Did you know about 57% of people in the entire world have pet dogs at their homes? If you are here, then we are sure you already have or are planning to get one soon. And just like you, we love dogs too. They are the perfect companions.
Imagine your best friend visits you on a weekend and asks you about your dog. How would you describe it to them? What words will you use? Of course, you will begin by telling its breed, nature, appearance, habits, likes, dislikes, etc. And the words you will use here in your sentences are known as adjectives.
Adjectives to Describe Dogs
Here is a list of adjectives you can choose from to describe your amazing pet or any other dog you see around.
- Active: Lively, vigorous
- Affectionate: Readily feeling or showing fondness or tenderness
- Alert: Being watchful for possible danger
- Amusing: Causing laughter and providing entertainment
- Anxious: Very eager or concerned to do something
- Athletic: Physically strong, fit, and active
- Beautiful: Pleasing the senses or mind aesthetically
- Beloved: Dearly loved
- Big: Of considerable size
- Brave: Ready to face and endure danger or pain; showing courage
- Bright: Intelligent and quick-witted
- Bright-Eyed: Alert and lively.
- Bull-Headed: Determined in an obstinate and unthinking way
- Calm: Not showing or feeling nervousness, anger
- Canine: A pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars of a mammal, often greatly enlarged in carnivores
- Caring: Displaying kindness and concern for others
- Cat-Friendly: Pet friendly
- Cheeky: Showing a lack of respect or politeness i
- Cheerful: Noticeably happy and optimistic
- Chubby: Plump and rounded.
- Clean: Free from dirt, marks, or stains.
- Clever: Quick to understand, learn
- Clumsy: Awkward in movement or in handling things
- Courageous: Not deterred by danger or pain; brave
- Crazy: Mad, especially as manifested in wild or aggressive behaviour
- Cuddly: Endearing and pleasant to cuddle
- Curious: Eager to know or learn something
- Curled: Form or cause to form into a curved
- Cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way.
- Daring: Adventurous or audaciously bold
- Dashing: Attractive, adventurous, and full of confidence
- Demanding: Requiring much skill or effort
- Dependent: Requiring someone for support
- Devoted: Very loving or loyal
- Disobedient: Refusing to obey rules
- Distinctive: Marking as separate or different
- Eager-To-Please: Willing to do anything
- Easy-To-Train: Idiomatic expressions, and related words for trainable
- Energetic: Showing or involving great activity or vitality
- Entertaining: Providing amusement or enjoyment.
- Faithful: Remaining loyal and steadfast
- Family-Friendly: One that is considered to be suitable for all members of an average family
- Fluffy: Covered with fluff
- Foolish: Lacking good sense or judgement
- Friendly: Not harmful to a specified thing
- Frisky: Playful and full of energy
- Funny: Providing fun; causing amusement or laughter
- Furry: Covered with fur
- Fuzzy: Indistinct or vague
- Gentle: Having or showing a mild, kind, or tender temperament or character.
- Giant: Very great size
- Good-Natured: Kind, friendly, and patient.
- Goofy: Foolish or harmlessly eccentric
- Gorgeous: Beautiful; very attractive
- Greedy: Having an excessive desire or appetite for food
- Grumpy: Bad-tempered and irritable
- Handsome: Good-looking.
- Healthy: In a good physical or mental condition; in good health
- Heartwarming: Emotionally rewarding
- Housebroken: To urinate and defecate outside the house
- Huggable: Evoking a desire to hug close
- Hyperactive: Abnormally or extremely active
- Independent: Not depending on another
- Instinctual: Relating to or denoting an innate
- Intelligent: Having or showing intelligence
- Jolly: Happy and cheerful.
- Keen: Having or showing eagerness or enthusiasm
- Kid-Friendly: Welcoming towards or suitable for children
- Kindhearted: Having a kind and sympathetic nature.
- Lazy: Unwilling to use energy
- Leashed: His violence was barely leashed
- Likable: Pleasant, friendly
- Little: Small in size
- Long-Haired: Having long hair
- Lovable: Inspiring or deserving love or affection
- Loving: Feeling or showing love or great care.
- Loyal: Giving or showing firm and constant support
- Mellow: Pleasantly smooth or soft
- Mischievous: Causing or showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way.
- Moody: Given to unpredictable changes of mood,
- Muscular: Having well-developed muscles.
- Naughty: Badly behaved; disobedient
- Nervous: Easily agitated or alarmed.
- Neutered: Neither masculine nor feminine
- Obedient: Complying or willing to comply with an order or request
- Outgoing: Friendly and socially confident
- Pampered: Comfort, and kindness; spoil
- Patient: Tolerate delays, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed
- People-Friendly: People who are kind, caring, and make you feel comfortable
- Playful: Expressing pleasure and amusement
- Pleasant: Giving a sense of happy satisfaction or enjoyment
- Potty-Trained: He’s just been potty-trained
- Precious: Of great value
- Pretty: Attractive in a delicate way
- Priceless: Very amusing.
- Problem-Solving: Finding solutions
- Protective: Intended to protect someone or something
- Queenly: Resembling, fit for
- Quick: Moving fast or doing something
- Quiet: Making little or no noise.
- Quirky: Having or characterized by peculiar or unexpected traits
- Rebellious: Showing a desire to resist authority, control
- Scrawny: Unattractively thin and bony.
- Scruffy: Shabby and untidy or dirty.
- Sensitive: Quick to detect or respond to slight changes
- Shiny: Very clean
- Short-Haired: Having short hair
- Shy: Nervous or timid
- Silly: Having or showing a lack of common sense
- Sleek: Smooth and glossy.
- Sleepy: Needing or ready for sleep
- Smart: Clean, tidy
- Smelly: Having a strong or unpleasant smell
- Sneaky: Furtive; sly
- Snuggly: Comfortable, warm, and cosy.
- Soft: Easy to mould
- Spayed: Sterilize (a female animal) by removing the ovaries
- Spoiled: Having become unfit for eating.
- Sporty: Fond of or good at sport.
- Spotted: Marked or decorated with spots.
- Stray: Separated from the group
- Stubborn: Having or showing dogged determination not to change one’s attitude or position
- Submissive: Ready to conform to the authority or will of others
- Sure-Footed: Unlikely to stumble or slip
- Sweet: Pleasing in general; delightful.
- Territorial: Relating to the ownership of an area
- Timid: Showing a lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened
- Tough: Strong enough to withstand adverse conditions or rough handling.
- Trained: Having been taught a particular skill or type of behaviour
- Trustworthy: Able to be relied on as honest or truthful.
- Up: Towards a higher place
- Vigilant: Keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties
- Wagging: Move or cause to move rapidly to and fro
- Warm: Having or showing enthusiasm, affection, or kindness
- Watchful: Alert and vigilant
- Well-Bred: Mannered, refined
- Well-Trained: Having gained satisfactory training
- Wild: Uncultivated, or inhospitable
- Willing-To-Learn: Skills and information that improve our abilities and enjoyment
- Zippy : Bright, fresh, or lively.
Let us consider some examples using the above adjectives.
- Ashley’s dog was clever and jolly.
- My relatives find my dog Tyson quite clumsy and mischievous.
- Tommy is a muscular and protective watchdog.
- My neighbour has a hilarious dog. He keeps scaring passersby.
- Robin is a sweet and caring dog.
Practice more sentences and use of adjectives for dogs with our worksheets at English Bix. You can find some wonderful activities here.
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