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Please, post some double (hypheneted) adjectives that come to your mind. As I keep an ANKI deck and have stored more than 5000 cards, I found that double-adjectives are cool and they can liven up any text.

Here is my list (most of them were heard in podcasts without scripts and there can be some mistakes):

action-packed (film)
all-round (sportswoman/ cool guy)
back-breaking (work)
bad-maintained (car)
best-selling (authors)
boiling-point fast-food coffee
brand-new (product)
coming-of-age (movie/story)
down-to-earth (person)
ever-present (danger)
eye-popping (incident)
far-fetched
far-off (lands)
fire-breathing (dragon)
full-grown (dragons)
game-changing (invention)
good-looking (woman)
hair-raising (journey)
half-hearted (attempt)
hand-held (device)
hard-earned (money/dolars/cash/reputation)
hard-working
He was easy-going and good-natured.
high-achieving (student)
high-end (product)
hurly-burly (it's a noun actually)
jaw-dropping
laid-back
last-ditch (attempt)
low-key
low-tech
mouth-watering (sweets)
nation-wide
nerve-racking
one-off (payment)
run-down (area)
self-critical
self-deprecating (person)
self-inflicted (injury)
self-sufficient (person)
self-taught
single-use plastic bags
sketchy-looking (maybe informal or slang)
small-scale (engine)
time-consuming (job/task)
topsy-turvy - informal
war-torn (area)
well-built
well-intentioned
well-paid (job)
well-respected

an on-again, off-again (relationship),
a come-hither (look),
a well-thought-out (argument),
an all-out (attack),
a crime-plagued (neighborhood),
a rinky-dink (hotel),
a back-of-the-envelope (calculation),
glad-handing (politicians),
a weather-beaten (face),
snaggle-toothed, gap-toothed,
a cast-iron (rule),
a devil-may-care (attitude),
a one-size-fits-all (solution).

Роман Молти, funnily enough, I've never seen any of them))

QwestDay, now you have something to work with :)

QwestDay пишет: ↑01 июн 2019, 08:24 eye-popping (incident)

eye-...
eye-catching car — броская машина
eye-stopping headlines
eye-glazing topic of little public appeal — скучная тема, не представляющая интереса для широкой публики
eye-minded обладающий преимущественно зрительной памятью; воспринимающий мир преимущественно визуально
eye-opening - a visit to the docks can be a fascinating eye-opener

etc.
It's simply mind-boggling!

It turns out "snaggletoothed" is not hyphenated.

By the way, non-hyphenated double/triple adjectives are welcome too))

QwestDay, you are quite a single-minded person!

QwestDay пишет: ↑01 июн 2019, 08:24 brand-new (product)

state-of-the-art
a state-of-the-art computer

born-and-bred
mind-numbing
data-driven, data-informed
close-knit
eye-catching
mouth-watering
hard-wired
mood-altering (substance)
take-home (test)
open-book (test)
teeny-weeny
test-tube (baby)
potty-trained (baby)
third-party
tight-fisted
penny-pinching
tongue-tied
top-down (approach)
topsy-turvy
off-putting
last-minute
bad-tempered
never-ending
panic-stricken
open-minded (narrow-, broad-, single-, absent-)
short-sighted (long-, partially-)
happy-go-lucky
down-to-earth
quick-witted
bottled-up, pent-up
life-threatening
run-for-your-life
eco-friendly
self-contained (self-sufficient, self-catering)
counter-productive (counter-intuitive)
knock-on (effect)

There are plenty of them in coursebook units about personlity & appearance:
old-fashioned
self-centred
image-conscious
light-fingered
tight-fisted
big-headed
over-sensitive
two-faced
ill-dressed vs well-dressed etc

fashion-conscious

thought-provoking
easy-peasy
forward-looking
long-lasting
sought-after
cutting-edge (leading-edge)
guilt-ridden
cost-cutting (measures)
star-studded (cast)
long-standing (tradition)
point-blank (refusal)
low-budget
top-notch
part-time (full-time)

QwestDay пишет: ↑01 июн 2019, 08:24 As I keep an ANKI deck and have stored more than 5000 cards

Do you keep just ONE deck for everything you're learning?

A little bit of well-structured material about compound adjectives:
https://www.fluentland.com/what-is-a-co ... -examples/

Eager Beaver пишет: ↑02 июн 2019, 11:07 just ONE deck for everything

No, there are at least 10 of them:
- 1,2,...,6 for each thousand of (general) words
- phrasal verbs
-prepositions
- linking expressions
- sentences I liked

What about you? How do you organise, store, retain and retrieve new words and expressions? Do you use ANKI, just good old paper or nothing at all?

QwestDay пишет: ↑02 июн 2019, 15:54 What about you? How do you organise, store, retain and retrieve new words and expressions? Do you use ANKI, just good old paper or nothing at all?

I use Anki and Quizlet. Anki - for my own decks, Quizlet - just for tests on the units that I’ve recently covered with my teacher. Also, I leave margin notes (or underline text in ebooks) when I read and, once finished, I go over the notes to see what I’ve remembered and which words I’d like to have in my decks.

QwestDay,
I use Anki only for repetition, not for active study.
My memory is like a sieve, so it takes me a lot more than it normally would to actually learn something, English vocabulary included. So for each new word, I read its definitions (and translations), read quite a few examples in dictionaries, google more examples (sometimes I do domain-specific searches to see if the word is actually OK to use. Now I have added youglish.com to the procedure. When I feel comfortable using the word, I do use it. :) I make sentences, questions, etc. If there are particular grammar points I want to review, I include them in my sentences as well. When I’ve done (some of) this, I add a card to Anki if I feel like it. Sometimes it’s the other way round and I start creating a card, and look for context or examples in the process.

well-rounded (a well-rounded employee, well-rounded students)

A new portion of eye-catching double adjectives:

empty-handed
house-proud
sky-high (prices, expectations)
long-winded (explanation)
hot-button (issue)
built-in (speakers)
self-styled (expert)
self-declared (state)
ill-fitting (clothes)
single-handed (voyage)
non-binding (resolution)
can-do (attitude)
scruffy-looking (man)
worst/best-case (scenario)
top-of-the-range (car)
high-minded (person)
fact-based (decision)
kitchen-sink (drama)
go-getting (manager)
head-on (collision)
floor-to-ceiling (glass)
cut-grass (smell)
cut-throat (capitalism)
heartwarming (stories)
catch-all (term/phrase)
self-catering (accommodation)
low-cost (housing)
life-size (statue)
first-aid (kit)
deskbound
heaven-sent (opportunity)

experience-hungry (tourists)

Zlatko_Berrin пишет: ↑04 ноя 2019, 19:46 experience-hungry (tourists)

+ anti-tourist feelings :)

Juliemiracle,
yeah,a tourist-friendly thread indeed )

A one-shot (solution).

A one-horse town,
a one-hit wonder,
a one-trick pony,
a one-man show.

An update)))

do sth in a ham-fisted way
never-worn socks
fire-retardant mattress
turnkey solution
no-frills store
dead-end job
ready-to-eat product
law-abiding people
much-vaunted plan
poverty-line wages
two-time Oscar-winning director
knock-down prices
be cost-effective to do sth
small-time sponsors
quick-fire jokes
bombed-out villages
fast-track Jedi
clip-on ties
cash-strapped universities
man-made light
long-awaited visitor
knee-jerk reaction
so-called environmentally-friendly products
bite-sized chunks
bedside table
inter-war years
ill-fated attempt at taking over the government
heart-pounding adventure
first-hand experience
bone-chilling cruelty
non-stop flight
born-again health freak
superstition-ridden community
well-armed men
homegrown rock stars
flat-screen TV
rain-sodden hair
life-or-death situation
popularity may be short-lived
watershed moment
see-through clothes
long-established tradition
hard-to-reach places
man-in-te-street
highest-paid performer
the school is well-resourced
changes will be far-reaching
discussions were wide-ranging
stopgap solution
hands-off approach to the industry
lifelike statue
hard-pressed teachers
be well-versed in modern history
be hard-bitten
it was so gut-wrenching
out-of-the-way reastaurant