Descriptive Words

Writing a comprehensive list of descriptive words would probably take an extremely lengthy amount of time. Just look at how many descriptive words were used in that first sentence: writing, comprehensive, descriptive, probably, extremely, lengthy, and so forth. When people hear the phrase "descriptive words" they tend to think of adjectives. While all adjectives are descriptive words, not all descriptive words are adjectives. Furthermore, many different types of adjectives exist.


List of Descriptive Words

In order to take away the potential of such a list to become extreme overwhelming, let's break them down into several shorter components of the list of descriptive words.

+ General Adjectives

hairy
dusty
melancholy
abrupt
tall
angry
grotesque
monstrous
miniscule

+ General Adverbs

quickly
hastily
angrily
faintly
begrudgingly
meagerly

+ Gerunds

walking
talking
laughing
playing
running
drinking
eating
making
taking
buying
hating
loving
driving
painting
writing
baking
cooking
mixing
biking
hiking
swimming
laughing
joking
crying
diving
tying
betting
getting
hammering
nailing
jumping
preparing

*There may be some confusion as to why gerunds belong with descriptive words. The answer is simple: they are often used to describe the actions of an individual. Therefore, they are descriptive words.

+ Words Describing People

short
large
fat
thin
thick
blue-eyed
brown-eyed
green-eyed
brunette
blond
smart
intelligent
dumb
stupid
hungry
thirsty
mean
nice
kind
friendly
honest
truthful
comical
hilarious
funny
tall
gorgeous
ugly
beautiful
cute
adorable
dependable
reliable
dishonest
liar
religious
secular
political
Democrat
Republican
Catholic
Christian
Lutheran
Baptist
Jewish
Islamic
pagan
Hindu
Buddhist
atheist
agnostic
student
teacher
police officer
firefighter
doctor
nurse
lawyer
dependent
certificated financial planner
stay at home mom
manager
employee
homemaker

+ Words Describing Other Things (some could be used for people)

broken
bent
icey
steamy
warm
cold
hot
cool
chilly
breezy
chocolatey
spicey
salty
bittery
sweet
sour
crunchy
delightful
moist
dangerous
exciting
fun
milky
abomination
welcoming
open
closed

+ Colors

blue
green
yellow
red
purple
pink
magenta
orange
turquoise
Tiffany blue
baby blue
brown
black
caramel
coffee
white
gray
hot pink
lime green
strawberry red
lilac
seafoam
cyan

+ Shapes

oval
circle
square
triangle
pentagon
hexagon
septagon
decagon
sextagon
nonatagon
rectangle
prism
rectaungular prism
sphere
globe

+ Weather

raining
pouring
snowing
sunny
cloudy
hot
cold
warm
cool
freezing
humid
breezy
windy
light rain
thunderstorm
thunder
lightning
downpour
tornado
flood
hurricane
tsunami
earthquake
blizzard
torrential rains

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