Adjectives are words like "small", "green", "old", "nice", "healthy", etc. which describe the characteristics of things.
Most adjectives can be intensified with "very":- very small
- very old
already complete or very strong on their own. When you try to use "very" with one of these , it sounds wrong. Here are some examples of combinations that sound strange:
- very terrible
- very freezing
- very married
- completely terrible
- quite terrible
- absolutely freezing
- absolutely married (because a person is either married or not)
- a bit freezing (because "freezing" is very extreme, so the meaning doesn't fit with "a bit")
- fantastic
- amazing
- wonderful
- awful
- horrible
- terrible
- perfect
- delicious
- useless
- devastated (very, very sad)
- ecstatic (very, very happy)
- hilarious (very, very funny)
- gorgeous (very beautiful)
- exhausted (very tired)
- starving (very hungry)
- ancient (very old)
- disgusting (very unappealing)
- spotless (very clean)
- filthy (very dirty)
- slammed (very busy)
- excruciating (very painful)
- adorable (very cute)
- enormous (very large)
- minuscule (very small)
- wasted (very drunk)