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Phrases that describe people's appearances:
sunken/hollow eyes
chiselled angular features
a deeply bronzed face
a deeply seamed face
weather-beaten face
stone - faced
A bicycle face --if you see it, you want to step on it.
A moon face
a doughy face
empty eyes
dead eyes
almond eyes
skin as smooth as a baby's behind
ruddy complexion
alabaster skin
furrowed brow
aquiline nose
button nose
rugged features
pouty mouth
cupid-bow mouth
snaggle-toothed
clear-eyed
Phyiscal Appearance-Negative
pizza-faced
pencil-necked
four-eyed
knock-kneed
pigeon-toed
nerdy
geeky
Psychological Appearance
wistful
solemn
pained
awed
contemplative
exalted
excited
sunken/hollow eyes
chiselled angular features
a deeply bronzed face
a deeply seamed face
weather-beaten face
stone - faced
A bicycle face --if you see it, you want to step on it.
A moon face
a doughy face
empty eyes
dead eyes
almond eyes
skin as smooth as a baby's behind
ruddy complexion
alabaster skin
furrowed brow
aquiline nose
button nose
rugged features
pouty mouth
cupid-bow mouth
snaggle-toothed
clear-eyed
Phyiscal Appearance-Negative
pizza-faced
pencil-necked
four-eyed
knock-kneed
pigeon-toed
nerdy
geeky
Psychological Appearance
wistful
solemn
pained
awed
contemplative
exalted
excited
eyes can be: large, small, deep set, slanted, round, thick lashed, watery, well spaced, protruding, rheumy, heavy lidded, dark circled
Hair can be:
curly, straight, wavy, coarse, lustrous, thin, thick, thinning. Of course, one can be bald!
Mouth can be:
slack, thin/thick lipped, wet, smiling, grinning, toothy, puckered, large, pouting, rosebud, stingy
Complexion can be:
fair, olive, dark, sallow, pale, flushed, healthy, sickly, choleric
Nose can be:
long, short, narrow, upturned, crooked, with flaring nostrils, flat, bulbous, roman, beaky
Body can be:
fat, thin, obese, skinny, muscular, stocky, willowy, long/short legged, paunchy, portly, rangy, wiry, plump, statuesque, lissome, svelte, gross
Hair can be:
curly, straight, wavy, coarse, lustrous, thin, thick, thinning. Of course, one can be bald!
Mouth can be:
slack, thin/thick lipped, wet, smiling, grinning, toothy, puckered, large, pouting, rosebud, stingy
Complexion can be:
fair, olive, dark, sallow, pale, flushed, healthy, sickly, choleric
Nose can be:
long, short, narrow, upturned, crooked, with flaring nostrils, flat, bulbous, roman, beaky
Body can be:
fat, thin, obese, skinny, muscular, stocky, willowy, long/short legged, paunchy, portly, rangy, wiry, plump, statuesque, lissome, svelte, gross
- a thin face
- a chubby face (slightly fat in a way that people usually find attractive)
- a square face
- an oval face
- a round face
- a triangular face
- a heart-shaped face
- an angular face: thin and without much flesh so that the bones are noticeable
- a soft, creamy complexion.
- Freckled: sprinkled or covered with light brown spots
- Rosy: pink-cheeked; fair complexion that glows with a hint of pink
- Ruddy: skin that has a healthy reddish tint; may have the appearance of sunburn
- Tanned: skin with a healthy golden-brown tint
- Wrinkled: full of or covered with lines or loose folds of skin; often associated with age
- Other skin-related adjectives: pale, spotless, silky, smooth, creamy, baby-soft, glowing, paper-thin or translucent (as with a very old person); rough, callused, dry
- a chubby face (slightly fat in a way that people usually find attractive)
- a square face
- an oval face
- a round face
- a triangular face
- a heart-shaped face
- an angular face: thin and without much flesh so that the bones are noticeable
- a soft, creamy complexion.
- Freckled: sprinkled or covered with light brown spots
- Rosy: pink-cheeked; fair complexion that glows with a hint of pink
- Ruddy: skin that has a healthy reddish tint; may have the appearance of sunburn
- Tanned: skin with a healthy golden-brown tint
- Wrinkled: full of or covered with lines or loose folds of skin; often associated with age
- Other skin-related adjectives: pale, spotless, silky, smooth, creamy, baby-soft, glowing, paper-thin or translucent (as with a very old person); rough, callused, dry
- a blotchy and swollen face
- a cherubic face (= looking round and innocent, like a small child’s)
- a face with a lot of character
- a classically beautiful face (Her face is classically beautiful.)
- an expressionless face
- a gaunt face (vey thin, usually because of illness)
- a grim face
- a handsome face
- a happy/smiling face
- a hateful face
- a haughty face
- a hideous face
- an honest face
- an impassive face
- a cherubic face (= looking round and innocent, like a small child’s)
- a face with a lot of character
- a classically beautiful face (Her face is classically beautiful.)
- an expressionless face
- a gaunt face (vey thin, usually because of illness)
- a grim face
- a handsome face
- a happy/smiling face
- a hateful face
- a haughty face
- a hideous face
- an honest face
- an impassive face
- a jolly face
- a kind face
- a deeply lined face
- a heavily made-up face (wearing make-up)
- a menacing face
- a pasty face (pale and not looking healthy)
- a plump face
- a prettyface
- a thin face and sharp features (= a pointed nose and chin)
- a sour face
- a spotty face
- a stern face
- a face with strong features (= large and noticeable)
- a suntanned face
- a taut and pale face
- an ugly face
- a beautiful face
- an unshaven face
- a grey, wan face (= looking pale and weak)
- a waxen face (= pale and looking ill)
- a woeful face (= very sad)
- a kind face
- a deeply lined face
- a heavily made-up face (wearing make-up)
- a menacing face
- a pasty face (pale and not looking healthy)
- a plump face
- a prettyface
- a thin face and sharp features (= a pointed nose and chin)
- a sour face
- a spotty face
- a stern face
- a face with strong features (= large and noticeable)
- a suntanned face
- a taut and pale face
- an ugly face
- a beautiful face
- an unshaven face
- a grey, wan face (= looking pale and weak)
- a waxen face (= pale and looking ill)
- a woeful face (= very sad)
He has bushy eyebrows.
He has a roman nose.
He has a crooked nose.
He has a ski-slope nose.
He has a flat nose.
He has a pointy nose.
He has a great smile.
He has a face only a mother could love.
He’s got dimples.
One of his eyes is bigger than the other.
He has a lot of pockmarks.
She has freckles all over her face.
Her ears stick out like car doors.
She has teeth like a horse.
He has a big mole on his chin.
She has wrinkles around her eyes.
He has sunken eyes.
He has eyes that pop out of his head like a frog.
He’s got hair growing out of his ears.
She has buck-teeth.
She has a moon-face.
He has a big, round head like a basketball.
He’s got hair coming out of his nostrils.
He has huge nostrils.
He has beady little eyes.
He has a roman nose.
He has a crooked nose.
He has a ski-slope nose.
He has a flat nose.
He has a pointy nose.
He has a great smile.
He has a face only a mother could love.
He’s got dimples.
One of his eyes is bigger than the other.
He has a lot of pockmarks.
She has freckles all over her face.
Her ears stick out like car doors.
She has teeth like a horse.
He has a big mole on his chin.
She has wrinkles around her eyes.
He has sunken eyes.
He has eyes that pop out of his head like a frog.
He’s got hair growing out of his ears.
She has buck-teeth.
She has a moon-face.
He has a big, round head like a basketball.
He’s got hair coming out of his nostrils.
He has huge nostrils.
He has beady little eyes.
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