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List of Descriptive Words and Adjectives for Movements ( Fast )

Descriptive words / Adjectives for movements ( fast ) below.


Words are listed in Alphabetical Order.
bolt
bounce
careen
chase
dart
dash
drive
drop
flee
flick
fly
gallop
hope
hurl
hurry
lift
odorous
plummet
plunge
propel
race
ram
run
rush
sail
scamper
scramble
scurry
shove
skip
smash
soar
speed
spin
spring
sprint
streak
stride
swat
swerve
swing
swoop
trot
whisk
zip
zoom

List of Descriptive Words and Adjectives for Movements ( Slow )


Descriptive words / Adjectives for movements ( Slow ) below.
Words are listed in Alphabetical Order.
amble
bend
crawl
creep
drag
drift
droop
edge
heave
loiter
lumber
plod
saunter
slink
slouch
sneak
stagger
stalk
stray
stroll
swagger
sway

tiptoe
waddle

List of Descriptive Words and Adjectives for Touch and Feel


Descriptive words / Adjectives for touch and feel below.
Words are listed in Alphabetical Order.
cold
cool
crisp
damp
dry
dull
elastic
explode
feathery

firm
fishy
fleshy
fragile
furry
fuzzy
gritty
hairy
hard
hot
icy
leathery
lukewarm
moist
oily
pebbly
prickly
pulpy
rough
rubbery
sandy
satiny
sharp
silky
slimy
slippery

smooth
soft
spongy
steamy
sticky
stuccoed
tacky
tender
tepid
textured
thick
thin
tough
velvety
warm
waxy
wet
wooly

List of Descriptive Words and Adjectives for Taste


Descriptive words / Adjectives for Taste below.
Words are listed in Alphabetical Order.
alkaline

bitter
bittersweet
bland
burnt
buttery
crisp
fishy
fruity
gingery
hearty
hot
mellow
oily
oily
overripe
peppery
raw
ripe
salty
sour
spicy
spoiled
sugary
sweet
tangy medicinal
tasteless

unripe
vinegary

Descriptive Words List of Adjectives for Smell


List of Descriptive Words and Adjectives for Smell
Descriptive words / Adjectives for Smell below.
Words are listed in Alphabetical Order.
acidyacrid
aromatic
balmy
briny
burnt
damp
dank
earthy
fishy
fragrant
fresh
gamy
gaseous
mildewed
moldy

musty
perfumed
piney
pungent
putrid
rancid
reek
rotten
savory
scented
sharp
sickly
sour
spicy
spoiled
stagnant
stench
sweet
tempting

Descriptive Words List of Adjectives for Hearing ( Soft Sounds )


List of Descriptive Words and Adjectives for Hearing ( Soft Sounds )

Descriptive words / Adjectives for Hearing ( Soft Sounds ) below.


Words are listed in Alphabetical Order.
buzzchime
clink
crackle
faint
gurgle
harmony (musical)
hiss
hum
hush
inaudible
lilting
melody
murmur
mute
mutter
patter
peep
purr
rush
rustle
sigh
snap
speechless
still

swish
tinkle
twitter
whir
whisper
zing

Descriptive Words List of Adjectives for Hearing ( Loud Sounds )


List of Descriptive Words and Adjectives for Hearing ( Loud Sounds )
Descriptive words / Adjectives for Hearing ( Loud Sounds ) below.
Words are listed in Alphabetical Order.
bangbark
bedlam
blare
bleat
bluster
boom
brawl
bray

bump
caterwaul
clamor
clap
clash
crash
deafening
din
discord
earsplitting
grate
hubbub
jangle
noise
pandemonium
piercing
racket
rage
rasp
raucous
riot
roar
rowdy
rumble
scream
screech

shout
slam
smash
squawk
stamp
stomp
thud
thump
thunder
tumult
whine
whistle
yell

List of Descriptive Words and Adjectives for Personal Traits and Characteristics
Descriptive words / Adjectives for Personal Traits and Characteristics below.
Words are listed in Alphabetical Order.
ableachiever
active
adaptable
alert
ambitious
analytical
assertive
attentive
broad-minded
capable
challenge-oriented
competent
conscientious
constructive
cooperative
courageous
creative
curious

dedicated
dependable
determined
diplomatic
disciplined
dynamic
economical
effective
efficient
endurance
energetic
enterprising
enthusiastic
far-sighted
fast learner
firmly
imaginative
independent
logical
motivated
optimistic
organized
original
perceptive
personable
pleasant
poised
positive
practical
pressure
problem solver
productive
proficient
progressive
punctual
realistic
reliable
resourceful
responsible
risk-taker
self-reliant
self-starter
sincere
skilled
sophisticated
successful
systematic
tactful
talented
team member
trustworthy
willing worker
work well under

work well with others

Descriptive Words List of Adjectives for Characters


List of Descriptive Words and Adjectives for Characters
Descriptive words / Adjectives for Characters below.
Words are listed in Alphabetical Order.
cleverconfident
courageous
demanding
determined
easy-going
eccentric
efficient
emotional
energetic
enthusiastic
exuberant
firm
flexible
forgiving
frank
friendly
generous
gentle
good-natured

healthy
helpful
honest
hopeful
humble
humorous
imaginative
independent
individualistic
industrious
insightful
intelligent
inventive
kind
likable
logical
loyal
methodical
modest
motivated
open-minded
optimistic
practical
precise
prudent
purposeful

quick-witted
quiet
realistic
reliable
resourceful
responsible
self-confident
selfless
sensible
serious
sincere
smart
sociable
spontaneous
strong-willed
tenacious
thorough
thoughtful
tolerant
trusting
trustworthy
unconventional
understanding
verbal
versatile
visionary

wise
witty
zany

Descriptive Words List of Adjectives for Mood


List of Descriptive Words and Adjectives for Mood
Descriptive words / Adjectives for Mood below.
Words are listed in Alphabetical Order.
Agitated
Ambiguous
Ambivalent
Apathetic
Cynical
Disturbed
Diverse
Dominant
Exuberant
Humourous
Hysterical
Insensitive
Jovial
Lackadaisical
Livid
Morose

Precocious
Raucous
Relaxed
Sarcastic
Sensitive
Sleep
Soothed
Vivacious

ist of Descriptive Words and Adjectives for Action/Actions


Descriptive words / Adjectives for Action/Actions below.
Words are listed in Alphabetical Order.
Accelerated
Accomplished
Achieved
Acted
Adapted
Added
Addressed
Administered
Advanced

Advised
Allocated
Analyzed
Appraised
Approved
Arranged
Assembled
Assigned
Assisted
Attained
Audited
Authored
Automated
Balanced
Briefed
Broadened
Budgeted
Built
Calculated
Catalogued
Chaired
Changed
Charted
Clarified
Classified
Coached

Collected
Compiled
Completed
Composed
Computed
Conceived
Conceptualized
Conducted
Conferred
Confronted
Consolidated
Constructed
Contracted
Contributed
Controlled
Converted
Coordinated
Created
Critiqued
Cut
Decided
Decreased
Delegated
Delivered
Demonstrated
Derived

Designed
Determined
Developed
Devised
Diagnosed
Directed
Discovered
Dispatched
Dispensed
Displayed
Distinguished
Distributed
Diversified
Doubled
Drafted
Dramatized
Earned
Edited
Educated
Effected
Eliminated
Enabled
Encouraged
Engineered
Enhanced
Enlisted

Established
Estimated
Evaluated
Examined
Executed
Exhibited
Expanded
Expedited
Explained
Expressed
Extracted
Fabricated
Facilitated
Familiarized
Fashioned
Focused
Fore-casted
Formulated
Founded
Gained
Generated
Guided
Halved
Handled
Identified
Illustrated

Imagined
Implemented
Improved
Increased
Influenced
Informed
Initiated
Innovated
Inspected
Installed
Instituted
Instructed
Integrated
Interpreted
Interviewed
Introduced
Invented
Investigated
Judged
Launched
Lectured
Led
Located
Made
Maintained
Managed

Marketed
Measured
Mediated
Moderated
Monitored
Motivated
Narrated
Negotiated
Operated
Organized
Originated
Overhauled
Oversaw
Participated
Performed
Persuaded
Pinpointed
Planned
Predicted
Prepared
Presented
Prioritized
Processed
Produced
Programmed
Projected

Promoted
Proposed
Proved
Provided
Publicized
Published
Purchased
Raised
Realized
Recommended
Reconciled
Recorded
Recruited
Redesigned
Reduced
Re-engineered
Referred
Regulated
Rehabilitated
Reinforced
Remodeled
Reorganized
Repaired
Reported
Represented
Researched

Resolved
Restored
Restructured
Retrieved
Revamped
Reversed
Reviewed
Revised
Revitalized
Saved
Scheduled
Screened
Selected
Served
Serviced
Shaped
Simplified
Sketched
Sold
Solidified
Solved
Sparked
Specified
Spoke
Staffed
Standardized

Started
Stimulated
Strategized
Streamlined
Strengthened
Stressed
Stretched
Structured
Succeeded
Summarized
Supervised
Supported
Surveyed
Systematized
Tabulated
Taught
Tested
Traced
Tracked
Trained
Transferred
Transformed
Translated
Traveled
Trimmed
Turned

Uncovered
Unified
Updated
Upgraded
Utilized
Validated
Verified
Visualized
Web-authored
Widened
Won
Worked
Wrote

List of Descriptive Words and Adjectives for Shapes & Patterns


Descriptive words / Adjectives for Shapes & Patterns below.
Words are listed in Alphabetical Order.
adjacent
aquiline
arc
baggy
ball
banded

box
breadth
checkered
concave
concentric
cone
contoured
convex
corkscrew
crescent
crested
crowned
crystalline
cube
cupped
curly
curved
cylinder
dappled
depressed
depth
diagonal
disc
drooping
ellipsoidal
elliptical

fanned
flat
frail
girth
globe
height
helix
hemisphere
hexagon
horizontal
lanky
length
long
narrow
octagon
orb
oval
oval
ovate
palmate
parallel
pentagon
pied
pinnate
plate
plump

pointed
polyhedron
protruding
pyramid
rectangle
reticulated
rolling
round
rounded
serpentine
shallow
shapely
sharp
short
sinuous
solid
spherical
spiked
spotted
square
streamlined
sunken
swollen
terrain
tetrahedral
thread

tight
trapezoid
triangle
veined
vertical
wide
width
winding
worm-like

List of Descriptive Words and Adjectives for Slight Words


Descriptive words by slight words below.
Words are listed in Alphabetical Order.
angularanimated
apprehensive
arid
arrogant
attractive
awkward
blazing
blithe
blood
blotched
bold
branching
bright
broken
bruised
calm
cheap
chintzy
chubby
clean
clear

clustered
cluttered
congested
conical
crimped
crinkled
crisp
crooked
crowded
curved
cylindrical
dark
dazzling
decorative
dingy
dismal
distinctive
dotted
drab
dramatic
dramatic
dull
elegant
energetic
erect
exhausted
exhuberant
exotic
expansive
fat
fearful
fiery
flamboyant
flared
flashy
flat
flowery
fluid
flushed
formal
fragile
frail
freckled
fresh
frightened
frilled
gigantic
glassy
glazed
globular
glossy
glowing
gorgeous

grimy
handsome
hardy
healthy
heavy
hexagonal
hollow
huge
hysterical
immense
imposing
iridescent
irregular
irresistible
jammed
jeweled
jutting
lacy
large
lavish
lively
loan
loose
lumpy
massive
messy
miniature
mottled
muddy
muscular
narrow
nerveless
nervous
octagonal
old
opaque
opulent
orderly
oval
overloaded
packed
pale
pasty
patterned
pendulous
perky
pleasant
portly
pretty
proportioned
pyramidical
radiant
ramshackle

rectangular
regal
ridged
robust
rotted
rotund
ruffled
scrolled
scrubbed
serene
shabby
shapeless
shapely
sheer
shimmering
shiny
showy
shy
sickly
skinny
slender
slim
small
sparkling
spindly
split
spotted
square
squeezed
stately
statuesque
stolid
stout
straight
stretched
striped
strong
sturdy
sunny
supple
swollen
tall
tantalizing
tapering
tearful
terrified
thin
tidy
tied
timid
tiny
tired
topheavy

translucent
transparent
triangular
tubular
tufted
twiggy
ugly
unruffled
untidy
used
verdant
vivid
wide
wild
winged
wiry
worn
wrinkled
young

As poor as a churchmouse.
As thin as a rail.
As sly as a fox.
As fat as a hog.
As cozy as two peas in a pod.
As strong as an ox.
As happy as a dead pig in the sunshine.
As hard as a rock.
As hot as h***.
As spry as a cat.

As proud as a peacock.
As ugly as sin.
As stubborn as a mule.
As full as a tick.
As deep as a well.
As strong as a bear.
As red as a beet.
As black as tar.
As neat as a pin.
As smart as a whip.
As bright as a sixpence.
As dead as a door nail.
As slow as a snail.
As fine as a fiddle.
As slow as smoke out of the outhouse.
As white as a sheet.
As flat as a pancake.
As blind as a bat.
As slow as molasses in January.

As sharp as a tack.
As clear as a bell.
As light as a feather.
As mean as a rattlesnake.
As snug as a bug in a rug.
As right as rain.
As slow as Christmas.
As nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
As useless as tits on a boar-hog.
As slick as an eel.
As slick as owl s***.
As old as dirt.
As old as the hills.
Bleeding like a stuck pig.
As fast as greased lightning.
As cold as a witch's t**.
Knee high to a grasshopper.
Like a bump on a log.
As rough as a corn cob.

Picture perfect.
As pretty as a picture.
As easy as pie.
As dry as a bone.
Faster than a speeding bullet.
As straight as an arrow.
As pure as the driven snow.
As cool as a cucumber.
As bald as a cue ball.
As high as a kite.
As busy as a bee.
Like a bull in a china shop.
As smooth as silk.
As quiet as a mouse.
As easy as taking candy from a baby.
As tight as a drum.
As white as a ghost.
As wise as an owl.
Growing like a weed.

That was a close shave.


That pales in comparison.
Like a hot knife through butter.
The pick of the litter.
The cream of the crop.
As tough as nails.
Runs like a deer.
As rough as a gale.
As cold as a two dog night.
As fair as a lily.
As clean as a penny.
As fresh as a daisy.
He's a few bricks shy of a full load.
He's not running on all eight cylinders.
More fun than a barrel of monkeys.
A stones throw away.
Like a diamond in the rough.
As drunk as a skunk.
As dumb as a door nail.

Raining like cats and dogs.


As noisy as a jack ass in a tin barn.
As fine as a frog's hair.
He laughs like a jackass eating thistles.
As ugly as a mud fence.
Bottom dollar.
Lined up like ducks in a row.
As jumpy as a cat on a hot tin roof.
Like a fart in a whirl-wind.
As dumb as a post.
As smart as a box of rocks.
Busier than a one legged man in a a** kicking contest.
Busier than a one armed paper hanger.
Busier than a cat taking a s**t on a marble floor.
Whiter than a well digger's a**.
Slower than pond water.
Cuter than a bug's ear.
He's nine cents short of a dime.
His elevator doesn't go all the way to the top.

The lights are on but nobody's home.


Longer than a country mile.
Rode hard and put up wet.
I'll slap you naked and hide your clothes.
I'll slap the taste out of your mouth.
I'll knock you into the middle of next week and meet you coming
back on Sunday.
I'll jerk a knot in your tail.
I'll knock a knot on your head and dare it to rise.
Older than Sam Hill.
Broker than the Ten Commandments.
As broke as a convict.
Her bread ain't done.
She's so ugly she could snag lightning and run thunder under the
bed.
Bridle your tongue.
As hard as woodpecker lips.
Tighter than Dick's hatband.
As ready as a ham sandwich at a church picnic.
You're so ugly, you came out head first and the doctors thought

you were breach.


As scarce as hen's teeth.
I'll hit you so hard you'll fold-up like a dollar and a quarter
suitcase.
He's a few fries short of a Happy Meal.
Off as fast as a new bride's pajamas.
Off like a prom dress.
Smaller than Carter's little pills.
I have more questions than Carter has pills.
A day late and a dollar short.
That would gag a maggot.
High hog at the trough.
Eyes as big as cow s*** on a flat rock.
Its hotter than a four-balled Tom cat.
Slicker than snot on a door knob.
She is the spitting image of my daughter.
He's not worth a fart in a wind storm.
As soft as a baby's butt.
Hotter than a two dollar pistol.
He's not playing with a full deck.

As handy as a pocket on a shirt.


As slick as a pair of pajamas on a garter snake.
As slick as a wompus cat.

GOOD PHRASES THAT DESCRIBE EMOTIONS


Fear
...frozen with
terror...
...a shiver ran
down her spine...
...was horrified
by ...
...felt a sense of
dread...
...all hairs on her
body stood on
their ends...
...could feel the
impending
danger...
...trembling with
fear...

Happy
...he was ecstatic
over....
...was over the
moon...
...jumping with
joy...
...head was dizzy
with delight...
...elated to ...

Angry
...furious
over/with...
...fuming mad...

Sad
...felt wretched
with grief...
...felt gloomy...

...he saw red...

...in high spirits...

...livid with rage...

...filled with
misery...
...broke down into
tears...
...was heartrending to see
her...
...gloomy and
depressed...

Shock
...was surprised
to...
...amazed to find...

Embarrassment
...face turned beet
red with...
...dig herself a
hole and hide...

...unexpected...

...mortified to
see...
...could not bring
herself to meet his
eyes...
..ashamed...

Tired
...worn out with
fatigue...
...could not muster
up a single ounce
of strength any
more...
...dog tired...

...astounded...

...mind was
engulfed by rage...
...boiling mad...

...was
astonished...

...feel herself
shrivel up into a
dried prune...

...limbs felt as if
they were chained
to iron shackles...
...dragging himself
on limply...
...his body felt as
if it was made of
lead...

Nervous/Excitem

Pain

Pride

...flabbergasted...

Hungry
...ravenous for...
...feel the stomach
twisting and
turning in agony...
...stomach
growling...
...as hungry as a
wolf...
...famished...
...wolfed down his
food...
...stomach was
begging for food...

Temptation

ent
...hands felt
clammy...
...butterflies in the
stomach...

...tingling with
anxiety/excitemen
t...
...could hear his
heart throbbing
loudly...
...swallowed down
a gulp and...
...jittery...
...beads of cold
sweat were
dripping down...
...pumping with
adrenaline...

...writhing in
agony...
... knife was
pierced through
the heart...

...sense of
pleasure...
...surge of pride
well up...

...stabbed
forcefully with a
blunt knife...
...keel over in gut
wrenching pain...

...chest stuck out


proudly...

...filled with
agony...
...sharp pain sear
through...
...felt the pain
shoot right to his
head...
...the pain was
excruciating...

...as proud as a
peacock...
Envy

...conceited...

...green with
envy...
...felt a pang of
jealousy...

...could not
resist...
...felt as if he was
being pulled over
by an invisible
thread...
...unconsciously
gravitating
towards...
...irresistible...

...helplessly drawn
into/towards...

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