This document provides descriptions of how to describe people's appearances, including their hair type, haircut, hair quantity and color, face shape, skin complexion, height and build, general appearance, intellectual ability, style of dress, and level of attractiveness. Descriptors are given for straight, wavy, and curly hair; crew cuts; baldness and receding hairlines; hair colors like black, grey, white, blonde, fair, dark, ginger, and red; thin, round, chubby, and bearded faces; dark and fair skin with possible freckles or wrinkles; body types like plump, slim, obese, overweight, stocky, muscular, and anorexic;

1. Describing People
(Appearance)

2. Hair
*Type
- Straight hair
- Wavy hair

3. Hair
- Curly hair
*Haircut
- A crew-
cut

4. Hair
*Quantity
- Bald head
-Receding hair

5. Hair
* Color
Hair color
Black
Grey
White
Blonde Fair
Dark
Ginger
Red
Auburn

6. Face
- Thin
-
Round

7. Face
-Chubby
-With beard and
moustache

8. Skin and Complexion
- Dark
-
Fair

9. Skin and Complexion
- With freckles
- With wrinkles

10. Height and Build
- Plump (positive) or stout.
- Slim (positive)

11. Height and Build
- Obese, fat (negative)
overweight (neutral)
-Stocky

12. Height and Build
-Muscular (well-built)
- Anorexic

13. General Appearance
-Smart=intelligent=clever=brilliant # stupid
Intellectual Ability
Smart
Intelligent
clever
Brilliant
Stupid

14. General Appearance
-Elegant=well-dressed#scruffy=untidy-
looking.
The way people dress
Elegant (women)
Well-dressed
Scruffy
Untidy-looking

15. General Appearance
-good-looking=attractive=beautiful =handsome#unattractive
The way people look
Beautiful (women)
Handsome (men)
Attractive
Good-looking
Unattractive

16. More Adjective suffixes
-ish
*Tallish She is tallish.
* Brownish He has brownish hair
* Thirtyish He must be thirtyish.