Descriptive Words

Descriptive Words that can be used for commentary or analysis of text

Positive
Authentic	Inspirational	Reactionary
Conservative	Ironic	Realistic
Controversial	Liberal	Recondite
Credible	Melodramatic	Romantic
Cultural	Mystical	Satiric
Didactic	Naturalistic	Scholarly
Dramatic	Objective	Significant
Esoteric	Orthodox	Spiritual
Expressionistic	Philosophic	Subjective
Fanciful	Plausible	Symbolic
Humanistic	Pragmatic	Utilitarian
Humorous	Profound	Impressionistic
Radical
Negative
Absurd	Commonplace	Heretical
Improbable	Incredible	Insignificant
Intolerant	Pedantic	Prejudiced
Shallow	Superficial	Trivial
Unscholarly

Descriptive Words that can be used for a persons Physical qualities

Positive
Active	Exquisite	Pretty
Adept	Fair	Ravishing
Adroit	Fascinating	Robust
Agile	Good-looking	Shapely
Attractive	Graceful	Skillful
Beautiful	Handsome	Spirited
Brawny	Hardy	Spruce
Charming	Immaculate	Stalwart
Comely	Lively	Strapping
Dainty	Lovely	Strong
Dapper	Manly	Sturdy
Delicate	Muscular	Virile
Dexterous	Neat	Vivacious
Elegant	Nimble	Winsome
Negative
Awkward	Graceless	Repulsive
Bizarre	Grotesque	Sickly
Cadaverous	Hideous	Slovenly
Clumsy	Homely	Spare
Coarse	Horrible	Thin
Decrepit	Incongruous	Ugly
Effeminate	Invidious	Ungainly
Emaciated	Loathsome	Unkempt
Feeble	Odious	Unmanly
Frail	Repellent	Unwomanly
Gawky	Repugnant	Weak
Ghastly

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Descriptive Words that can be used for peoples mental qualities

Positive
Apt	Learned
Astute	Observant
Capable	Precocious
Clever	Prudent
Competent	Rational
Crafty	Reasonable
Cunning	Sage
Educated	Scholarly
Erudite	Sensible
Gifted	Shrewd
Ingenious	Subtle
Intellectual	Talented
Intelligent	Wily
Inventive	Wise
Negative
Bigoted	Puerile
Crass	Shallow
Dull	Simple
Fatuous	Stupid
Foolish	Ungifted
Ignorant	Unintellectual
Illiterate	Unintelligent
Inane	Unlettered
Irrational	Unschooled
Narrow-minded	Vacuous
Obtuse