DESCRIBING A HANDSOME MAN

BLOND HAIR
LEVEL 1

LEVEL 2

LEVEL 3

LEVEL 4

LEVEL 5

Viking-gold

Nordic-gold

Aryan-gold

lions mane-

Achilles-gold

hair
Hercules-

hair
Scandinavian

hair
Teutonic-

gold hair
mother lode-

hair
Apollo-gold

gold hair

-gold hair

gold hair

gold hair

hair

1. He had wavy, Hercules-gold hair.

2. He had mussed, Nordic-gold hair.
3. He had twirling, Aryan-gold hair.
4. He had a swirling, lions mane of gold hair.
5. He had whisked, Apollo-gold hair that danced in the wind.
SHORT HAIR
a crew cut

a Mohican

a marine

a razors-

a bald pate

close

hair cut
a rooster cut

haircut
a military

edge cur
a buzz-cut

a chrome

cropped hair

hair cut

dome

1. He had a crew cut and darting eyes.

2. He had a rooster cut and piercing eyes.
3. He had a marine cut and penetrating eyes.
4. He had buzz-cut and gimlet eyes.
5. He had a chrome dome and far-seeing eyes.
EYEBROWS
bushy

sickle shaped

eyebrows

crescent-of-

beetle-

fire

moon shape

browed

worshipperblack
Hades-black

bristly

scythe

equinox-

hirsute

eyebrows

shaped

black

eyebrows

eyebrows

eyebrows

OTHERS

1. He had bushy eyebrows and a pleasing face.

2. He had sickle shaped eyebrows and a shapely face.
3. He had equinox-black eyebrows and a seemly face.
4. He had hirsute, bible-black eyebrows on an artists face.
5. He had Hades-black eyebrows affixed to an aesthetic face.
NOSE
a falcons

a Roman

a patrician

a raptors

a lordly nose

nose
a hawkish

nose
an imperial

nose
an imperious

nose
an aquiline

a kingly nose

nose

nose

nose

nose

1. He had a falcons nose and merry eyes.

2. He had an imperial nose and joyful eyes.
3. He had a patrician nose and mirthful eyes.
4. He had a raptors nose and dancing eyes.
5. He had a lordly nose and come-hither eyes.
CHEEKBONES
domed

half-dome

arched

pinched-in

concave

cheekbones
defined

cheekbones
half-moon

cheekbones
angular

cheekbones
prominent

cheekbones
mountain

cheekbones

cheekbones

cheekbones

cheekbones

peak
cheekbones

1. He had domed cheekbones on tight skin.

2. He had half-moon cheekbones on tense skin.
3. He had arched cheekbones on taut skin.
4. His pinched-in cheekbones rested on skin that was stretched tight by exercise.
5. His concave cheekbones rested on skin pulled tight like a bolt of fine cloth.
JAW
a concrete
jaw

a craggy jaw

a flinty jaw

a granite jaw

an
adamantine
jaw

a lantern jaw

an oaken jaw

a marble jaw

a basalt jaw

an obsidian
jaw

1. He had a lantern jaw that was square and firm.

2. He had a craggy jaw that was strong and hard.
3. He had a marble jaw that was rugged and masculine.
4. He had a granite jaw that was gritty and tough.
5. He had an obsidian jaw that was obdurate and unyielding.
SHOULDERS
Atlas

taurine

simian

Colossus

canyon ridge

shoulders
a Titans

shoulders
a wrestlers

shoulders
Samson

shoulders
Corinthian

shoulders
ox yoke

shoulders

shoulders

shoulders

shoulders

shoulders

1. He had Atlas shoulders above a six-pack.

2. He had taurine shoulders above a barrel chest.
3. He had simian shoulders and an Olympians chest.
4. He had Corinthian shoulders and a horizon flat stomach.
5. He had ox yoke shoulders and a washboard stomach.
STRENGTH
a gladiators

a goliaths

a leviathans

a Spartans

a gym toned

biceps
a

body
a Greek

forearms
Popeye

muscles
Schwarzenegge

physique
a gym honed

strongmans

gods body

forearms

r muscles

physique

shoulders
1. He had a gladiators biceps and iron muscles.
2. He had a goliaths body and ironbound muscles.
3. He had Popeye forearms and ironclad muscles.
4. He had a Spartans muscles and cast iron muscles.
5. He had a gym honed physique and muscles wrought from iron.
MASCULINITY

dishy

brawny

manly

hunky

hale and

dashing

burly

strapping

handsome

hearty
hewn from
rock

1. He was dashing with a rascals smile.

2. He was brawny with a roguish smile.
3. He was strapping with a scamps smile.
4. He was hunky with a scallywags smile.
5. He was hale and hearty with a rapscallions smile.
MOVEMENT
a cat like

a tiger like

an athletic

a lion-like

a feline grace

grace
tread
a leopard like sure-footed

grace
a balletic

power
a leonine

like a panther

grace

grace

poise

in slow-mo

purpose

1. He moved with a cat like grace.

2. He walked with sure-footed purpose.
3. He eased about the room with a balletic grace.
4. He prowled around with a lion-like power.
5. He padded through the room like a panther in slow-mo.

DESCRIBING A HANDSOME MAN

BEARDS
LEVEL 1

LEVEL 2

LEVEL 3

LEVEL 4

LEVEL 5

a goatee

a spade

an Abe

a Captain

a Moses

shaped beard

Lincoln

Ahab

beard

a devils fork

beard
a Vandyke

a Socratic

a Methuselah

a galway

OTHERS

beard

beard

beard

beard

1. He had a shiny goatee.

2. He had a smooth, spade shaped beard.
3. He wore a glossy, Abe Lincoln beard.
4. He boasted a flowing, Socratic beard.
5. He sported a sartorial, Methuselah beard.
MOUSTACHES
a bushy

a pencil thin

a toothbrush

a handlebar

a Zapata

moustache
a bristly

moustache
a military

moustache
a smig

moustache
a walrus

moustache
a DArtegnan

moustache

moustache

moustache

moustache

1. He had a dark, bristly moustache.

2. He had a dapper, military moustache.
3. He wore a dandy, toothbrush moustache.
4. He wore a drooping, walrus moustache.
5. He sported a dashing, DArtegnan moustache, the emblem of a true musketeer.
STUBBLE
dark stubble

grainy

sand-rough

morning

a rime of

peppered

stubble
gritty stubble

stubble
designer

shadow
five o clock

grey
salt and

stubble

shadow

pepper

stubble

stubble
1. He had manly, peppered stubble.
2. He had manful, gritty stubble.
3. He had mannish, designer stubble.
4. His face was grizzled with manlike, five o clock shadow.
5. His face was grafted with a masculine rime of grey.
BLUE EYES
sea rover-

nomad-blue

voyager-blue

seafarer-blue

trailblazer-

blue eyes
Rasputin-

eyes
nautical-blue

eyes
mariner-blue

eyes
wayfarer-

blue eyes
wanderlust-

blue eyes

eyes

eyes

blue eyes

blue eyes

1. His Rasputin-blue eyes were as clear as a calm lake.

2. His nautical-blue eyes were as clear as a summer brook.
3. His voyager-blue eyes were as clear as a fresh pond.
4. His seafarer-blue eyes were as clear as a spring stream.
5. His trailblazer-blue eyes were as clear as a mountain stream.
DIFFERENT EYE COLOURS
hypnotic,

scorching,

beguiling,

enthralling,

enchanting,

meltwater-

smaragdine-

turquoise-

champagne-

clay-grey

blue eyes
mesmerizing,

green eyes
iridescent,

green eyes
bewitching,

brown eyes
entrancing,

eyes
enrapturing,

empyrean-

malachite-

tourmaline-

molten-

loam-grey

blue eyes

green eyes

green eyes

brown

eyes

1. He had lambent, meltwater-blue eyes

2. He had fulgent, smaragdine-green eyes.
3. He had bedazzling, tourmaline-green eyes.
4. He had effulgent, molten-brown eyes.
5. He had scintillating, loam-grey eyes.
SHAPE OF EYES
doe shaped

saucer

orb round

lunar shaped

moon shaped

eyes
almond

shaped eyes
Saturn

eyes
opal round

sloe shaped

eyes
millpond

shaped eyes

shaped eyes

eyes

1. They were doe shaped and the windows to his soul.

2. They were saucer shaped and the mirrors of his soul.
3. They were opal round and the pathways to his soul.
4. They were lunar shaped and the gateways to his soul.
5. They were millpond round and the portals to his soul.

round

ARCHAIC WORDS FOR EYES

a-dazzle with

a-flicker with

a-gleam with

a-glow with

a-sparkle

wonder
a-fire with

curiosity
a-flush with

delight
a-glimmer

love
a-light with

with mirth
a-twinkle

passion

triumph

with interest

joy

with the joie

de vivre

1. They were a-dazzle with wonder over a friendly smile.

2. They were a-flicker with curiosity over a genial smile.
3. They were a-glimmer with interest over his affable smile.
4. They were a-glow with love and he flashed me an amiable smile.
5. They were a-twinkle with the joie de vivre and he graced me with a jaunty smile.
PERSONALITY
a dashing

a devil-may-

a vivacious

a flamboyant

personality

care outlook

personality

character

buccaneering

an

a derring-do

a gregarious

a debonair

personality
a

adventurous

outlook

personality

character

swashbucklin

personality

g personality

1. He had a dashing personality and a cosmic smile.

2. He had a devil-may-care outlook and a stellar smile.
3. He had a gregarious personality and a galactic smile.
4. He had a debonair character and a celestial smile.
5. He had a swashbuckling style and an Arcadian smile.
VOICE
a deep voice

a bass voice

a foghorn

a rumbling

a stentorian

a booming

a trombone

voice
a volcanic

voice
like bottled

voice
a grit-and-

voice

voice

voice

thunder

gravy voice

1. He had a booming voice, full of vim.

2. He had a trombone voice, full of verve.

3. He had a volcanic voice, loaded with vigour.
4. He had a voice like bottled thunder, a measure of his vitality.
5. He had a stentorian voice, a man who believed in Vi et armis. (By force and arms)

CLOTHES
snazzy

natty clothes

gap year

rakish

twee clothes

clothes
ritzy clothes

nifty clothes

clothes
swanky

raffish

Miami Vice

clothes

clothes

clothes

1. He wore snazzy clothes and his hair was wind-tossed.

2. He wore natty clothes and his hair was wind-tumbled.
3. He wore swanky clothes and his hair was wind-tangled.
4. He wore raffish clothes and his hair was wind-tousled.
5. He wore Miami Vice clothes and his hair was wind-tempested.
LEVEL 1: BASIC SENTENCES
1. He had Viking-gold hair. HAIR
2. He had bristly eyebrows. EYEBROWS
3. He had a hawkish nose. NOSE
4. He had defined cheekbones. CHEEKBONES
5. He had a concrete jaw. JAW
6. He had a Titans shoulders. SHOULDERS
7. He was dishy. MASCULINITY
8. He moved with a leopard-like grace. MOVEMENT
9. He had sea rover-blue eyes. EYES
10. They were almond shaped. SHAPE OF EYES
11. They were a-fire with passion. ARCHAIC WORDS FOR EYES
12. He was adventurous. PERSONALITY
13. He had a deep voice. VOICE
14. He wore ritzy clothes. CLOTHES
15. An earthy scent swirled around him. SMELL

LEVEL 2: A BASIC PARAGRAPH

He had a Mohican cut and scythe-shaped eyebrows. His Roman nose and half-dome
cheekbones sat above an oaken jaw. His wrestlers shoulders were part of his burly
physique. He walked with a tiger like tread and his nomad-blue eyes twinkled. They were
Saturn round and were a-flush with triumph after his job promotion. His derring-do
personality and bass voice were a big part of his ambitious character. He always wore nifty
clothes and his spicy aroma was appealing.
LEVEL 3: CREATIVE PARAGRAPHS
He was a male model and he was adored by the fairer sex for his Teutonic-gold hair. It was a
casual jumble sometimes but mostly neat and flowing. His crescent-of-moon eyebrows were
thin and narrow. He carried an imperious nose well and his angular cheekbones carved
down towards a flinty jaw. Unusually for a model, he had a manly, Samson physique. The
catwalk loved the way he glided with an athletic grace without skipping a beat.
His mariner-blue eyes were orb round and darted constantly, a-gleam with delight and the
vigour of youth. They were soft, Irish eyes and swam with joy. They shone brightly, like two
sapphires dipped in milky pools. Everyone commented on his vivacious character and his
gentle nature. His voice could be foghorn loud when he was booming out a guffaw but it was
normally mellifluous. His gap year clothes always made him appear younger than his years.
The swirl of his loamy cologne had them swooning in the aisles.
LEVEL 4: ADVANCED PARAGRAPHS
He wasnt a male model but he should have been. The lush, mother lode-gold hair he
groomed so carefully had a rippling quality, a sign of his rude health. His only blemish was
that he was beetle-browed and they sometimes knitted in frustration. The aquiline nose he
sported complemented his prominent cheekbones. Handsome in an understated way, his
basalt jaw and Spartan shoulders spoke of strength. He possessed a latent, leonine power
and always walked with purpose and authority.
People had always remarked that his best feature was his entrancing, wayfarer-blue eyes.
Sloe shaped, they could shine as bright as the evening stars when they were a-light with joy.
At other times, they could resemble two liquid-blue pools of flashing fire. Flamboyant of
character, the room always filled with his sonorous, rumbling voice. He was also quick to

crack a joke or fire off a humorous retort. His rakish clothes were a source of amusement to
some, not least because they emanated an herbal smell.

LEVEL 5: COMPLEX WRITING: DIFFERENT PEOPLE

A Brad Pitt look-alike: The man I met at the wedding had a touch of the Brad Pitt about
him. His hair was Achilles-gold and coiffed to perfection. His eyes had the same startling
clarity as a mountain stream and the lineaments of his face were in perfect proportion to each
other. He seemed moulded from a different cast as he had an androgynous look uncommon to
most people. Lacquered and enamelled by the sun, he radiated energy and brio. His
mountain peak cheekbones appeared chiselled into shape by a master craftsman. They were
of such sharp contours, it looked as if they were sculpted and pared to perfection. With eyes
as bright and spellbinding as lode stars, they bewitched all those who fell under his steady
gaze. They were a-sparkle with mirth and shone like two eternity-blue jewels enwrought
in snow.