start with J to Describe a Person

People vary in terms of their physical appearance and personalities. Therefore you need comprehensive adjectives to describe them. Below are some adjectives that start with J to describe a person for you.

Jabbering	Jerky	Judiciary
Jacketed	Jewish	Juicy
Jamaican	Jinx	Jumbled
Jammed	Jinxed	Jumbo
Jangling	Jobless	Jumping
Japanese	Jogging	Junior
Jaundiced	Joined	Just
Jawed	Jointed	Justifiable
Jazzed	Judas	Justified
Jeering	Judge	Juvenile

Adjectives That Start with J – Definitions and Examples

Since some of these adjectives with J are new to most people, definitions and examples below are necessary to learn and understand them better.

Jacksonian:a scholar or a political follower of the seventh US president, Andrew Jackson; Andrew Jackson.

– From about 1825 to 1845 Woodbury was the undisputed leader of the Jacksonian Democracy in New England.

Jacobean:connected with the time when James I (1603–25) was King of England; Englishman; Jacobean.

– She collects Jacobean portraits.

Jacobinic:of or relating to the Jacobins of the French Revolution; Jacobean; Jacobin.

– Jacobinic terrorism.

Jacobinical:Relating to or characteristic of the Jacobins; politically radical.

– In the south of France he worked hard for the Jacobinical cause, and figured as “Brutus”.

Jade:a hard stone that is usually green and is used in making jewelry and beautiful objects; baggage; flooz.

– A jade necklace.

Jaded:tired and bored, usually because you have had too much of something; satiated; sated.

– I felt terribly jaded after working all weekend.

Jadish:Vicious and ill-tempered, like a jade; coarse; contemptible.

– It sheweth Mens Nature, that when they are pampered in any kind, they are very apt to play jadish Tricks.

Jagged: with rough, pointed, often sharp edges; spiked; barbed.

– One ominous jagged line runs down the side of the classrooms.

Jaggy:having a sharply uneven surface or outline; jagged; scraggy.

– It came off wonderfully well, though rather jaggy.

Jain:connected with Jainism; Jagger; jiggery.

Jainist:a follower of Jainism, a religion based primarily in India; religious order; religious sect.

– Jainist, a Hindu reform church, prohibits the killing of any living creature.

Jamaican:a person from Jamaica; West Indian; Jamaican.

– I was in Jamaica doing body painting for a calendar shoot for Penthouse and I had the opportunity to paint a Native Jamaican.

Jamesian:relating to or characteristic of the American-born British novelist and critic Henry James or his works; James Michener; James Mil.

– A Jamesian scene of American tourists.

Jammed:not able to move; stuck; squeeze.

– I can’t get the door open—it’s completely jammed.

Jam-Packed:very full; crowded; filled; full.

– Hundreds more people were waiting outside the jam-Packed stadium.

Jangling:to make an unpleasant sound, like two pieces of metal hitting each other; to make something do this; vibrate; ring.

– The band is known for its distinctive jangling guitar sound.

Jangly:the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together; jangling cacophonic; cacophonous.

– We all felt we could relate to that because we’re not about the jangly pop or the rock’n’roll scene of the Strokes.

Janus-Faced:insincere or deceitful; double-faced; duplicitous.

– A Janus-faced politician.

Japanese:a person from Japan; east-Asian; Asian.

– The Japanese books are very odd.

Jarring:to have an unpleasant or annoying effect; grate; jolt.

– There was a jarring note of triumph in his voice.

Jaundiced:not expecting somebody/something to be good or useful, especially because of experiences that you have had in the past; bitter; resentful.

– He had a jaundiced view of life.

Jaunty:howing that you are feeling confident and pleased with yourself; cheerful; cheery.

– A jaunty smile.

Javan:a native or inhabitant of Java, a large island in the Malay Archipelago; Indonesian; javan.

– The great skill of the Javans in agriculture.

Jaw-Dropping:so large or good that it surprises you very much; amaze; amazing.

– The production is absolutely jaw-dropping.

Jawed:talk at length; chatter; bad-mouthed.

– I was too busy to spend time jawing with the rest of the crew.

Jawless:having no jaws or lacking a jaw; Jawless vertebrate.

– It is a sister group of the jawless craniates Agnatha.

Jazzy:brightly coloured and likely to attract attention; snazzy; bright.

– That’s a jazzy tie you’re wearing.

Jealous:feeling angry or unhappy because somebody you like or love is showing interest in somebody else; envious; covetous.

– He’s only talking to her to make you jealous.

Jeering:to laugh at somebody or shout rude remarks at them to show that you do not respect them; taunt; mock.

– Gabrielle ignored the jeering and continued walking down the school steps.

Jeffersonian:relating to or characteristic of the former US president Thomas Jefferson or his policies; follower.

– His goal was to ensure Jeffersonian democracy.

Jejune:naive, simplistic, and superficial; innocent; artless.

– Their entirely predictable and usually jejune opinions.

Jellied:prepared or cooked in jelly; congealed; jelled solid.

– The pie was good; crisp pastry, and succulent jellied meat within.

Jellylike: thick like gelatin; gelatin like; gelatinous thick.

– Shortly after the tadpole wriggles out of the jellylike case and begins life outside the egg.

Jerkwater:of or associated with small, remote, and insignificant rural settlements; one-horse; pokey.

– Some jerkwater town.

Jerky:making sudden starts and stops and not moving smoothly; fitful; twitchy.

– With jerky movements, she finished dressing and replaced her weapons.

Jerry-Built:built quickly and cheaply without caring about quality or safety; shoddy; gimcrack.

– The place is a bit jerry-built.

Jesting:said or done for amusement; joking; fool around.

– A jesting commentary on world affairs.

Jesuit: a Roman Catholic priest who is a member of the Society of Jesus, a group founded in 1534 to do missionary work; Jesuitical; jesuitic.

– A Jesuit priest.

Jesuitic:Of or relating to the Jesuits, or to their principles and methods; incorporeal; transcendental.

– A former Jesuitic monastery.

Jesuitical:dissembling or equivocating, in the manner once associated with Jesuits; illogical; indirect.

– When a reporter asked him a question, it would often elicit a series of Jesuitical responses.

Jet-Black:deep shiny black in colour; inky; pitchy.

– Her jet-black hair was swept up gracefully into a plaited crown.

Jeweled:decorated with jewels; beady; gemmed.

– There were masks and a curved sword with a jeweled hilt.

Jewelled:adorned, set with, or made from jewels; spangled; decorated.

– It consists of five principal parts – the card, the needles, the bowl, a jewelled cap and the pivot.

Jewish:Jews or Judaism; believing in and practicing Judaism; Hasidic.

– It is the local Jewish community.

Jiggered:damaged; broken; fidget.

– Some of these lengths were jiggered for flatware, and then sent to the potters for shaping.

Jihadi:a person who advocates or takes part in a jihad; a jihadist; mujahid.

– His tactic has been to make covert alliances with the jihadi.

Jihadist:a person who advocates or takes part in a jihad; a jihadi; mujahid.

– A mission to recruit jihadists.

Jilted:jilt somebody to end a romantic relationship with somebody in a sudden and unkind way; throw over; reject.

– He was jilted by his fiancée.

Jingly:that jingles, having a jingling sound; clang; clatter.

– The key fell on the ground with a jingly sound.

Jingoistic:showing a strong belief that your own country is best, especially when this is expressed in support of war with another country; battling; belligerent.

– A lot of the war movies were very jingoistic.

Jinxed:having or bringing more bad luck than is normal; curse; bewitch.

– The whole family seemed to be jinxed.

Jittering:suffer from jitter; be antsy; be hyper.

– The episode is only available as a jittering videotape version.

Jittery:nervous or unable to relax; nervous; anxious.

– Caffeine makes me jittery.

Jobless:without a job; unemployed; unwaged.

– The company has plans to make more people jobless.

Jocose:humorous; jocular; witty.

– Robert is well known for his jocose disposition, always makes everyone around him laugh.

Jocular:humorous; jocular; witty.

– He tried to sound jocular.

Jocund:cheerful; happy; jolly.

– He then added a stanza between the first and second, and changed laughing to jocund.

Joint:involving two or more people together; linkage; connection.

– The report was a joint effort.

Jointed:having parts that fit together and can move; butcher; carve.

– She knocked his hand away and headed for the house in a stiff jointed hobble.

Jolly:happy and cheerful; jovial; merry.

– He had a round, jolly face.

Jolty:causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; bumpy; jumpy.

– How was she going to get on with such jolty, jerky, bossy people?

Jordanian:a person from Jordan; Armenian; Asian.

– But as one Jordanian intelligence source told The Daily Beast, “we know ISIS and we know that for it women do not normally.

Journalistic:connected with the work of a journalist; broadcaster; columnist.

– His journalistic background.

Jovial:very cheerful and friendly; happy; cheery.

– He addressed Molly in his usual jovial manner.

Jovian:relating to the planet Jupiter or the class of giant planets to which Jupiter belongs; unearthly; alien.

– Clouds in the Jovian atmosphere.

Jowly:having marked jowls; double-chinned; loose-jowled fat.

– He was more jowly than before, and had white hair.

Joyful:very happy; causing people to be happy; sparkling.

– It was a joyful reunion of all the family.

Joyless:bringing no happiness; without joy; gloomy.

– A joyless childhood.

Joyous: very happy; causing people to be happy; joyful

– She could now enjoy the joyous prospect of being reunited with him again.

Jubilant:feeling or showing great happiness because of a success; overjoyed; exultant.

– The fans were in jubilant mood after the victory.

Judaic: belonging to or connected with Judaism; Jewish; Hebrew.

– It is true, he wrote no actual commentary on the Bible, but his philological works exercised the greatest influence on Judaic exegesis.

Judaical:of or relating to or characteristic of the Jews or their culture or religion; Judaic; Hebrew.

– They were promulgating a specifically Judaical message for Judaic adherents.

Judgmental:judging people and criticizing them too quickly; subjective; approximate.

– Stop always being so judgmental.

Judicable:capable of being or liable to be judged or tried; ascertainable; assayable.

– JUDICABLE is capable of being or liable to be judged.

Judicial:connected with a court, a judge or legal judgement; legal; judiciary.

– Greenpeace applied for a judicial review to challenge the court’s decision.

Judicious:careful; sensible; showing good judgement.

– It is curable with judicious use of antibiotics.

Jugular:to attack somebody’s weakest point during a discussion, in an aggressive way; deep; gruff.

– She went straight for the jugular and asked him to explain his previous criminal record.

Juiceless:Without juice or sap; dry; dull; lacking vivacity.

– January sees this plot of a dull, dirty green, unless hidden by snow; the dirty green is a short, juiceless herbage.

Juicy:containing a lot of juice and good to eat; succulent; tender.

– The meat was tender and juicy.

Julian:a first name for boys; Claudius Julianus; Julian the Apostate.

– I was charmed by the kindness of the gold-rush town Julian, California, where I cowboy camped in an empty field downtown as a thick mist draped over my wife, Tina, and me.

Jumbled:mixed together in a confused or untidy way; mix up; muddle up.

– A jumbled collection of objects.

Jumbo:a large plane that can carry several hundred passengers, especially a Boeing 747; huge; enormous.

– We would talk about the birds and flowers and grass and Jumbo and Pearl.

Jumentous:Of, relating to, or smelling like horse urine; smelling strongly; jumentous.

– Relating to or characteristic of a beast of burden: applied to urine having a peculiar odor.

Jumpy:nervous and anxious, especially because you think that something bad is going to happen; tense; anxious.

– What’s the matter? You’re so jumpy this evening.

Jungian:a follower or adherent of the works of Swiss psychologist Carl Jung; psychology; psychologist.

– One of the most distinguished Jungian of our day.

Jungly:characterized by jungle or resembling a jungle; lanose; flossy.

– Then we will go forward, and perhaps some of these jungly-fools will tell us where the road is.

Junior:having a low rank in an organization or a profession; younger; youngest.

– She is junior to me.

Junoesque:of a woman imposingly tall and shapely; curvaceous; curvy.

– A handsome Junoesque woman.

Jural:relating to rights and obligations; valid; lawful.

– The jural consequences of marriage began from the moment that both were covered by the coverlet.

Jurassic:of the period between around 208 to 146 million years ago, when the largest known dinosaurs lived; of the rocks formed during this time; neoclassic; thoracic.

– During the Jurassic period, humans didn’t exist, and dinosaurs ruled the earth.

Juridic:of or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge; law; jurisprudence; legal.

– Such actions have resulted in relevant juridic and media response.

Juridical:connected with the law, judges or legal matters; authorized; constitutional.

– He spoke to her in theological, juridical, medical, and philosophical voices.

Jurisdictional:connected with the authority that an official organization has to make legal decisions about somebody/something; authority; command.

– A serious jurisdictional error.

Juristic:of or relating to jurists; juridical; argumentative.

– At Bologna, the centre of juristic studies, Aurispa had but little success.

Just:based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair

– We strive for a just and democratic society.

Justifiable:existing or done for a good reason, and therefore acceptable; legitimate; valid.

– She took a justifiable pride in her son’s achievements.

Justificative:attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing; defensive; justificatory apologetic.

– Phillip was not fired when he was justificative for his repeated tardiness to work.

Justificatory:serving as proof or justification; defensive; apologetic

– He had no adequate preparation for it, nor, so far as I could perceive, any justificatory call.

Justified:having a good reason for doing something; explained; accounted for.

– She felt fully justified in asking for her money back.

Juvenile:relating to young people who are not yet adults; young; teenage.

– What can be done to help these juvenile delinquents turn away from crime?

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