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.

I would use the word ecstatic

or I might use the word overjoyed.

Both of those adjectives mean

that someone is really, really happy.

Let's look at an example sentence.

You could say this.

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,

and as I'm teaching each one,

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.

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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

and upset about something.

Let's look at an example sentence.

You could say this.

He is fuming because someone stole his car.

That would certainly make me really, really angry.

The next two adjectives are perturbed or bothered.

When you are perturbed

or when you are bothered by something,

it means that you're upset about it.

You're not happy 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

in the ditch along her road.

So that would simply mean she is not happy about the fact

that people are littering.

The next two adjectives are outraged and incensed.

If you are outraged about something,

it means you're really, really angry about it.

If you are incensed,

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.

You could say this.

He is outraged because he is being treated unfairly.

So he's simply angry

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

if they like your haircut,

they're gonna tell you whether they like it or not.

They're not just gonna say it looks good

to make you happy.

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.

They're very, very funny.

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.

You could say this.

She is hilarious.

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.

You could say this.

She always gets 100% on her tests.

She is brilliant.

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.

The next two adjectives

are the adjectives chipper and cheerful.

When someone is chipper, when someone is cheerful,

they are happy.

They are just fun to be around in a nice way,

like they like talking to you,

they like making you smile,

they're just full of positive energy.

Let's use one of these words in an example sentence.

I can say this.

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.

The next two adjectives

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.

You could say this.

She was very secretive

and did not speak very often about her personal life.

So it simply means she didn't like to share a lot

about the things she did.

She was a very secretive person.

The next two adjectives

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.

Maybe it's your actual boss,

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.

You could say this.

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 someone is cocky,

when we describe someone as being egotistical,

it means they think they're the best person in the world

for the job they're doing

or they just think they're better than everyone else.

Let's use one of these words in an example sentence.

You could say this.

He was very cocky.

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.

You could say this.

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.

When you are inattentive,

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.

We could say this.

When I was young,

I lost things a lot because I was forgetful.

You could also say this.

I'm not very good at taking care of pets

because I'm inattentive.

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.

When you are speechless,

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 could say this.

I was speechless when they announced

that I had won the award.

So it's a situation where you just don't know what to say

because you've been surprised.

Well, hey, Bob the Canadian here.

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where I hoped you learned over 30 adjectives

that you can use to describe yourself or other people.

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