100 Examples of Adjectives to Describe People in English

The adjectives which are used to describe people in English qualify and provide information about someone, both in terms of personality and character, as well as physical appearance. For example: funny(funny), gentle (gentle), tall (high).

Unlike Spanish, adjectives in English do not have gender (feminine or masculine) or number (singular or plural). For example: The girl is beautiful. The girls are beautiful.(And not: The girls are beautiful).

As in Spanish, adjectives in English can come after the verb(He is good), but unlike Spanish, adjectives in English must come before the adjective. noun, and not after. For example: He is a good boy. (And not: he is a good boy).

• See also: Description of a person

Adjectives to describe people: personality

Adjectives used to describe people in English can be positive (they describe the virtues or positive qualities) or negative (describe the defects or qualities negative).

positive personality adjectives

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adventurous adventurous	enthusiastic enthusiastic	outgoing outgoing
affectionate affectionate	extrovert outgoing	passionate passionate
brave brave	frank Frank	patient patient
bright bright	friendly friendly	polite respectful
calm down calm	fun fun	positive positive
caring affectionate	generous generous	practically practical
charming charming	good-natured Well	relaxed relaxed
cheerful cheerful	hardworking worker	reliable reliable
clever intelligent	intelligent intelligent	self confident self-confident
consider yourself considered	kind gentle	sensitive sensible
cool brilliant	loving loving	sensitive sensitive
determined decided	faithful loyal	sincere sincere
down to earth centered	modest modest	Sociable Sociable
easygoing easy to treat	nice pleasant	sympathetic empathic
efficient efficient	open minded Open-minded	thoughtful considered
emotional emotional	optimistic optimistic	witty witty

negative personality adjectives

aggressive aggressive	disloyal unfair	moody of changing character
annoying annoying	disrespectful disrespectful	narrow-minded narrow minded
arrogant arrogant	dull bored	nasty disgusting
Mal humor moody	egocentric egocentric	naughty disobedient
big headed smug	envious jealous	nosy obtrusive
boastful braggart	foolish silly	obsessive obsessive
boring bored	fussy fussy	obstinate stubborn
bossy bossy	greedy penny pincher	pessimistic pessimistic
changeable changeable	impatient impatient	picky tricky
cheeky insolent	impolite blunt	rude impolite
competitive competitive	impulsive impulsive	ruthless ruthless
conceited conceited	inconsiderate inconsiderate	selfish selfish
cruel cruel	jealous jealous	silly silly
cynical cynical	lazy lazy	shy shy
deceitful fake	lonely lonely	stubborn strong headed
dishonest dishonest	mean bad	empty vain

Attention: There are adjectives that do not express personality characteristics but the mood or temporary feelings. Some adjectives are: happy (happy), sad (sad), angry (angry), excited (enthusiastic), upset (annoying), embarrassed (ashamed), tired (tired).

• See also: Qualifying adjectives in English

Adjectives to describe people: physical appearance

Some adjectives that are used to describe the physical appearance, age and style of people are:

athletic athletic	fat fat	plump chubby
attractive attractive	good looking handsome	pretty pretty
average height of average height	gorgeous precious	red haired redhead
bald bald	grey-haired with gray hair	shorts low
balding that he is going bald	handsome good looking	skinny too skinny
beautiful beautiful	in his thirties in his thirties	slender slim
blue eyed blue-eyed	medium-built medium build	slim slender, slender
casually-dressed informally dressed	medium-height of medium height	tall high
clean clean	middle-aged middle-aged	thin slim
curly haired with curly hair	muscular muscular	ugly ugly
cute beautiful	neat neat	unattractive less atractive
dark-haired dark	nice nice	unkempt unkempt looking
elderly elderly	old Old man	well dressed well dressed
elegant elegant	overweight with overweight	white-haired white hair
fair-haired blond	plain bland	young young

• It can help you: Sentences with adjectives in English

Sentences with adjectives to describe personality

1. She is talented and charismatic.
   He is talented and charismatic.
2. Mike is a cautious driver.
   Mike is a cautious driver.
3. Thank you for being so understanding.
   Thank you for being so comprehensive.
4. All my friends are honest people.
   All my friends are honest people.
5. Amy is a smart young woman.
   Amy is a smart young woman.
6. My grandfather was very balanced person.
   My grandfather was a very balanced person.
7. She is a lively child.
   She is a lively girl.
8. I'm Absent Minded; I'm always losing things.
   I am distracted; I'm always losing things.
9. Mr Lewis is unreliable: he never meets deadlines.
   Mr. Lewis is unreliable: he never meets deadlines.
10. Ted is clumsy; he broke grandma's vase.
    Ted is clumsy; broke grandma's vase.

Sentences with adjectives to describe physical appearance

1. Julie is a pretty child.
   Julie is a pretty girl.
2. your aunt is elegant and always well dressed.
   Your aunt is elegant and always well dressed.
3. Bob is a tall slim man.
   Bob is a tall, thin man.
4. My sister is the red haired girl with freckles.
   My sister is the redheaded girl with freckles.
5. he has an unattractive face.
   He has an unattractive face.
6. Jim is a neat looking person.
   Jim is a neat looking person.
7. My favorite actor is very good looking.
   My favorite actor is very handsome.
8. How cute your niece is!
   How beautiful is your niece!
9. Your brother looks very fit.
   Your brother looks very fit.
10. My mother doesn't like people with an unkempt appearance.
    My mom dislikes unkempt-looking people.

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