In order to make a description of a personās appearance in English, you need to know not only the simplest rules of grammar, but a fairly wide variety of vocabulary. So the description of the person will be complete, comprehensive and interesting. Below are the most common nouns and adjectives to describe a personās appearance in English. Tips are also given on how to get started.
Words describing a human face
Very often during interviews, checking the knowledge of the English language, a person is asked to describe his appearance or himself. Not always this request is to talk about the color of the eyes, hair. However, one cannot do without it either. How to make a description of a personās appearance in English?
If the interlocutorās question sounds like What do u look like? - This means that you need to briefly talk about the most important distinguishing features of your appearance.
In order to describe the color of your eyes, you must use the following words.
I have got ...
- blue (blue);
- green
- brown (brown);
- hazel (nuts);
- gray (gray);
- black ... eyes.
In order to make a description of a personās appearance in English, you can not only indicate the color of the eyes, but also their shape. To do this, use the following vocabulary:
- almond-shaped (almond-shaped);
- downcast (deep set);
- large (large);
- hooded (with overhanging eyelids);
- half-closed (half closed);
- cross-eyed (strabismus);
- bulging (convex);
- narrow (narrow);
- round (round);
- short-sighted (there is myopia).
About the same should characterize your hair color.
I have got ...
- brown (brown);
- blond (light);
- black (black);
- red (red);
- purple ... hair.
You can supplement the description of hair color with their length. For example, I have got short hair (short hair) / long hair (long hair).
In order to characterize the size of the nose, eyes or ears, adjectives small (small) / big (large) are often used.
Also, vocabulary is used to describe specifically the ears:
- earlobe (earlobe);
- lop-eared (lop-eared).
Words describing the human body
In order to describe the human body not in whole, but in parts, it is necessary to have a large vocabulary. For example, to characterize the hands of a person, you can use the following vocabulary:
- arms (hands to the wrist);
- well-shaped (muscular);
- lanky (too thin);
- short / long (short, long);
- bony (bony).
To generally describe the complexion of the human body, it is best to choose the following vocabulary:
- vigorous (hardy);
- delicate
- big (big);
- frail (fragile);
- small
Other parts of the human body can be described in the same way.
Image of man
When making a description of a personās appearance in English, it is not always necessary to describe the parts of the body separately, it is often necessary to depict the whole personās image. To do this, you can use the following vocabulary:
- ordinary (standard, unremarkable);
- graceful
- slight (fragile);
- tattooed (has tattoos);
- stocky (stocky);
- well-fed (chubby, well-fed);
- paunchy (having a belly, pot-bellied);
- lean (lean);
- clumsy (awkward);
- neat (neat);
- stout (full).
Description of exterior details
Often in the image of a person the main role is played by details, distinctive features. Namely, moles, scars and more. In English, these words are as follows:
- scar (scar);
- dimple (dimple, for example, on the cheeks or chin);
- mole (mole);
- wrinkle (wrinkle).
The stated vocabulary is not the only one for describing a personās appearance in English, but it is sufficient for a brief summary or conversation.
In order for the description of the image of a person to be the most interesting, you must start with the most obvious signs located on the face. For example, Mr. X has got long black hair and downcast green eyes and big nose.
He is a fairly strong man of high stature, with athletic arms. It is worth noting that Mr. X has tattoos. There are several moles on Mr. X's left cheek, as well as a small scar. Now try to make a description of Mr. X.'s appearance in English, using the vocabulary given in the text.