List of Words That Appeal To The 5 Senses

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The document provides many lists of descriptive words across different senses including taste, sight, touch, smell and sound. It also includes words to describe size, weather, food and more.

Some of the main categories included are words to describe taste, sight, touch, smell, weather, food, size and sound.

Some examples of words used to describe taste included acidic, bitter, sour, sweet, salty and spicy.

20 Ways to Describe Taste

1. acidic - very sour


2. astringent - an astringent taste is one that is strong and bitter
3. bitter - a strong sharp taste that is not sweet
4. bitter-sweet - tasting bitter and sweet at the same time
5. brackish - has a slight taste of salt and is therefore not pure
6. hot - contains a lot of spices that create a burning feeling in your mouth
7. mature - has been left to develop a pleasant strong flavour
8. mild - does not have a strong taste
9. ripe - has a strong flavour
10. robust - has a lot of flavour
11. savoury - tasting of salt or spices and not sweet
12. seasoned - containing seasonings to improve flavour
13. sharp - has a strong and bitter flavour
14. sour - with a taste like a lemon
15. spicy - has a strong hot flavour
16. sweet-and-sour - contains both sweet and sour flavours
17. syrupy - thick, sweet, and sticky
18. tart - a slightly sour taste
19. unsalted - not flavoured with salt
20. watery - pale, or not strong
21. Taste Vocabulary Word List (73)
A) Acerbic, Acidic, Acrid, Appetizing
B) Biting, Bitter, Bitter, Bland, Briny
C) Cold, Cool, Creamy
D) Delectable, Delicious, Dry, Dulcet
E
F) Flavorful, Foul, Fresh, Fruity, Full-bodied
G) Gamy, Gooey
H) Hearty, Honey, Hot
I)
J) Juicy
K)
L)
M) Medium, Mild, Mouth-watering
N) Nutty
O)
P) Palatable, Peppery, Pickled, Piquant, Pleasing, Pungent
Q)
R) Rancid, Rank, Rare, Ripe, Rotten
S) Saccharine, Saline, Salty, Saporific, Savory, Scrumptious, Seasonings, Sec, Sharp, Sour,
Spicy, Spoiled, Sticky, Stinky, Strong, Succulent, Sugary, Sweet, Sweet-and-sour,
Syrupy
T) Tangy, Tart, Tasteless, Tasty
U)
V) Vinegary
W) Warm, Weak, Well-done
X)
Y) Yummy
Z) Zesty

Sense

Here are some adjective descriptive words for describing smell:

Smell, descriptive words: A to M:

 acrid
 antiseptic
 bitter
 burning
 choking
 clean
 delicious
 fragrant
 fresh
 medicinal
 musty

Words N to Z:

 pungent
 putrid
 rancid
 rich
 rotten
 salty
 smoky
 sour
 spicy
 stale
 stinky
 strong
 sweet
Feelings (Good) Adjectives

 agreeable
 brave
 calm
 delightful
 eager
 faithful
 gentle
 happy
 jolly
 kind
 lively
 nice
 obedient
 proud
 relieved
 silly
 thankful
 victorious
 witty
 zealous

Touch Adjectives

 boiling
 breeze
 broken
 bumpy
 chilly
 cold
 cool
 creepy
 crooked
 cuddly
 curly
 damaged
 damp
 dirty
 dry
 dusty
 filthy
 flaky
 fluffy
 freezing
 hot
 warm
 wet

List of adjectives describing sound

 Blaring
 Cooing
 Deafening
 Loud
 Melancholic
 Noisy
 Soft
 Shrill
 Squeaking
 Silent
 Thundering
 Whispering

Describing foods is quite hard, it is not easy as it may seem. Here are some adjectives to describe
food:

 bitter
 sour
 sweet
 salty
 hot
 oily
 crunchy
 stale
 sticky

Here is a comprehensive list of adjectives describing the weather:

 arid
 bad
 bitter
 blusterous
 balmy
 calm
 cold
 cloudy
 crummy
 clear
 close
 damp
 dead
 dark
 drizzly
 frosty
 good
 hot
 humid
 hazy
 icy
 mild
 misty
 muggy
 rainy
 raw
 revolting
 sunny
 stormy
 snow
 steamy
 showery
 scorching
 sultry
 tempestuous
 warm
 wet
 windy

This is a comprehensive list of adjectives for describing size.

 big
 colossal
 fat
 gigantic
 great
 huge
 immense
 large
 little
 mammoth
 massive
 miniature
 petite
 puny
 scrawny
 short
 small
 tall
 teeny
 teeny-tiny
 tiny

 THESE WORDS ARE ALL SIGHT WORDS FROM A-Z

 brunette
 bulky
 chubby
 circular
 clean
 cloudy
 colorful
 colossal
 contoured
 craggy
 angular
 bent
 big
 billowy
 black
 blonde
 blushing
 branching
 bright
 brilliant
 broad
 crinkled
 crooked
 crowded
 crystalline
 curved
 cute
 dark
 deep
 dim
 distinct
 dull
 elegant
 enormous
 fancy
 fat
 filthy
 flat
 flickering
 fluffy
 foggy
 forked
 fuzzy
 gigantic
 glamorous
 gleaming
 glistening
 globular
 glowing
 graceful
 grotesque
 hazy
 high
 hollow
 homely
 huge
 immense
 light
 lithe
 little
 long
 low
 misty
 motionless
 muddy
 murky
 narrow
 obtruse
 pale
 petite
 portly
 quaint
 radiant
 rectangluar
 reddish
 rippling
 rotund
 shadowy
 shallow
 sheer
 shimmering
 shiny
 short
 skinny
 small
 soaring
 spotless
 square
 steep
 stormy
 straight
 strange
 sunny
 swooping
 tall
 tapering
 translucent
 ugly
 unsightly
 unusual
 weird
 wide
 wiry
 wispy
 wizened

Descriptive words / Adjectives for Hearing  ( Soft Sounds ) below.


buzzchime

clink

crackle

faint

gurgle

harmony (musical)

hiss

hum
hush

inaudible

lilting

melody

murmur

mute

mutter

patter

peep

purr

rush

rustle

sigh

snap

speechless

still

swish

tinkle

twitter

whir

whisper

zing

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