List of 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