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.
- Lukewarm
- Sticky
- Dirty
- Moist
- Dry
- Tender
- Hot
- Cold
- Rough
- Soft
- Smooth
- fluffy
- Bumpy
- Pointed
- Blunt
- Coarse
- Cool
- Damp
- Dry
- Even
- Flat
- Freezing
- Grainy
- Greasy
- Hairy
- Irregular
- Oily
- Polished
- Rubbery
- Soggy
- Thorny
- Uneven
- Warm
- Wet
- 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.
- Anosmic – odorless, no smell at all
- Antiseptic – clean or pure smell that is bland a characterless
- Aroma – a smell that is strong but pleasant
- Advocating – a smell that makes you think of something, often something that you experienced in the past
- Faint – a smell that is not strong
- Fragrance – a sweet or pleasant odor
- Heady – strongly aromatic, pungent, rich, intoxicating, spicy, piquant – not a mild smell
- Heavy – a sweet and strong smell
- Intoxicating – A smell that exhilarates, disorients, or excites
- Odor/odor (US spelling) – a smell
- Odorous – a strong smell
- Odorless – with no smell
- Piquant – stinging, pungent, an aroma that tickles the nose.
- Redolent – smelling of something
- Scent – a particular smell, especially a pleasant one
- Whiff – the slight smell of something
- Ambrosial – sweet-smelling, fragrant, aromatic
- Aromatic – perfumed, fragrant, scented, sweet-smelling, pungent, usually pleasing
- Delicious – a pleasant smell
- Fresh – a pleasant, newly made smell that can be clean, clear, cool, crisp, refreshing, sweet, warm
- Perfumed – pleasant to smell because perfume has been added or used, or it has a natural perfume
- Savory (US Spelling) – pleasant to taste – spicy, pungent, flavorsome
- Sweet – a pleasant smell that is sweet
- 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 –
- Acidic – Food that contains lot of acid
- Brackish – An Impure Water which has a taste of salt.
- Chocolatey – Food having a lot of chocolate in it.
- Creamy – food containing cream or the taste of it.
- Crunchy – Food which is nicely cooked and makes a sound when eaten.
- Fiery – It makes your mouth feel very hot when you have it.
- Juicy – Food containing a lot of juice
- Crispy – Nicely cooked food which is easily breakable
- Bitter – Having a sharp taste which is usually not sweet.
- Sweetish – Food having sweet taste or smell like it.
- Spicy – Food with the flavor of spices in it.
- Savory – Food with the taste similar to lemon.
- Moist – contains a good quantity of water in it.
- Salty – Food which has a good quantity of salt.
- Watery – Thin taste food containing large quantity of water.
- Mild – Food with a little tint of spices and everything.
- Greasy – fried in oil foods.
- Mushy – a Very Soft kind of food.
- Hot – food that contains a good quantity of spices in it.
- 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.