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Adjective + Preposition - Collocations

This document provides lists of common adjective and preposition collocations organized by the preposition. It includes collocations using the prepositions "with", "of", "for", "about", "at", "in", "from", and "to". Each list presents multiple adjective-preposition pairs to illustrate how certain adjectives are frequently used with specific prepositions in English.

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Adjective + Preposition - Collocations

This document provides lists of common adjective and preposition collocations organized by the preposition. It includes collocations using the prepositions "with", "of", "for", "about", "at", "in", "from", and "to". Each list presents multiple adjective-preposition pairs to illustrate how certain adjectives are frequently used with specific prepositions in English.

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Adjectives and Prepositions Collocations

How to use prepositions after adjectives.


List of common adjective & preposition List of adjective & preposition
collocations with WITH. collocations with OF.
Acquainted with Accused of
Angry with Afraid of
Annoyed with Ashamed of
Associated with Aware of
Blessed with Capable of
Bored with Certain of
Busy with Clever of
Careless with Conscious of
Clever with Envious of
Comfortable with Fond of
Concerned with Free of
Connected with Frightened of
Content with Full of
Coordinated with Generous of
Crowded with Guilty of
Delighted with Hopeful of
Familiar with In charge of
Disgusted with In danger of
Fed up with In favor of
Free with Innocent of
Friendly/unfriendly with Jealous of
Furious with Kind of
Furnished with Made of
Generous with Nasty of
Gentle with Nervous of
Happy with Nice of
Impressed with Proud of
Cluttered with Rid of
Lucky with Scared of
Patient with Selfish of
Careful with Sensible of
Pleased with Sick of
Popular with Silly of
Satisfied with Stupid of
Wrong with Sure of
Suspicious of
Tired of
True of
Typical of
Unkind of

List of adjective & preposition List of adjective & preposition


collocations with FOR. collocations with ABOUT.
Eligible for Angry about
Eager for Annoyed about
Late for Anxious about
Mean for Careful about
Qualified for Careless about
Thankful for Certain about
Concerned for Concerned about
Clever for Crazy about
Happy for Curious about
True for Depressed about
Good for Enthusiastic about
Free for Excited about
Bad for Furious about
Difficult for Guilty about
Grateful for Happy about
Hard for Hopeful about
Known for Mad about
Notorious for Nervous about
Prepared for Obsessed about
Ready for Optimistic about
Renowned for Pessimistic about
Responsible for something Puzzled about
Serious for Sensitive about
Suitable for Serious about
Thirsty for Sorry about
Famous for something Sure about
Sorry for Sympathetic about
Terrible about
Upset about
Worried about
Wrong about

List of adjective & preposition List of adjective & preposition


collocations with AT. collocations with BY.
Amazed at Amazed by
Angry at Delighted by
Annoyed at Disturbed by
Awful at Excited by
Bad at Fascinated by
Brilliant at Impressed by
Clever at Inspired by
Delighted at Selfish by
Disappointed at Shocked by
Excellent at Surprised by
Excited at
Good at
Hopeless at
Mad at
Presented at
Skilled at
Successful at
Surprised at
Terrible at
Slow at
Lucky at

List of adjective & preposition List of adjective & preposition


collocations with IN. collocations with FROM.
Comfortable in Different from
Connected in Safe from
Disappointed in Rude from
Experienced in Free from
Interested in
Polite/impolite in
Present in
Skilled in
Slow in
Successful in
Talented in

List of adjective & preposition


collocations with TO.
 Happy to
 Delighted to
 Pleased to
 Concerned to
 Familiar to
 Proud to
 Kind to
 Rude to
 Scared to
 Free to
 Good to
 Nasty to
 Nice to
 Unkind to
 Accustomed to
 Addicted to
 Allergic to
 Anxious to
 Apposed to
 Attached to
 Beneficial to
 Cruel to
 Curious to
 Disappointed to
 Eager to
 Eligible to
 Exposed to
 Faithful to
 Grateful to
 Identical to
 Immune to
 Indifferent to
 Inferior to
 Keen to
 Late to
 Limited to
 Married to
 Mean to
 Polite/impolite to
 Qualified to
 Related to
 Relevant to
 Sad to
 Sensitive to
 Similar to
 Slow to
 Superior to
 Sympathetic to
 Thankful to
 Unreasonable to
 Wrong to

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