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Appearances - How to describe someone in English

Height | Build | Hair | Eyes | Type of hair | Complexion | Other features

Height

He is tall. He is short. He is average / normal / medium height.

+ He is very tall. He is quite short. He is relatively normal height.

Build

She is skinny. (negative) She is fat. (negative)

She is anorexic. (medical) She is tubby. (negative)
She is underweight. (negative) She is overweight. (negative)
 She is thin. (negative) She is plump. (neutral)
She is slim. (positive) She is stocky. (neutral)
She is slender. (positive) She is bonny. (positive)

Hair

blonde/fair hair brown hair red hair black hair grey hair
blonde brunette Redhead - -
Eyes

grey eyes green eyes blue eyes brown eyes dark eyes

!Note!

This is a black
eye!
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Type of hair

He has no
She has She has
She has She has She has short
medium medium length
long hair. short hair. hair. = He hair.
length hair. hair.
is bald.
She has She has She has
She has
long, medium medium She has short,
+ black
short, -
length , length, red blonde hair.
black hair.
hair. blonde hair. hair.
She has
She has
She has medium She has
+ long, She has short,
short, length, medium
straight, - curly, blonde
+ straight, straight, length, wavy,
black hair.
black hair. blonde red hair.
hair.
hair.
Her hair Her hair is
Her hair is Her hair is
is long, medium Her hair is
short, medium
or straight
straight
- length,
length, wavy
short, curly
and straight and blonde.
and black. and red.
black. and blonde.
She wears
+
glasses.
Type of complexion
 She is
He is asian. He He is white. She is white. She
black. She She is white. She has
has light-brown He has fair has very pale
has dark lightly tanned skin.
skin. skin. skin.
skin.
Other features

Can you spot the named feature?

moustache Beard chin forehead nostrils

eyebrows Cheeks fringe lips teeth

Some features (it may not be polite to mention them)

 crow's feet wrinkle(s) scar(s) spot(s)
aka laughter lines a sign of maturity any part of the aka pimple(s)
which can appear on body where a
a sign of maturity any part of the body, wound has healed any part of the body,
that appear at the often on the but most noticeable
corners of the eyes forehead on the face