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Descriptive Words For Sound, Touch, Color, Smell, Pattern and Shapes
I’m tired of you people using the same words for everything. Here’s some lists to help you mix it up.
SOUND
| ringing | cheeping | gasping | smashing | piercing | peeping |
| whooping | tinkling | raucous | chattering | crooning | bellowing |
| sobbing | bumping | snarling | growling | pitch | crying |
| thumping | burping | croaking | clattering | yapping | keening |
| splashing | yelping | rustling | volume | squealing | howling |
| barking | sniveling | moaning | pealing | tone | rattling |
| grunting | clanging | coughing | quacking | whining | gagging |
| fizzing | wheezing | honking | hissing | bawling | trumpeting |
| swishing | sneezing | rumbling | bubbling | ripping | cooing |
| chirping | shouting | shuffling | tearing | popping | roaring |
| thunderous | scratching | snorting | crashing | crunching | cackling |
| tolling | clucking | silent | tapping | soothing | crowing |
| tranquil | melodious | cacophonous | singing | quiet | tune |
| loud | tinkling | noisy | rhythmic | mumbling | twittering |
| din | beat | blaring | cawing | racket | chattering |
| murmuring | whistling | clapping | booming | whispering | mewing |
| snapping | snoring | yelling | mooing | crackling | sighing |
TOUCH AND TEXTURE
| pressed | damp | fluted | tickling | sculptured | dry |
| knobbed | raw | corrugated | downy | chapped | scratchy |
| dirty | grimy | sopping | itching | abrasive | dusty |
| scaled | rasping | prickly | clammy | pulpy | kiss |
| scarred | glossy | wet | pocked | tweedy | matte |
| moist | woolly | hard | foamy | dank | patina |
| gripped | burning | hairy | soft | cottony | scorching |
| furry | bumpy | rocking | cushioned | fluffy | searing |
| fuzzy | boiling | sheer | sheen | scalding | stinging |
| sandy | warm | shiny | polished | hot | engraved |
| gritty | inlaid | soapy | bubbly | grooved | cool |
| glassy | ivory | biting | sharp | rutted | piercing |
| silky | numbing | velvety | smooth | freezing | steely |
| keen | icy | corduroy | grainy | cold | metallic |
| fine | waxy | coarse | greasy | curdled | slimy |
| splintered | lacy | tangled | spiky | slippery | creamy |
| matted | slick | shaggy | bushy | fiery | stubbly |
COLOR AND VISUAL QUALITIES
| red | saffron | bright | dark | scarlet | gold |
| dull | light | carnelian | silver | rose | chocolate |
| crimson | chrome | lilac | sienna | salmon | lime |
| copper | vermilion | yellow | bronze | avocado | coral |
| primrose | pale | purple | lemon | canary | violet |
| pink | cerise | mauve | ruddy | mahogany | topaz |
| blue | amber | ebony | flushed | maroon | amethyst |
| crystalline | cyan | navy | wine | white | poppy |
| cobalt | burgundy | olive | fuchsia | turquoise | claret |
| drab | chartreuse | orchid | brilliant | clear | black |
| obsidian | transparent | khaki | opaque | translucent | lavender |
| glassy | jet | gay | rust | carmine | sapphire |
| dun | cordovan | indigo | milky | tan | grizzly |
| ocher | flesh | buff | brindle | umber | peach |
| mustard | ultramarine | snowy | chestnut | green | smoky |
| sepia | mint | brass | walnut | pearl | aqua |
| ruby | emerald | twinkling | bistre | sooty | shimmering |
| jade | plum | charcoal | maize | lake | iridescent |
| garnet | slate | spruce | puce | magenta | sable |
| pearly | aquamarine | ivory | henna | citrine | onyx |
| azure | cream | orange |
SMELL
| perfumed | lilac | earthy | stinking | fetid | loamy |
| lemon | scent | odor | fragrance | sweaty | sharp |
| rose | lime | rotten | biting | pungent | musty |
| plastic | acrid | flowery | fishy | mildewed | spicy |
| acid | moldy | doggy | nauseating | redolent | skunky |
| dirty | sweet | tart | minty | moist | putrid |
| sour | fresh | musty | spoiled |
PATTERN AND SHAPE
| round | parallel | narrow | reticulated | crested | wide |
| flat | spherical | globe | rounded | shallow | drooping |
| erect | dappled | rolling | orb | hemisphere | ball |
| shapely | checkered | adjacent | curved | pied | concentric |
| triangle | sharp | short | depressed | swollen | long |
| concave | pyramid | cone | convex | streamlined | sunken |
| square | diagonal | contoured | protruding | banded | terrain |
| horizontal | rectangle | cube | vertical | aquiline | veined |
| cylinder | depth | disc | palmate | box | width |
| plate | pinnate | spiked | thread | height | arc |
| elliptical | length | worm-like | crowned | cupped | serpentine |
| girth | crescent | pentagon | breadth | sinuous | baggy |
| tight | winding | spotted | oval | hexagon | octagon |
| tetrahedral | solid | lanky | corkscrew | helix | curly |
| frail | polyhedron | trapezoid | thin | fat | crystalline |
| fanned | oval | pointed | plump | ovate | ellipsoidal |
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