How to Describe People in English! The following lesson provides a useful list of common adjectives that are often used to describe people in English.
Here is the list of useful adjectives used to describe a person:
- Heavy
- Thin
- Glamorous
- Lovely
- Overweight
- Old
- Pretty
- Muscular
- Elegant
- Chubby
- Skinny
Example Sentences
Thin
- He was tall and thin, with short brown hair.
Glamorous
- On television, she looks so glamorous.
Lovely
- She had a lovely face.
Overweight
- Sally was 50 pounds overweight.
Old
- He is an old man.
Pretty
- Maria looks much prettier with her hair cut short.
Muscular
- She was fast and strong, with a slender, muscular body.
Elegant
- An elegant young woman sat at the next table, sipping a cocktail.
Chubby
- The baby was pink and chubby.
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