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Posted By: Joe_F
05-Nov-09 - 06:14 PM
Thread Name: BS: Polar adjectives wanted for silly song
Subject: BS: Polar adjectives wanted for silly song
To be sung TTTO Non più andrai in Mozart's Figaro:

Long and short,
Rough and smooth,
Nice and nasty,
High and low,
Loud and soft,
Drunk and sober,
Hot and cold,
Warm and cool,
Smart and stupid,
Thick and thin,
Light and dark,
Large and small,
Wet and dry,
Bright and dim,
Neat and messy,
Rich and poor,
Young and old,
Near and far.

Hard and soft,
Tall and short,
Sad and happy,
Fast and slow,
Good and bad,
Deep and shallow,
Cheap and dear,
Weak and strong,
Wise and foolish,
Sharp and dull,
Fat and lean,
Fresh and stale,
Old and new,
Fair and foul,
Big and little,
Rich and lean,
Harsh and mild,
Coarse and fine.

Great and small,
Limp and stiff,
Tough and tender,
Well and ill,
Soon and late,
Clean and dirty,
Tight and loose,
Taut and slack,
Hard and easy,
Broad and strait,
Sweet and dry,...

I have run out of monosyllabic antonym pairs. Perhaps you can help me at least get thru the third stanza.

1+2-syllable pairs are plentiful:

Light and heavy,
Wide and narrow,
Glad and sorry,
Straight and crooked,
Calm and windy,
Rare and common,
Slick and sticky,
Fair and cloudy,
Sick and healthy,
Late and early,
Kind and cruel,
Crisp and soggy,
Safe and risky,
Bald and hairy,

I should point out that I am interested in adjectives that refer to directions on a scale -- not ones (such as live and dead) that purport to name the interior & exterior of a set.