Learn English Adjectives for Describing People While I Make Funny Faces to Help You Memorize Them!
When I'm happy, I look like this,
but when I'm really, really happy, I look like this.
You can see here that I look really, really happy.
I would probably use these words to describe myself.
or I might use the word overjoyed.
that someone is really, really happy.
Let's look at an example sentence.
He is ecstatic whenever his team wins a game.
That just means he's really, really happy.
Hey, welcome to this English lesson
where we're going to look at over 30 adjectives
that you can use to describe yourself and other people,
I'll try to do this little trick with my face
so you can kind of see the meaning
in my expression on the screen.
The next two adjectives are furious and fuming.
If I was furious or fuming, I would look like this.
You can see that furious and fuming
both mean that someone is really, really angry.
It means that they are really angry
Let's look at an example sentence.
He is fuming because someone stole his car.
That would certainly make me really, really angry.
The next two adjectives are perturbed or bothered.
or when you are bothered by something,
it means that you're upset about it.
You're definitely the opposite of happy.
Let's use these in an example sentence though.
You could say she is perturbed
because people keep throwing their garbage
So that would simply mean she is not happy about the fact
The next two adjectives are outraged and incensed.
If you are outraged about something,
it means you're really, really angry about it.
it means you're really, really angry about something.
Maybe something that happened to you
or something that's happening in the world.
Protestors are often outraged.
Let's use one of these words in a sentence.
He is outraged because he is being treated unfairly.
because someone isn't treating him very nicely.
The next two adjectives that you can use
to describe yourself or other people are frank and direct.
When someone is frank, when someone is direct,
they speak the truth all the time
regardless of how it will make other people feel.
If you ask someone who is frank or direct
they're gonna tell you whether they like it or not.
They're not just gonna say it looks good
They'll just say whatever they think.
Let's use one in an example sentence.
You could say she always speaks the truth.
She is very direct or she is very frank.
The next two adjectives are witty and hilarious.
When someone is witty or when someone is hilarious.
Witty means that you make little jokes all the time
about what people are saying in a nice, fun way,
and hilarious just means you are a fun person to be around.
You make a lot of people laugh.
Let's use one of these in an example sentence.
She is always telling jokes when she's at a party.
So someone who is hilarious or witty usually makes you smile
and certainly makes you laugh.
The next two adjectives are bright and brilliant.
When someone is described as being bright or brilliant,
it means they're really, really smart.
When I was in university,
I was in classes with some really brilliant people.
They were really, really smart.
Let's use one of these in an example sentence.
She always gets 100% on her tests.
Simply means she is a very, very smart person.
The next two adjectives are quirky and kooky.
When someone is quirky, when someone is kooky,
they're a little bit different than other people,
but in a very interesting way, sometimes a silly way,
or sometimes they might even seem a little bit crazy to you
because of the things they do.
Let's use one of these in an example sentence.
You could tell by the beautiful art that she created
that she was a little bit quirky.
So it simply means she has some unique character traits
that help her make really cool art.
are the adjectives chipper and cheerful.
When someone is chipper, when someone is cheerful,
They are just fun to be around in a nice way,
like they like talking to you,
they're just full of positive energy.
Let's use one of these words in an example sentence.
When I woke up from my nap, I was really chipper,
probably because I was well rested.
That usually makes me cheerful and makes me chipper.
are the adjectives secretive and reticent.
When you are secretive, when you are reticent,
you don't talk a lot about your personal life.
You're a very, very private person.
Let's use one of these words in an example sentence.
and did not speak very often about her personal life.
So it simply means she didn't like to share a lot
She was a very secretive person.
are the adjectives argumentative or combative.
When you are argumentative, when you are combative,
it means you like to argue with people.
It means you disagree with them a lot.
Let's use one of these in an example sentence.
I don't get along with my roommate
because he's very argumentative.
That would simply mean that whenever I talk to my roommate,
we get into a fight, we get into an argument.
The next two adjectives are bossy and overbearing.
When someone is bossy, when someone is overbearing,
it means they're always telling you what to do.
Maybe this is a family member.
but a bossy person or an overbearing person
is always telling you what you should do.
Let's use one of these in an example sentence.
He wasn't very nice to be around because he was very bossy.
That would simply mean he was a person
that was always telling other people what to do.
The next two adjectives are cocky and egotistical.
when we describe someone as being egotistical,
it means they think they're the best person in the world
or they just think they're better than everyone else.
Let's use one of these words in an example sentence.
He thought he was the best player on the team,
so he thought he was better than everyone else
and we would describe him as being cocky.
The next two adjectives are deceitful and devious.
When someone is deceitful, when someone is devious,
it means you can't trust them.
Someone who is deceitful might lie to you
when they're trying to get you to buy something.
They might just not want to tell you the truth
because they're trying to trick you.
Let's use one of these in an example sentence.
I didn't trust the car salesman because he seemed deceitful.
That would mean you didn't trust him
because you thought he was lying.
The next two adjectives are forgetful and inattentive.
When you are forgetful, it means you forget things a lot.
it means that you don't watch things
when you're supposed to be watching them.
Let's use both of these in an example sentence.
I lost things a lot because I was forgetful.
I'm not very good at taking care of pets
So they have slightly different meanings,
but they both refer to a person who isn't really good
at remembering stuff or paying attention.
The last two adjectives, speechless and astounded.
it means you don't know what to say.
When you are astounded, it means you're surprised
and you don't know what to say.
Let's use one of these in an example sentence.
I was speechless when they announced
So it's a situation where you just don't know what to say
because you've been surprised.
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that you can use to describe yourself or other people.
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