list of adjectives to describe a person
List of Adjectives to Describe a Person
The personality, feelings, thoughts and appearance of a person can be described using numerous adjectives. If you are looking for adjectives beyond 'good' or 'bad', 'beautiful' or 'wicked' to describe a person, the lists mentioned below will help you.
According to a study undertaken by Oxford Online (in association with the Oxford English Dictionary), good, new, first, last, long are the five most common adjectives found in written as well as printed material all over the world.
Although termed as a 'funny and difficult' language, English is a widely spoken language. English grammar is broadly made up of 8 parts of speech; adjectives being one of them. In simplest terms, adjectives can be defined as words that describe nouns or tell us more about nouns.
When describing a person, both, positive as well as negative adjectives are used by people. However, whether the adjective is positive or negative is subjective and depends entirely on the speaker and the situation. In the actual language, the adjectives list can be nearly endless. But, here is a collection of some of the widely-used adjectives to describe people.
Adjectives Describing a Person's...
The division of lists will help you in understanding the basic use of adjectives, as in the purpose and context. However, remember that ultimately all the following adjectives are used to describe people.
... Feelings
Agreeable
Anxious
Afraid
Angry
Alert
Big-headed
Bemused
Bored
Confused
Comfortable
Calm
Clueless
Contented
Creepy
Curious
Cynical
Diplomatic
Disturbed
Deceitful
Dominating
Depressed
Emotional
Envious
Enthusiastic
Fantastic
Faithful
Fine
Grieving
Good
Grumpy
Happy
Honest
Horrible
Hungry
Idiotic
Impartial
Ill
Insane
Juvenile
Jovial
Kittenish
Kind
Kinky
Lascivious
Lively
Miserable
Mature
Nurturing
Nice
Needy
Passionate
Peaceful
Protective
Proud
Respectful
Relaxed
Silly
Sore
Sorrowful
Somber
Shallow
Troubled
Tolerant
Tired
Testy
Unsociable
Unwell
Unhappy
Vicious
Vengeful
Weary
Wicked
Wrong
Yielding
Zestful
... Personality
Able
Artistic
Amused
Ambitious
Aggressive
Adaptable
Bright
Brave
Biased
Bubbly
Competent
Cruel
Cowardly
Co-operative
Combative
Diligent
Direct
Decorous
Dangerous
Determined
Disagreeable
Encouraging
Evil
Easygoing
Friendly
Frank
Fearless
Gifted
Generous
Gregarious
Harmonious
Headstrong
Helpful
Hesitant
Intelligent
Impulsive
Instinctive
Introverted
Judgmental
Jealous
Kingly
Keen
Knowing
Lazy
Lonely
Merciful
Mysterious
Nasty
Naïve
Naughty
Placid
Practical
Pleasing
Punctual
Reckless
Restless
Sensitive
Sincere
Successful
Selfish
Sedate
Trustworthy
Thrifty
Talented
Truculent
Unkind
Unbiased
Unscrupulous
Virtuous
Voracious
Wise
Witty
Warm
Youthful
Zany
... Appearance
Amiable
Attractive
Affable
Adorable
Alluring
Boring
Beautiful
Bewildered
Clumsy
Charismatic
Confident
Cultured
Cheerful
Creepy
Dazzling
Debonair
Dull
Drab
Disillusioned
Dynamic
Enchanting
Elegant
Energetic
Fabulous
Fair
Filthy
Glamorous
Glum
Gentle
Honorable
Homely
Handsome
Interesting
Illiterate
Ill-mannered
Impolite
Jocund
Jolly
Klutzy
Kind-hearted
Kiddish
Loud
Lovely
Modest
Magnificent
Noisy
Nervous
Nerdy
Pretty
Perfect
Plucky
Pleasant
Reserved
Rude
Sassy
Self-assured
Smart
Snobbish
Smiling
Splendid
Shy
Timid
Thoughtful
Tough
Tense
Unpleasant
Unassuming
Upset
Villainous
Vivacious
Wild
Wonderful
Worried
Young
Zaftig
- She is a bright student.
- Her drab personality was more discouraging than anything else.
- He was nothing, but a snobbish, old fool.
- His vengeful attitude finally led to his own downfall.
- The helpful professor was more favored than his counterparts.
- She was self-assured, cheerful and very successful.
- His testy nature made him very unpopular among people.