011 - English Vocabulary Words for Describing Appearance
37 English words for describing a person's appearance from espresso English net let's begin with the word beautiful in English this word is mostly used for women we use the word handsome for men to describe beautiful women we also have the words pretty lovely gorgeous and stunning stunning means extremely beautiful like a woman who is
so beautiful that she attracts a lot of attention another expression to describe a woman like this is to say that she turns heads implying that when she walks down the street people turned their heads to focus their attention on her the words attractive good-looking cute and hot can be used for both men and
women cute is a more playful word to say that a person is attractive we often use cute for children and baby animals and the word hot is a slang word that you should only use during informal conversations among friends the opposite of beautiful or handsome is ugly but that's a strong word so most people express this idea using
the negative form of one of the positive words for example she's not very attractive or he's not so good-looking finally there is the word plain that describes a person who is ordinary looking not especially beautiful or handsome but not especially ugly either okay now let's learn some words to describe body shape and size you already
know the basic words fat and thin but there are many other ways to say these a person who is fat can also be described as overweight heavy big or large the word for a person who is extremely fat is obese we also have the word chubby to describe fat children husky or heavyset to describe fat men and plump or curvy to describe
fat women the word curvy has a more positive connotation implying that the woman has a nice full feminine body if you want to say a specific part of the body is fat you can say it is flabby for example I hate my flabby stomach the word flabby is typically used for arms stomach thighs and butt the opposite of
fat is thin some alternative words are slim slender and skinny in general thin slim and slender are more positive whereas skinny is often used as a criticism or negative point the words lean and wiry mean that the person is thin and muscular the word petite is only used for women and means that the woman is short and thin finally the word
lanky means tall and thin what about a person with an athletic body you can describe him or her as muscular fit strong in good shape or ripped that's a slang word meaning that the person has very well-defined and visible muscles like the guy in this photo thanks for watching English tips from espresso English if you liked this video
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