Senses Adjectives Words to Describe Smell, Taste, and Touch

We are going to list out about adjectives which you can use to describe your five senses and what they experience.

Adjectives for Sense of Touch

These words help you describe your experience whenever your fingertips or your skin touches something.

following are some adjective words you can use to describe touch.

  1. Lukewarm
  2. Sticky
  3. Dirty
  4. Moist
  5. Dry
  6. Tender
  7. Hot
  8. Cold
  9. Rough
  10. Soft
  11. Smooth
  12. fluffy
  13. Bumpy
  14. Pointed
  15. Blunt
  16. Coarse
  17. Cool
  18. Damp
  19. Dry
  20. Even
  21. Flat
  22. Freezing
  23. Grainy
  24. Greasy
  25. Hairy
  26. Irregular
  27. Oily
  28. Polished
  29. Rubbery
  30. Soggy
  31. Thorny
  32. Uneven
  33. Warm
  34. Wet
  35. Wrinkled

Adjectives Words for Describing Smell

Describing smell as “fresh” or “delicious” is quite a neutral way of saying you are experiencing something positive while words like “odour” and “toxic” are used for something smelling bad.

Following is a list of 24 descriptive words to help you perfectly describe the smell of food, flowers, perfumes, scents etc.

  1. Anosmic – odorless, no smell at all
  2. Antiseptic – clean or pure smell that is bland a characterless
  3. Aroma – a smell that is strong but pleasant
  4. Advocating – a smell that makes you think of something, often something that you experienced in the past 
  5. Faint – a smell that is not strong
  6. Fragrance – a sweet or pleasant odor 
  7. Heady – strongly aromatic, pungent, rich, intoxicating, spicy, piquant – not a mild smell 
  8. Heavy – a sweet and strong smell
  9. Intoxicating – A smell that exhilarates, disorients, or excites
  10. Odor/odor (US spelling) – a smell
  11. Odorous – a strong smell
  12. Odorless – with no smell
  13. Piquant – stinging, pungent, an aroma that tickles the nose.
  14. Redolent – smelling of something
  15. Scent – a particular smell, especially a pleasant one
  16. Whiff – the slight smell of something
  17. Ambrosial – sweet-smelling, fragrant, aromatic
  18. Aromatic – perfumed, fragrant, scented, sweet-smelling, pungent, usually pleasing
  19. Delicious – a pleasant smell
  20. Fresh – a pleasant, newly made smell that can be clean, clear, cool, crisp, refreshing, sweet, warm
  21. Perfumed – pleasant to smell because perfume has been added or used, or it has a natural perfume
  22. Savory (US Spelling) – pleasant to  taste – spicy, pungent, flavorsome
  23. Sweet  – a pleasant smell that is sweet
  24. Tangy – a smell or taste that is strong and bitter in a pleasant way

Adjectives for Describing Taste

These words help you describe experience of your tongue and nose whenever you taste something that you are going to eat.

List of adjectives to describe taste –

  1. Acidic – Food that contains lot of acid
  2. Brackish – An Impure Water which has a taste of salt.
  3. Chocolatey – Food having a lot of chocolate in it.
  4. Creamy – food containing cream or the taste of it.
  5. Crunchy – Food which is nicely cooked and makes a sound when eaten.
  6. Fiery – It makes your mouth feel very hot when you have it.
  7. Juicy – Food containing a lot of juice
  8. Crispy – Nicely cooked food which is easily breakable
  9. Bitter – Having a sharp taste which is usually not sweet.
  10. Sweetish – Food having sweet taste or smell like it.
  11. Spicy – Food with the flavor of spices in it.
  12. Savory – Food with the taste similar to lemon.
  13. Moist – contains a good quantity of water in it.
  14. Salty – Food which has a good quantity of salt.
  15. Watery – Thin taste food containing large quantity of water.
  16. Mild – Food with a little tint of spices and everything.
  17. Greasy – fried in oil foods.
  18. Mushy – a Very Soft kind of food.
  19. Hot – food that contains a good quantity of spices in it.
  20. Unsalted – food which doesn’t contain salt.

Don’t Worry If aren’t able to remember all the words, You can use this list as a reference till the time you master these adjectives and get used to writing them in sentences.

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