Descriptive Vocabulary Lists

Horned

Purple Spined
Fire breathing

Teal Green
Fire breathing
ed

Fancy Yellow
Bandaged
 Sensory Words

Sight Words
Abrasive Dismembered Gritty Pierced/ing
Angled Distinctive Gush Pitted
Bandaged Distinguishable Hairy Plastic
Banked Domed Hazy Pocked
Beheaded Downy Heavy Pointed
Bite Drenched Hobbled Pulpy
Billowy Faded Hot Radiant
Bleary Faint Hulky Reclining
Blurry Feathery Humid Rocky
Blushing Fine Hunched Sandy
Boiling Fizzy Hunky Scalding
Braided Flashy Incline Scorching
Branded Fluffy Indistinct Scratchy
Brilliant Flurry Indistinguishable Scummy
Bubbly Foamy Kink Shadowy
Buffed Frazzled Knobbed Shaggy
Bulky Freezing Knotted Sharp
Bumpy Frizzy Lacy Shimmering
Burning Full Latched Shiny
Bushy Furry Lean Silky
Clammy Fuzzy Leathery Slimy
Clear Gaudy Light Slippery
Cloudy Glance Listing Sloping
Coarse Glassy Long Sloped
Colorless Gleam Lukewarm Sloppy
Cool Glimpse Lumpy Smooth
Cottony Glisten Matted Smothering
Crisp/y Glittering Metallic Smudge
Cushioned Gloomy Misty Soaked/ing
Damp Glossy Moist Soapy
Dazzle Glow Mushy Soft
Dented Gluey Notched Sopping
Dim Grainy Oily Soupy
Dingy Greasy Peer Sparkle
Dirty Grimy Peek Spongy
Sight Words (cont.)
Steamy
Steel
Sticky
Stifled
Stinging
Stony
Streaked
Striped
Stubby
Tangled
Tarnished
Tender
Tepid
Thick
Tickle
Tilted
Torched
Tough
Twinkling
Twist
Velvety
Waning
Warm
Washed
Watered
Waxed
Waxy
Sight Words: Colors
Black Hazel Orchid Snow
Coal Mahogany Pansy
Ebony Nutmeg Plum
Jet Rust Yellow
Licorice Sandy Apricot
Midnight Tawny Red Beige
Onyx Walnut Apple Buff
Tar Blood Butter
Burgundy Buttercup
Gray Cardinal Butterscotch
Blue Ashen Carmine Canary
Aqua Dove Cherry Chartreuse
Aquamarine Platinum Coral Chrome
Azure Putty Cranberry Citron
Cobalt Silver Crimson Gold
Delft Steel Currant Lemon
Navy Flame Mustard
Peacock Garnet Ochre
Green
Porcelain Maroon Orange
Apple
Royal Pink Peach
Celery
Sapphire Raspberry Persimmon
Chartreuse
Sky Emerald Rose Saffron
Steel Kelly Ruby Straw
Teal Lime Salmon Sulfur
Turquoise Mint Strawberry Tangerine
Violet Olive Tomato Topaz
Wedgewood Pistachio Vermillion
Wine Miscellaneous
Color Words
Brown Purple Colorless
Almond Amethyst White Dingy
Amber Fuchsia Cream Hue
Bronze Lavender Egg Rainbow
Chocolate Lilac Ivory Shade
Cinnamon Magenta Marble Tint
Coffee Mauve Milky Tone
Copper Mulberry Oyster
Sight Words: Movements
Fast Swing Sway
Bolt Swipe Tiptoe
Bounce Trot Waddle
Careen Zip Walk
Chase Zoom
Dart Whish
Dash
Dive
Drive Slow
Drop Amble
Flick Bend
Fly Canter
Gallop Crawl
Hurl Creep
Hurry Drag
Plummet Drift
Plunge Droop
Propel Edge
Race Float
Rip Heave
Run Lift
Rush Limp
Sail Loiter
Scamper Lope
Scramble Lumber
Shove Lurch
Skip Plod
Smash Saunter
Swoop Slink
Speed Slouch
Spin Sneak
Spring Soar
Sprint Stagger
Streak Stalk
Stride Stoop
Swat Stray
Swerve Stroll
Sound Words
L=Loud S=Soft Sp=Speech

Bang (L) Croak Inaudible (S) Ring (L)

Bark (L) Croon Jabber Roar (L)
Bawl (L) Crunch Jangle (L) Rowdy (L)
Bellow (Sp) Cry Out (L) Jingle Rumble (L)
Blare (L) Deafening (L) Knock Rustle (S)
Bleat (S) Discord (L) Laugh (Sp) Scratchy
Bluster (L) Drawl (Sp) Lyrical (S) Scream (L)(Sp)
Boom (L) Drip Melodious (S) Screech (L) (Sp)
Brawl Drone Moan Sharp (L)
Bray (L) Earsplitting (L) Moo (L) Shriek
Brogue Explode (L) Mumble (S) Shout (L)
Bump (L) Faint (S) Murmur (S) (Sp) Shrill
Buzz Fizz Musical Sigh (S)
Cackle Flap (L) Mute Silent
Caterwaul (L) Gag Mutter (S) Sing (Sp)
Chatter (Sp) Gasp (S) Noisy (L) Sizzle
Cheer (L) Giggle (Sp) Oink (L) Slam (L)
Chime (S) Grate (L) Pandemonium (L) Slap
Chirp Grind Patter (S) Slur
Chortle Groan Peep (S) Slurp
Chuckle Growl (L) (Sp) Piercing (L) Smack (L)
Clamor (L) Guffaw (Sp) Ping Smash (L)
Clang (L) Grumble Plop Snap
Clap (L) Grunt (L) Pop Snarl
Clash (L) Gulp Prattle Snore
Clatter (L) Gurgle (S) Purr (S) Snort (Sp)
Click Gurr (L) Quack (L) Sob (S) (Sp)
Clink (S) Hammer (L) Quiet (S) Speechless
Cluck (L) Hiss Racket (L) Splash (L)
Coo (S) Honk Rant Squawk (L)
Cough Hoot Rap Squeal
Crack (L) Howl Rasp (L) Stammer (Sp)
Crackle (S) Hubbub (L) Rattle (L) Stamp (L)
Crash (L) Hum (S) Raucous (L) Stomp (L)
Creak Hush (S) Resonance Strum
Sound Words (Cont.)
Stutter (Sp)
Swish
Tap
Tear
Thud (L)
Thump (L)
Thunder (L)
Thunk
Tick (L)
Tinkle (S)
Trill
Tumult (L)
Twang
Twitter (S)
Uproar (L)
Warble
Wham (L)
Wheeze
Whimper (S) (Sp)
Whine (L)
Whinny (L)
Whir (S)
Whisper (S) (Sp)
Whistle (L)
Whiz
Whoop
Yammer
Yack
Yap
Yell (L) (Sp)
Yelp
Yip
Yodel
Zing (S)
Zip (L)
Zoom (L)
Touch Words
Balmy Greasy Slippery
Bristly Gritty Smooth
Biting Hairy Soapy
Bumpy Heavy Soft
Burning Hot Sopping
Chilly Humid Soupy
Coarse Icy Springy
Cold Knobbed Spongy
Cool Knotty/ed Squashy
Cottony Leathery Squishy
Cozy Limp Steamy
Crawly Lukewarm Sticky
Creepy Lumpy Sweaty
Crisp Moist Tender
Cuddly Mushy Tepid
Curly Oily Thick
Cushioned Parched Thin
Damp Pitted Tough
Dented Pocked Velvety
Downy Pointed Warm
Drenched Powdery Wet
Dry Prickly Waxy
Dull Puffy Wooly
Dusty Pulpy Wrinkled
Elastic Ribbed
Feathery Rocky
Feverish Rough
Fine Rubbery
Fleshy Sandy
Fluffy Satiny
Fragile Scratchy
Frosty Shaggy
Frozen Sharp
Furry Shivery
Fuzzy Silky
Gnarled Slick
Gooey Slimy
Taste Words
Acidic Mellow Vile
Alkaline Minty Vinegary
Appetizing Moist Yummy
Biting Moldy Zesty
Bitter Musty Zingy
Bittersweet Nauseating
Bland Nutty
Brackish Oily
Briny Overripe
Burnt Palatable
Buttery Parched
Creamy Peppery
Delectable Piquant
Delicious Rank
Distasteful Raw
Doughy Refreshing
Dry Rich
Earthy Ripe
Fermented Rotten
Fishy Salty
Flavorful Savory
Flavorless Scrumptious
Floury Sharp
Fresh Sour
Fruity Spicy
Full-bodied Spoiled
Gamy Stale
Garlicky Succulent
Gingery Sugary
Green (unripe) Sweet
Gross Syrupy
Hot (spicy) Tangy
Insipid Tart
Juicy Tasteless
Lemony Tasty
Luscious Unappetizing
Medicinal Unripe
Smell Words
Acidic Odiferous
Acidy Odor
Acrid Odorless
Ambrosial Odorous
Appetizing Olid
Aroma Perfumed
Aromatic Piney
Balmy Pungent
Briny Putrid
Burnt Rancid
Buttery Rank
Camphoric Redolent
Earthy Reek
Fetid Rotten
Fishy Savory
Flowery Scented
Foul Sharp
Fragrant Sickly
Fresh Smelly
Fruity Spicy
Funky Spoiled
Gamy Stagnant
Garlicky Stench
Gaseous Stinky
Heady Stuffy
Lemony Sweaty
Malodorous Sweet
Medicinal Tempting
Mephitic Vile
Mildewed Waft
Minty Whiff
Moldy
Musky
Musty
Nasty
Nidorous
Noxious
6th Sense
Clairvoyant
Divinatory/ion
Extrasensory Perception (ESP)
Feel
Feeling in (one’s) Bones
Forecast
Foreknowledge
Foresee
Foretell
Gut Feeling
Hunch
Insight
Instinctive
Intuitive
Premonition
Sense
Telepathy
Visceral
 Descriptive Words
Appearance and Shape
Angular Dainty Frail Lavish
Animated Dark Freckled Lean
Apprehensive Dazzling Fresh Lithe
Arid Decisive Frightened Lively
Arrogant Decorative Frilled Loose
Attractive Delicate Gigantic Lumpy
Awkward Deserted Glassy Lush
Beautiful Dingy Glazed Massive
Bedazzling Dismal Globular Messy
Blazing Distinctive Glossy Miniature
Blotched Domed Glowing Mottled
Bold Dotted Gorgeous Muddy
Bony Drab Grimy Muscular
Branching Dramatic Handsome Narrow
Bright Drawn Hardy Negligible
Broken Dull Haughty Nerveless
Bruised Elderly Haunted Nervous
Bulky Elegant Healthy Octagonal
Bunch Energetic Heavy Old
Calm Erect Hexagonal Opaque
Carefree Exhausted Hollow Opulent
Cheap Expensive Huge Orderly
Chintzy Exotic Hysterical Oval
Chubby Exuberant Immense Overloaded
Clean Fat Imposing Packed
Clear Fearful Intact Padded
Clustered Fiery Iridescent Pale
Cluttered Flamboyant Irresistible Pasty
Congested Flared Itsy-bitsy Patterned
Conical Flashy Itty-bitty Pendulous
Crimped Flat Irregular Perky
Crinkled Flowery Jammed Petite
Crispy Fluid Jeweled Pleasant
Crooked Flushed Jutting Portly
Curved Formal Lacy Pretty
Cylindrical Fragile Large Proportioned
Puny Squeezed Untidy
Pyramidal Stately Used
Radiant Statuesque Verdant
Ramshackle Stout Vivid
Rectangular Straight Wavy
Regal Stretched Wee
Rigid Striped Wide
Robust Strong Winged
Rolled Sturdy Wiry
Rotted/en Sunny Wrinkled
Rotund Supple Worn
Round Swollen Young
Ruffled Tall Wild
Scalloped Tampering Wild Eyed
Scrolled Tantalizing
Scrubbed Taut
Serene Tearful
Shabby Teary Eyed
Shapeless Terrified
Shapely Terrorized
Sheer Thick
Shimmer Thin
Shiny Tidy
Showy Tied
Shy Tight
Sickly Timid
Skin and Bones Tiny
Skinny Timid
Slender Tired
Slight Top Heavy
Small Transparent
Solid Translucent
Sparking Triangular
Speckled Tubular
Spindly Tufted
Split Twiggy
Spotted Ugly
Square Unruffled
Common Adjectives
Angry Faithful Mild Unconcerned
Apologetic Fierce Moody Unwitting
Approving Firm Natural Vain
Astonishing Flattering Obedient Warning
Attentive Foolish Pained Weak
Awkward Forbidding Painful Weary
Boastful Foreboding Patient Wise
Boasting Frosty Peaceful Worried
Brave Furious Persuasive
Breezy Guarded Possessive
Careful Genteel Persistent
Careless Gentle Protesting
Charming Glaring Reasonable
Cheery Gleeful Regretful
Childish Gloating Reluctant
Chuckling Glowing Remorseful
Clumsy Grateful Reproachful
Complaining Greedy Ridiculous
Concerned Grim Sane
Courageous Harsh Savage
Crafty Hasty Scanty
Curious Hideous Searching
Dangerous Hopeful Sheepish
Deceitful Impatient Simple
Despairing Indignant Slow
Desperate Insane Sorrowful
Disturbing Insistent Spicy
Dizzy Intelligent Spiteful
Doubtful Interesting Splendid
Dreary Joyful Stealthy
Dutiful Kind Stern
Eager Laborious Stiff
Elegant Laughing Stubborn
Emotional Lazy Suspicious
Engaging Magnificent Tedious
Exact Meek Thoughtful
Faint Merry Trusting/ed
Common Adverbs
Absently Dutifully Insistently Sheepishly
Accusingly Eagerly Interestingly Shyly
Angrily Elegantly Joyfully Silently
Apologetically Emotionally Laboriously Simply
Approvingly Encouragingly Laughingly Slowly
Arrogantly Exactly Lazily Sorrowfully
Astonishingly Explosively Magnificently Sourly
Attentively Faintly Meekly Spicily
Awkwardly Faithfully Merrily Spitefully
Bravely Firmly Mildly Splendidly
Breezily Flatteringly Moodily Stealthily
Boastfully Foolishly Naturally Sternly
Boastingly Forbiddingly Noisily Stiffly
Calmly Frostily Obediently Stubbornly
Carefully Furiously Painfully Suspiciously
Carelessly Gingerly Patiently Tearfully
Charmingly Glaringly Peacefully Teasingly
Cheerfully Gleefully Persistently Temptingly
Childishly Gloatingly Persuasively Thoughtfully
Clumsily Glowingly Piercingly Timidly
Coarsely Gratefully Plainly Trustingly
Complainingly Greedily Pleasantly Unwittingly
Coolly Grimy Pointedly Vainly
Courageously Guardedly Possessively Warningly
Craftily Haltingly Quietly Weakly
Curiously Handsomely Reasonably Wearily
Daintily Harshly Regretfully Worriedly
Dangerously Hastily Reluctantly
Deceitfully Haughtily Remorsefully
Decisively Heavily Repeatedly
Delightfully Hesitantly Reproachfully
Desperately Hideously Ridiculously
Despairingly Hopefully Roughly
Directly Hurriedly Sanely
Dizzily Icily Savagely
Doubtingly Impatiently Scantily
Drearily Insanely Searchingly