Describing appearance

How tall is smb?

About 170cm

short

medium height

average height

above # below average height

tall, tallish

small, delicate, dainty, petite, tiny

average/ medium build

slim/ slender

thin, skinny/ bony

anorexic

well-built/ muscular

stocky, squat

stout

wiry

plump

overweight # underweight

fat/ corpulent, obese

long-legged

spindle-legged / spindle-shanked

narrow# broad shoulders, hips

waistline

sylph

giant

an Amazon

midget

knee-high to a grass hopper/an ant

slight and slender

puny-looking

like a lamp-post

built like a barrel

all skin and bones

scrawny, bony-looking

there’s more fat on a chip

gangling/ gangly, lanky

to have a paunch, be portly

be pear-shaped

to have a good , gorgeous figure

straight #wavy, curly

lank

fair# dark

(ash-)blonde

light/ dark brown

auburn

ginger

red

mousy

black

white, grey, greying/ going white

brunette

brownish

thick# scanty

short # long (haired)

waist/ shoulder-length

to wear one’s hair long

dry, normal, greasy

split ends

dandruff

flyaway

unkept

to have one’s hair cut, done

to do one’s hair

to have one’s hair dyed

to comb, brush hair

rinse (n,v)

trim (n,v)

to straighten

parted on the side

(central) parting/ part (Am)

bushy

receding/ thinning, balding

bald

a strand/ tress of hair

a lock of hair

perm(anent waving)

frizzled hair

hair bun

plait/ pigtail/braid(Am)

ponytail

(to wear) in bunches

dreadlocks

bob/ bobbed hair

crew-cut/ flattop (Am)

fringe/ bangs(Am)

spikey

straggly, tousled, disheveled

skinhead

swept back, combed back

neat style

toupee, wig

to crimp, curl, wave

to layer

to highlight, streak (blonde)

to fasten with slides, grips, ribbons

bow

chignon

thin (-faced)

round (-faced)

chubby (cheeks)

square

wide

complexion

fair# dark

pale# bloom

rosy (cheeks)

ice-white

olive-skinned

tanned

dark-skinned, swarthy

sallow

Asian

white/ Caucasian

Indian

Mixed race

nose

turned-up / snub

broad/ flat nose

crooked nose

hooked

Roman

eyes

deep set

wide set

almond- shaped

hazel

blue, green, grey, black, brown(-eyed)

bushy eyebrows

pencil-thin eyebrows

false eyelashes

high, lined forehead

hollow cheeks

particular features

to have well-defined features

moustache (curled)

beard, bearded

freckles

sideburns/ sideboards (Br)

mole/ birthmark, beauty spot

dimples

stubble # clean shaven

high cheekbones

double chin

pointed chin

wrinkles/ lines, wrinkled

denture

crooked teeth

lop-eared

albino

pierced

tattooed

scar, scared

wears glasses

wears braces

hairy chest

wart

bags under the eyes

(cold) sore

sty

spots, pimples

boil

blemish

lips

well-cut

full, thick # thin

compressed

upper # lower lip

cherry

healthy # frail

smart/ elegant, well-dressed

attractive, appealing, adorable

beautiful, handsome

good-looking, pretty, cute

charming, lovely

immaculate

turned-out, dressed up

scruffy, untidy-looking

grungy

unattractive, plain, ugly

obnoxious, repellent/ forbidding

doddery

haggard

preppy

dressed down

varnished/ polished

chewed

chipped

discoloured

sharp-edged

ungroomed

aged 5

at the age of 10

be 7 years old, be 7 years of age

in one’s 20s

around / nearly 25

thirtyish

over 40 # under 40

turned 34

be getting on for / approaching / coming up to / heading for 80

in mid 30s

in late 50s # early 60

middle-aged/ in middle age

retired/ pensioner

elderly/senior citizen/ over the hill

ageing

senile

(a new -born) baby

toddler

infant

school(girl, boy)

teenager/ youth/ youngster/ juvenile/ adolescent

be under age

coming of age

mature

adult/ grown-up

in one’s prime

looking one’s age

older/ younger than one looks

the same age as

septuagenarian

octogenarian

centenarian

to smack one’s lips

to raise one’s eyebrows

to prick up one’s ears

to mouth smth

to flutter one’s eyelashes

to purse one’s lips

to turn one’s nose up

to puff out one’s cheeks

to blow one’s nose

to shrug one’s shoulder

to lick one’s lips

to wrinkle one’s forehead

to twist one’s hair

to fold arms

to cross legs

to bite nails

to pick one’s nose

to clench one’s fist

to tap, drum one’s fingers

to scowl at

to leer at

to stare at

to grimace

to pout lips

to hold one’s breath

to shake, nod one’s head

beautician

beauty treatment

beauty salon

make-up artist

hairdresser, barber

eye shadow

lipstick, lip gloss

foundation

eye liner

blusher

mascara

face powder

concealer

thick makeup

accessories

jewelry, imitation jewelry

razor

tweezers

nail scissors, nail file

comb

brush

moisturizer

styling mousse

shaving foam

after shave lotion

cologne

deodorant

balm

hairspray

nail polish/ varnish

polish remover

skin care products

to apply a mask, cream, gel, moisturizer

to remove make up

to wear a perfume, make-up

to overdo make-up

to moisturize

to file nails

to groom

to have/ undergo plastic surgery

liposuction

to prick, pierce