Describing People's Appearance
DESCRIBING PEOPLE'S APPEARANCE: She's not very tall, with dark hair and blue eyes
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DESCRIBING PEOPLE'S APPEARANCE
Body
She's of medium height.
She's a woman of average height.
She's quite tall.
She's a woman of average height.
She's a woman of below average height.
She's not very tall. (→ She's short.)
He's slim.
He's of medium build.
He's well-built.
He's rather plump (=not slim).
He's broad-shouldered.
He's quite muscular.
He's a bit overweight. (→ He's fat.)
Complexion
He's dark (=with dark hair and dark skin).
He's fair (=with blond hair and pale skin).
Hair
She's got
long
blonde curly
hair.
(=Her hair is long, blonde and curly.)
red
She's got
She's got
(Also suntanned, olive-skinned, pale-skinned.)
wavy
hair.
(=Her hair is red and wavy.)
straight
hair.
(=Her hair is short and straight.)
spiky
hair.
(=Her hair is dark and spiky.)
short
She's got
dark
She's got shoulder-length hair.
He's blond. (=He's got blonde hair.)
A blonde = a blonde woman.
He's got a receding hairline. → He's going bald. → He's bald (=he's got no hair).
Hairstyle: neat, untidy, with plaits/braids, have a fringe, swept back, in a bun, in a pony-tail, etc.
Eyes
big
brown
small
More or less
She's got
eyes.
He's got long eyelashes.
blue
bushy / thin eyebrows.
She's tallish. (→ She's more or less tall.)
He's got greenish eyes. (→ I'm not sure if his eyes are green .)
Other features He has a moustache / a beard / a goatee.
A mole, a scar, side-burns, freckles, etc.
She wears glasses.
Age
Unshaven, clean-shaven.
He's in his early forties. (→ Probably between 40 and 43; also in his mid sixties, in his late twenties.)
She's thirty-something. (→ She's between thirty and forty .)
Your opinion
He's quite handsome| good-looking | attractive.
He's not particularly attractive. (→ I think he's ugly.)
She's very pretty (or
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DESCRIBING PEOPLE'S APPEARANCE
Body
She's of medium height.
She's a woman of average height.
She's quite tall.
She's a woman of average height.
She's a woman of below average height.
She's not very tall. (→ She's short.)
He's slim.
He's of medium build.
He's well-built.
He's rather plump (=not slim).
He's broad-shouldered.
He's quite muscular.
He's a bit overweight. (→ He's fat.)
Complexion
He's dark (=with dark hair and dark skin).
He's fair (=with blond hair and pale skin).
Hair
She's got
long
blonde curly
hair.
(=Her hair is long, blonde and curly.)
red
She's got
She's got
(Also suntanned, olive-skinned, pale-skinned.)
wavy
hair.
(=Her hair is red and wavy.)
straight
hair.
(=Her hair is short and straight.)
spiky
hair.
(=Her hair is dark and spiky.)
short
She's got
dark
She's got shoulder-length hair.
He's blond. (=He's got blonde hair.)
A blonde = a blonde woman.
He's got a receding hairline. → He's going bald. → He's bald (=he's got no hair).
Hairstyle: neat, untidy, with plaits/braids, have a fringe, swept back, in a bun, in a pony-tail, etc.
Eyes
big
brown
small
More or less
She's got
eyes.
He's got long eyelashes.
blue
bushy / thin eyebrows.
She's tallish. (→ She's more or less tall.)
He's got greenish eyes. (→ I'm not sure if his eyes are green .)
Other features He has a moustache / a beard / a goatee.
A mole, a scar, side-burns, freckles, etc.
She wears glasses.
Age
Unshaven, clean-shaven.
He's in his early forties. (→ Probably between 40 and 43; also in his mid sixties, in his late twenties.)
She's thirty-something. (→ She's between thirty and forty .)
Your opinion
He's quite handsome| good-looking | attractive.
He's not particularly attractive. (→ I think he's ugly.)
She's very pretty (or