Describing people flashcards

Describing People

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Accent

The way a person speaks and says words.

(noun)


African

To come from Africa or to have the characteristic of someone from Africa.

(adjective)


Age

The time reached in years.

(noun)


American

To come from the North or South American continents or to come from the United States of America.

(adjective)


Ancestor

A family member from long ago.

(noun)


Anxiety

A state of being worried.

(noun)


Anxious

To be upset or bothered by events which maybe beyond your control.

(adjective)


Asian

To come from Asia or to have the characteristics of someone from Asia.

(adjective)


Attractive

To be good to look at and to have a nice appearance.

(adjective)


Average

To be in the middle, to not be short or tall, or not long or short.

(adjective)


Bald

An absence of hair.

(adjective)


Beard

The hair that grows on the face and around the jaw.

(noun)


Beautiful

To be lovely, very good to see.

(adjective)


Black

To have dark coloured skin.

(adjective)


Blond

To have pale skin and yellow hair.

(adjective)


Body-building

Activities to increase muscle development so that the muscles become visible.

(noun)


Bones

The hard parts that create the human skeleton.

(noun)


Boney

To have a big body, as way of saying someone might be a bit fat.

(adjective)


Cheeks

The sides of the face below the eyes.

(noun)


Chin

The bottom part of the jaw below the mouth.

(noun)


Cross

To be annoyed, upset.

(adjective)


Curly

To be wavy, not straight.

(adjective)


Devious

To perform in an underhand way.

(adjective)


Drab

To be extremely dull, dark, uninteresting.

(adjective)


Emotion

An expression of the way we feel.

(noun)


Encourage

To support, often using words.

(verb)


European

To come from Europe.

(adjective)


Evil

To be bad, harmful and nasty.

(adjective)


Excess

For there to be too much of something.

(adjective)


Eyebrows

The thin strips of hair above the eyes.

(noun)


Eyes

The parts of the face that enable us to see.

(noun)


Fair-hair

To have light coloured hair.

(adjective)


Fat

To be overweight.

(adjective)


Features

The parts of our anatomy that are observable.

(noun)


Fine

To be very thin, delicate.

(adjective)


Forehead

The part of the head below the hair and above the eyebrows.

(noun)


Fragile

To be easily broken, delicate.

(adjective)


Fringe

The hair that hangs down and covers the forehead.

(noun)


Generous

To give without thinking about oneself.

(adjective)


Ginger

To have orange or red coloured hair.

(adjective)


Good-looking

To be attractive and nice to see.

(adjective)


Grumpy

To be cross in temperament and always complaining.

(adjective)


Hair

The threads that cover on head and other body parts.

(noun)


Handsome

To be attractive and nice to see, used to describe a man and not a woman.

(adjective)


Happy

To be full of joy, pleasant.

(adjective)


Height

A person’s size vertically.

(noun)


Imprint

To make a mark or leave a mark.

(verb)


Jaw

The bottom edge of the face.

(noun)


Joints

The place where different bones meet and can move.

(noun)


Kind

To be nice and thoughtful to others.

(adjective)


Length

The size of someone/thing, possibly horizontally.

(noun)


Lips

The edges of the mouth.

(noun)


Long

A measurement of distance, the opposite of short.

(adjective)


Mark

A distinguishing spot.

(noun)


Medium

To be in the middle, to not be big or small.

(adjective)


Mental

The use of the brain's thought processes.

(adjective)


Middle-aged

The time when people are between about 45-65 years old.

(adjective)


Mole

A small dark mark on the surface of the skin.

(noun)


Moustache

The hair under the nose and above the top lip.

(noun)


Mouth

The opening in the face that sound comes out of and food goes into.

(noun)


Move

To be active, not still.

(verb)


Neck

The part of the body joining the head to the torso.

(noun)


Nervous

To be lacking confidence.

(adjective)


Nose

A feature in the middle of the face.

(noun)


Obese

To be extremely fat and unhealthy.

(adjective)


Old

To have lived a long time.

(adjective)


Overweight

To have too much body fat for the skeleton to support with comfort.

(adjective)


Physical

To be active, moving about.

(adjective)


Plump

To be slightly fat and just a little overweight.

(adjective)


Posture

A way of standing, holding the body in an erect position.

(noun)


Pretty

To be nice to look at.

(adjective)


Puberty

An age at which physical development takes place.

(noun)


Recognise

To remember someone/thing.

(verb)


Sad

A feeling of unhappiness.

(adjective)


Sadness

To be troubled, anxious or miserable.

(noun)


Scar

A physical mark on the skin.

(noun)


Scatter-brained

To be unthinking, unclear in action or to forget things easily.

(adjective)


Scruffy

To have an untidy appearance.

(adjective)


Short

To be low down, not very high, the opposite of tall.

(adjective)


Size

A defined shape and height.

(noun)


Skin

The covering that protects the body.

(noun)


Skinny

To be very thin and to look unhealthy.

(adjective)


Slim

To not have any extra fat on a body.

(adjective)


Smart

To be cleaver and good at using your brain. (adjective)

To look good and wear smart clothes. (adjective)


Stamina

The ability to continue physical exercise for long periods of time.

(noun)


Stooped

To be bent, not straight.

(adjective)


Straight

To stand upright.

(adjective)


Stride

The distance between steps.

(noun)


Strong

To be powerful and have large muscles.

(adjective)


Supple

To be flexible and able to bend in lots of different ways.

(adjective)


Tall

To be high up, to be very high, the opposite of short.

(adjective)


Tattoo

A permanent inked mark or pattern drawn on the skin.

(noun)


Teeth

The hard objects in a mouth that are used for eating/chewing food.

(noun)


Thick

To be chunky, the opposite of thin.

(adjective)


Thin

To be slight, the opposite of thick.

(adjective)


Tone

The sound of something.

(noun)


Torso

The main part of the body that the legs, arms and neck are attached to.

(noun)


Tubby

To be a little bit fat.

(adjective)


Ugly

Not nice to view, the opposite of pretty.

(adjective)


Voice

A way of communicating, speaking or singing.

(noun)


Walk

To move using legs.

(verb)


Weak

To lack power and the ability to do something, the opposite of strong.

(adjective)


Weight

A description of how heavy something or someone is.

(noun)


Well-built

To have a big body that might also be a bit fat.

(adjective)


Well-dressed

To look good and wear smart clothes.

(adjective)


White

To have pale skin.

(adjective)


Worry

To be anxious and troubled.

(verb)


Wrinkles

The lines on the skin that are most visible on the face.

(noun)


Young

To have lived only a short time, to not be very old.

(adjective)


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