This document provides a list of words to describe a person's appearance, body shape, size, and musculature. It includes 31 words across three categories: 1. Appearance: beautiful, pretty, lovely, etc. Handsome is mostly used for men while cute can be used for both. 2. Body shape: overweight, heavy, obese, chubby, slim, slender, skinny to describe size. Curvy implies a nice feminine figure. 3. Musculature: fit, strong, ripped to describe tone. Additional descriptors like stocky, willowy, and statuesque relate to height and proportions. The document also covers different face shapes like diamond, heart, oval

1. Describe : A person

2. • We have (thirty one) 31 basic words to
describe a person.
• Three basic areas to describe a person:
1. Person’s appearance.
2. Body shape and size.
3. Body Muscular.

3. 1. Words to describe a person’s
Appearance.
1. Beautiful
2. Pretty
3. Lovely
4. Gorgeous
5. Stunning
6. Handsome
7. Attractive
8. Good-looking
9. Cute
10. hot
11. Plain
12. Ugly

4. 1. Beautiful – Mostly used for Women.
Others Words: – pretty, lovely, gorgeous, and stunning
“stunning” – extremely beautiful, like a woman
who is so beautiful that she attracts a lot of attention.
2. Handsome – Mostly used for Men.
The words attractive, good-looking, cute, and hot can be used for
both men and women.
3. Cute is a more playful word to say a person is attractive;
We often use “cute” for children and baby animals.
4. Hot is a slang word that you should only use during informal
conversations among friends.
3. Plain – For ordinary-looking person – not
especially beautiful/handsome, but not
especially ugly either.
4. Ugly – A strong word, Negative-looking person
Similarly: (A bit negative )
“She’s not very attractive” or “He’s not so

5. 2. Words to describe body shape and
size.
13. Overweight
14. Heavy
15. Obese
16. Chubby
17. Husky
18. Heavyset
19. Plump
20. Curvy
21. Flabby
22. Slim
23. Slender
24. Skinny
25. Lean
26. Wiry
27. Petite
28. Lanky

6. Part A : For Fat Body:
Overweight, Heavy, Big, Large,
For EXTREMELY fat body obese.
Chubby - describe fat children.
Husky or heavyset - describe fat men.
Plump or curvy - describe fat women.
(The word curvy has a more positive connotation, implying that the woman has a
nice, full, feminine body).
For a specific part of the body is fat, we can say it is flabby.
For example, “I hate my flabby stomach.” (Typically used for arms, stomach,
thighs, and butt).
Part B : For Thin Body:
Slim, Slender, skinny, Lean,
Wiry, Petite, Lanky,
• Positive words:
In general, thin, slim, and slender.
• Negative (For criticism) word:
skinny is often used negative image.
Lean and Wiry - the person is thin and muscular.
Petite - is only used for short and thin women.
Lanky - tall and thin.

7. 3. Words to describe body Muscular.
29. Fit
30. Strong
31. Ripped
• Fit, strong, in good shape.
• For strong body
“ripped”.
Ripped Body
Ripped body.Ripped body.

8. Other Words /Vocabulary
Barrel-chested
• To be very strong, broad, deep chest.
Beefy
• A person has a large heavy body and strong muscles
Big
• A big person is tall and heavy, and often fat.
Brawny
• Physically strong, with big muscles.
Buff
• Informal physically attractive and with well-developed muscles.
Built
• Used for describing the size and shape of someone’s body.

9. Bullnecked
With a short thick neck.
Burly
• A burly man is fat and strong.
Coltish
• Tall and thin, and tending to move fast.
Compact
• A compact person is physically small but looks strong.
Full
• If part of someone’s body is full, it is large, wide, or has a round
shape, especially in a way that is attractive.
Gangling
• Very tall and thin, with long arms and legs, and not graceful.
Gangly , Gangling and Gawky
• Tall and thin, and moving in a way that does not seem graceful or
comfortable.
Heavily built
• A heavily built person is big and strong but not fat.

10. Heavy-set
• Big and strong.
Hench
• British informal strong and fit with very well-developed muscles;
used about men.
Herculean
• A herculean person is very big and strong.
Leggy
• A leggy woman has long attractive legs.
Muscle bound
• Someone who is muscle bound has extremely large strong muscles
as a result of too much exercise.
Muscle
• informal with well-developed muscles.
Muscular
• Very strong and attractive, with muscles that have been developed
through exercise.
Paunchy
• A strong paunch.

11. Pear-shaped
• Informal a pear-shaped person is larger below the waist than
above the waist.
Pigeon-chested
• Someone who is pigeon-chested has a chest that sticks out in
an unusual way.
Round-shouldered
• With shoulders that are bent forward.
Slight
• Thin, not very tall, and not looking very strong.
Slightly-built
• Someone who is slightly-built is thin, not very tall, and does
not look very strong.
Solid
• Someone who looks solid is big and has a strong firm body.
Statuesque
• Tall and beautiful like a statue.

12. Stocky
• A stocky person looks strong but is not tall.
stooped, stooping, strapping
• Informal tall and strong.
Taut
• A taut body is firm with strong muscles and little fat.
Thickset
• Someone who is thickset has a wide strong body.
well-built.
• A well-built person has a body that people admire
because of its strength or beauty
Willowy
• Tall, thin, and graceful.

13. Part 2

14. Basic Things

15. Other Features

16. Clothing

17. If Female : Jewelry

18. Part 3

19. Different Types of Face Shapes:
(7 common types of face shapes)
• Diamond Face Shape
• Heart Face Shape
• Oblong Face Shape
• Oval Face Shape
• Round Face Shape
• Square Face Shape
• Triangle Face Shape

20. Diamond Face Shape:

21. Heart Face Shape

22. Oblong Face Shape

23. Oval Face Shape

24. Round Face Shape

25. Square Face Shape

26. Triangle Face Shape

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