Appearances - How to describe someone in English

Appearances - How to describe someone in English

بواسطة Unknown يوم Sunday, March 24, 2013 القسم : Vocabulary 0 comments

Height

	He is tall.	He is short.	He is normal height.
+	He is very tall.	He is quite short.	He is relatively normal height.

Build

She is skinny. (negative)	She is fat. (negative)
She is anorexic. (medical)	She is tubby. (negative)
She is underweight. (negative)	She is overweight. (negative)
She is thin. (negative)	She is plump. (neutral)
She is slim. (positive)	She is stocky. (neutral)
She is slender. (positive)	She is bonny. (positive)
!Note - if a man is fat (especially round the waist) we often say he has a beer belly.

Hair

blonde/fair hair	brown hair	red hair	black hair	grey hair
blonde	brunette	redhead	-	-

Eyes

	grey eyes	green eyes	blue eyes	brown eyes	dark eyes

				!Note! This is a black eye!

Type of hair

	She has long hair.	She has short hair.	He has no hair. = He is bald.	She has medium length hair.	She has medium length hair.	She has short hair.
+	She has long, black hair.	She has short, black hair.	-	She has medium length , blonde hair.	She has medium length, red hair.	She has short, blonde hair.
++	She has long, straight, black hair.	She has short, straight, black hair.	-	She has medium length, straight, blonde hair.	She has medium length, wavy, red hair.	She has short, curly, blonde hair.
or	Her hair is long, straight and black.	Her hair is short, straight and black.	-	Her hair is medium length, straight and blonde.	Her hair is medium length, wavy and red.	Her hair is short, curly and blonde.
+					She wears glasses.

Type of complexion

He is asian. He has light-brown skin.	She is black. She has dark skin.	He is white. He has fair skin.	She is white. She has lightly tanned skin.	She is white. She has very pale skin.

Other features Point your cursor over the named feature, if you're correct the word will appear.

	moustache	beard	chin	forehead	nostrils


	eyebrows	cheeks	fringe	lips	teeth

Note !

bald, black, blonde, blue, brown, curly, fat, grey, long , medium,
overweight, pale, plump, red, short, skinny, slim, stocky, straight, tall, tanned,
thin, wavy and white

are all adjectives - they describe things

very, quite and slightly

are all modifires - they change (modify) the adjectives.

And don't forget, being able to describe people is a very useful skill:-

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