ADJECTIVES

Used to something

They say you can get used to anything.

The use of used to do something is explained here. However, used to has another meaning, it can be used as an adjective and we use it to talk about things that have become familiar, and are no longer strange or new.

Used to usually comes after verbs such as be, get or become.

• After a while you get used to the noise.
• She will become used to the smell.
• I was used to the web site.

You can also say that someone is used to doing something.

• I'll never get used to getting up at six o'clock in the morning.
• It took me a while until I was used to driving on the right-hand side of the road.

POSITIVE
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adaptable adorable agreeable  alert alluring ambitious amusing boundless brave  bright  calm  capable charming  cheerful  coherent  confident cooperative courageous credible cultured dashing dazzling debonair decisive decorous delightful determined diligent discreet dynamic eager efficient enchanting encouraging enduring  energetic entertaining enthusiastic excellentexcitable exuberant	fabulous fair  faithful  fantastic  fearless frank friendly funny generous gentle  good happy harmonious helpful hilarious  honorable impartial industrious instinctive jolly  joyous  kind kind-hearted knowledgeable likeable lively  lovely  loving lucky  mature modern nice obedient  painstaking peaceful perfect  placid plausible pleasant  plucky productive protective proud  punctual	quiet receptive reflective relieved  resolute responsible righteous romantic sedate selective self-assured sensitive shrewd silly  sincere skilful splendid  steadfast stimulating talented thoughtful  thrifty tough trustworthy unbiased unusual upbeat vigorous vivacious  warm willing wise witty  wonderful  zany  zealous

NEGATIVE
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abrasive abrupt abusive aloof ambiguous angry  annoyed  anxious  arrogant  awful  bad belligerent boorish boring callous careless clumsy combative  confused  cowardly crazy creepy  cruel  cynical dangerous  deceitful defective defiant  depressed  deranged disagreeable disillusioned disturbed  domineering draconian embarrassing envious  erratic evasive evil	fanatical fierce  finicky flashy flippant foolish  forgetful frantic  fretful frightened  furtive  greedy grieving  grouchy gruesome grumpy guarded gullible helpless  hesitant horrible hurtful ignorant irresolute jealous jittery lacking lazy lonely  malicious materialistic mean mysterious  naive nasty naughty  nervous noisy obnoxious  outrageous  over zealous panicky  pathetic possessive	quarrelsome repulsive ruthless sad scary secretive selfish  silly slow sneaky snobbish spendthrift squeamish stingy strange sulky tacky tense  terrible  testy thick-skinned thoughtless  threatening tight timid tired  tiresome troubled  truculent typical uptight vague vengeful venomous volatile voracious vulgar wary wasteful weak wicked worthless wretched