English adjectives ending in -ed -ing
Adjectives ending in -ed are used with personal subjects, and adjectives ending in -ing are used with impersonal ones.
This story excites me.
I am excited by it.
It is exciting.
-ed | -ing |
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amazed | amazing |
amused | amusing |
annoyed | annoying |
alarmed | alarming |
appalled | appalling |
astonished | astonishing |
bored | boring |
bewildered | bewildering |
confused | confusing |
depressed | depressing |
disgusted | disgusting |
distressed | distressing |
excited | exciting |
embarrassed | embarrasing |
exhausted | exhausting |
interested | interesting |
frightened | frightening |
horrified | horrifying |
irritated | irritating |
moved | moving |
relaxed | relaxing |
satisfied | satisfying |
shocked | shocking |
surprised | surprising |
terrified | teffifying |
worried | worrying |
pleased | pleasing |
tired | tiring |