How to Describe People in English: Appearance, Character

Traits and Emotions

1. Describing someone’s appearance

Appearance is defined as the way someone or something looks.

beautiful (My younger sister is very beautiful.)

handsome (He’s the most handsome man I’ve ever met.)
cute (That’s a cute little baby.)
thin (She was looking pale and thin.)
tall (She’s tall and thin.)
chubby (She was eleven years old and pretty in a chubby sort of way.)
muscular (He was tall, lean and muscular.)
attractive (The actress is an attractive woman.)

2. Describing someone’s character and personality

Character traits are qualities or characteristics that describe what a person is like. It’s
important to be able to describe your own personality or someone else’s.

polite (Please be polite to our guests.)

friendly (Everyone was very friendly towards me.)
honest (He was a hard-working honest man.)
generous (She’s always very generous to the kids.)
rude (She was very rude about my driving.)
lazy (He is the laziest boy in the class.)
angry (I was very angry with myself for making such a stupid mistake.)

3. Describing someone’s feelings & emotions

Sometimes it’s hard to explain exactly how you feel. This vocabulary list helps you narrow
down exactly what word best expresses your current emotional state.
terrified (She looked at him with wide, terrified eyes.)
exhausted (You look absolutely exhausted.)
scared (People are scared to use the buses late at night.)
nervous (She was so nervous about her exams that she couldn’t sleep.)
embarrassed (She’s embarrassed about her height.)
Here is a list of English Adjectives to describe someone's personality.

1- Can you write related adjectives to personality?

2- Please analyze your best friend and describing his or her character.
3- Which of these adjectives would you use to describe yourself?
Celebrity

1- Do you know any celebrity?

2- Can you describe him or her appearance, nationality, job, marital status?

3- why do people like to be famous?

4- Would you like to be a celebrity?