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Action descriptive verbs - wordsWhen we are talking about a human, think,story, an animal we use descriptive verbs orWords for describing themExam. She is very beautiful womanHe is a cocky manIt was very big ship

General adjectives as descriptive verbs words hairy, dusty, melancholy, abrupt, tall, good, badangry, grotesque, monstrous, miniscule

General Adverbs as descriptive verbs words

quicklyhastilyangrilyfaintlybegrudginglymeagerly

Gerunds as descriptive verbs words

Walking, talking, laughing, playing, running drinking, eating, making, taking, buying, hating loving, driving, painting, writing, baking, cooking mixing, biking, hiking, swimming, laughing, joking crying, diving, tying, betting, getting, hammering nailing, jumping, preparing

Words Describing PeopleShort, large, fat, thin, thick, blue-eyed, brown-eyed green-eyed, brunette, blond, smart, intelligent dumb, stupid, hungry, thirsty, mean, nice, kind, friendly, honest

Religious, secular, political, Democrat, Republican Catholic, Christian Mussulman ( Muslim, Moslem), Lutheran Baptist, Jewish, Islamic,paganHinduBuddhistatheistagnostic

Words Describing People

Student, teacher, police, officer, firefighter, doctor, nurse, lawyer, dependent, certificated financial planner, stay at home mom, manager, employee, homemaker

Words Describing Other Things (some could be used for people)Broken, bent, icey, steamy, warm, cold, hot, cool, chilly, breezy, spicy, salty, bitterly, sweet, sour, crunchy, delightful, moist

Dangerous, exciting, fun, milky, abomination, welcoming, open, closed

Colors as descriptive verbs words

Blue, green, yellow, red, purple, pink, magenta, orange, blue, brown, black caramelcoffeewhitegrayhot pinklime greenstrawberry redlilacseafoamCyan

Shapes as descriptive verbs words

Oval, circles, quare, triangle, pentagon, hexagon, septagon, decagon, sextagon, nonatagon, rectangle, prism, rectaungular prismsphereglobe

Weather as descriptive verbs words

Raining, pouring, snowing, sunny, cloudy, hot, coldWarm, cool, freezing, humid, breezy, windy, light rain, thunderstorm, thunder, lightning, downpour, tornado Flood, hurricane, tsunami, earthquake, blizzard, torrential rains