What does she (he) look like?

Handsome, ugly, attractive, plain, good-looking, near-sighted, long-sighted, beautiful, pretty.

Face:

long, oval, round, thin, square, fleshy, puffy, wrinkled, pasty, pimpled, freckled, pock-marked, sunburned, tanned, browned, clean-shaven

Features:

clean-cut, delicate, forceful, regular, irregular, large, massive, small, stern

Smile:

charming, engaging, pleasant, pleased, happy, sweet, broad, cunning, faint, ironical, sad, strained, wry, enigmatic, winning

Complexion:

dark, fair, pale, sallow, healthy

Skin:

delicate, rough, dark, rosy

Nose:

aquiline, flat, turned up, curved, hooked, snub-nosed, fleshy, a blob of nose, peak-pointed, straight

Lips:

full, thick, rosy, painted, parted, parched

Cheeks:

chubby, plump, hollow, sunken, pale, pink, rouged, ruddy, stubby (unshaven), wrinkled, dimples in one’s cheeks

Mouth:

firm, large, big, small, stern, resolute, toothless, strong, vivid, clean-shaven

Figure:

stooping, fat, paunchy, plump, stout, well-fed, lathy, lean (mostly about men), slender, slim (about a woman), slight, neat (mostly about women), graceful, solidly-built, tall, broad-shouldered, short, long-legged, long-armed

Eyebrows:

arched, bushy, penciled, penthouse, shaggy

Forehead:

broad, doomed, high (tall), large, open, low, narrow, retreating

Hair:

black, jet-black, dark, brown, auburn, fair, blond, golden, red, reddish, gray, ash-blond, grizzling (grizzled), crisp, waved, curled, curly, lank (straight), thick, abundant, scanty (thin), short, sleek (smooth), silky, luxuriant, long, dyed, bobbed (shingled), bald, braids (plaits), permanent wave, rich, a brunette (only about women)

she wears her hair: parted in the middle (on the left/ on the right), combed back, done-in-a-knot, in plaits, shoulder length, a wig

to part one’s hair in the middle......., to have one’s hair done (trimmed), hair-do, hair-style

Teeth:

close-set, even, uneven, large, small, sparse

Chin:

double, pointed, protruding, round, massive

Eyes:

kind, good, warm, blue, brown, hazel, gray, steel-gray, green, bulging, close-set, deep-set, slanted, sunken; to be blue-eyed, cross-eyed

Eyelashes:

curving, straight, long, thick, thin

Additional phrases: to hold oneself upright, to keep oneself erect, a mop of hair, to take after smb, to put on weight, to grow thinner, to look old (young) for one’s age, to look one’s age, to be as like as two peas, to be a picture of health, You can’t judge a book from its cover, To throw dust in one’s eyes

How does she/he look?

Tired, fresh, upset, happy, disappointed, sleepy, worried, pale, unwell, healthy, surprised

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