Describing Wordsfor Insects

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Here are some adjectives for insects: dead, half-melted, unimaginable predatory, angry stinging, monstrous, poisonous, blind metallic, dangerous oversized, alien parasitic, common luminous, irritating nighttime, homicidal stinging, loathsome, gigantic, loathsome, destructive, myriad venomous, terrifying metal, smug, tragic, curious and very active, destructive and useful, loud and troublesome, noxious and useful, injurious and beneficial, vile noxious, annoying and meaningless, blind, vulnerable, -particularly clean, coloured, perfect, smaller busy, slick and impossible, occasionally huge, gently repetitive, aggressive venomous. You can get the definitions of these insects adjectives by clicking on them. You might also like some words related to insects (and find more here).

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Words to Describe insects

Below is a list of describing words for insects. You can sort the descriptive words by uniqueness or commonness using the button above. Sorry if there's a few unusual suggestions! The algorithm isn't perfect, but it does a pretty good job for most common nouns. Here's the list of words that can be used to describe insects:

dead, half-melted unimaginable predatory angry stinging monstrous, poisonous blind metallic dangerous oversized alien parasitic common luminous irritating nighttime homicidal stinging loathsome, gigantic loathsome, destructive myriad venomous terrifying metal smug, tragic curious and very active destructive and useful loud and troublesome noxious and useful injurious and beneficial vile noxious annoying and meaningless blind, vulnerable -particularly clean
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coloured, perfect smaller busy slick and impossible occasionally huge gently repetitive aggressive venomous --cochineal bothersome human gigantic autumnal notoriously clever enterprising and annoying small wide-winged political parasitic beneficial and injurious strange and entirely new wilted and dead rare, loathsome away annoying gigantic brown-black countless poisonous strange, venomous hesitant, busy indigenous stinging interior smashing large and intractable mature full-grown equally rare and beautiful nasty, armored small and quite unimportant gigantic tawny great, vindictive lower poisonous ruddy, malignant fully alive and bright aggressive, oversize disgusting clammy despicable but irritating repulsive or stinging similar, perfect rare and very handsome troublesome poisonous troublesome or common principal beneficial vicious, blood-thirsty innumerable pestilent unpleasant and poisonous black, elliptical destructive and rapacious hitherto unregistered airy spectral specialized, aesthetic unpleasant small away stinging many squashed weird and colorful stupid drunken cochineal harmless, spectral frail, colorless idiot, joyful strange busy tiny lumbering bulky grotesque black, striped immense jeweled glossy black-and-yellow grateful, sodden vulpine robotic black and fabulous stupid, shortsighted enormous and misshapen objectionable stinging grey-metal alien numerous carnivorous enormous diseased large and noxious venomous tropical exotic and macabre rare and auspicious fat, cubic greedy and intrusive quaint, evil-looking flat and noisy other and harmful rabid and poisonous originally tropical equally rabid and poisonous strange, innumerable impassive and noble funny, passionate tiny cochineal inveterately intrusive small moth-like commonest and most destructive amiable but very inedible interesting and primitive agreeable or benignant injurious and useful new cochineal always exemplary dangerously injurious female cochineal sexually mature and ready curiously mimetic rare and patrician imperfectly mimetic repulsive and venomous swift and malignant successfully maddening indigenous noxious cockroach--nocturnal palatable hard-pressed otherwise cockroach--nocturnal principally aquatic industrious coral raw such lucanoidal large and loathsome fine lucanoidal vile stinging little, despicable invariably rare new and rather formidable palatable and unpalatable perfect full-grown simplest or lowest immense disabled troublesome and noxious comparatively new and injurious aggressive and venomous persistent and destructive limber, long famous cochineal cannibal and parasitic aerial perfect ~pests~--several small but exceedingly noxious parasitic and predatory highly interesting and elegant exotic or other brilliant and lively little foreign high-set obscure, unpleasant large and splendidly coloured comparatively small and feeble hairy, bright-eyed generally destructive other suctorial immemorial coral sedentary defenseless heavy and perfectly rough away predatory diminutive cochineal smaller unseen wild cochineal horrid horned perfect and gorgeous delicate and industrious curious cochineal nameless tiny harmless, diminutive beneficial parasitic mystillectual myriad noisy numerous lifelike mostly small and obscure delicately gaudy probably luminous flush certain small, parasitical elegant and lively little deal, pernicious delightful, innocuous detestable and worthless intolerable poisonous gaudy impertinent warningly colored invisible numerous funchal, numerous diminutive coral motionless and helpless other strong-jawed sluggish, carnivorous more, pale and white favorable many noxious german robust and hairy large, robust and hairy hop--beneficial wise but uncomfortable frequently nocturnal unfamiliar and venomous commonest and prettiest alert and furiously resentful suctorial, parasitic other stinging huge and strange great rare social or communal certain short-lived yellow segmented current and dead nutritious chopped relentless, stinging animal or large young, social powdered cochineal gaudy and curious tiny gregarious undeveloped female beautiful but venomous loathsome poisonous largest terrestrial tiny noisy angular green harmless, useful countless cold several aquatic incredibly horrible conspicuous and beautiful towering futuristic stinging, invisible small, straw-colored huge and disgusting stinging, annoying already rhythmic big exotic already rhythmic and insistent black multifaceted harmful or ruinous hot, venomous agriculturally harmful or ruinous bright, oversized agriculturally harmful enormous huge chubby metal small but unpleasant terrestrial social huge and particularly unpleasant gigantic metallic loathsome, moneyed away inquisitive colorful, harmless certainly efficient and predictable exceptionally repellent strange man-made rare but exceptionally repellent evidently subterranean terribly noteworthy mindless two-foot menacing, armored horrid hideous savagely angry repulsive nocturnal large and savagely angry fat lecherous rare but most inspiring local stinging equally rabid nimble, persistent particularly injurious translucent, slow-moving unwary small tiresome aerial vile and perishable ><strong>several aquatic indefatigable coral sticky dead special and dependent amazing eusocial dangerous stinging entirely visible and tangible slender, dark-blue destructive and annoying gaudy, useless foul and obnoxious exceedingly noxious spe­cial parasitic weary, indefatigable huge, self-conscious tiny active dead coral small and ignoble carnivorous prehistoric industrious and self-supporting grey, squat normally northern gooey horrific industrious and innocent savagely scarlet and black tropical and noxious savagely scarlet familiar but most beautiful huge, stinging common but most interesting gaseous dead lurid brown destructive and disagreeable energetic and acquisitive --mostly bad industrious and dangerous dead, numerous comparatively guileless fresh coral admirable and industrious essentially degraded mature active carnivorous other little, annoying black bloated numerous objectionable fecund female chickens--occasionally larger --beneficial noxious stinging reprehensible and unutterably detestable innumerable stinging young, newborn brilliant and noisy common noxious myriad tropical certain suctorial less venomous few injurious poisonous and infectious tiny, parasitic little, ephemeral such unpoetical noxious and destructive certain larval replete, drowsy venomous and voracious unseen, countless noxious or troublesome numerous microscopic above-mentioned and well-known also vexatious famed coral small injurious hairy and malicious many noxious sleek streamlined many bothersome huge, loathsome other diurnal attractive and amiable certain parasitic tiny musical great bumbling many brighter strange, vicious spindly brown inattentive little loathsome green temperamental little various predatory usually social numerous gorgeous many indigenous other parasitic other noxious few metallic predatory, carnivorous huge, malevolent huge stinging great stinging gigantic mutant monstrous predatory hideous carrion vain selfish forth monstrous small but very dangerous uneasy and rapid new and injurious other scintillating destructive and troublesome inarticulate black little cochineal soft bodied interesting and elegant showy and brilliant highly elegant certain metabolic active and wary common injurious european and siberian busy, angry perfectly rough strange gorgeous edible and non-edible noxious human small coal-black pale and white noxious and beneficial cold, other injurious and destructive furiously resentful certain aquatic such diminutive active, dangerous great mindless perfectly superfluous strange, wise small boring other injurious spindly black good, effective other parasitical mildly troublesome away persistent large, helpless busy mechanical large, tropical oncoming metal tiny social silent, spectral mildly poisonous few hard-pressed huge exotic smaller dead huge repulsive small creepy dark, colorless big, fleshy intelligent communal large squashy specialized and dynamic strange mutant troublesome digital large benign nasty stinging predatory social fat metallic myriad nocturnal monstrous, malevolent open and loud rapid jagged tiny pseudo smallest coral large and primitive exceptionally well-informed human coral paltry insignificant interesting primitive lovely playful numerous true malicious black certain depraved weird, invisible tiny parasitic gross and corrupt other high-flying last noxious true fossil rapacious and bloodthirsty fiercely stinging malignant and hideous common indoor black, vicious various parasitic similarly destructive fierce and brilliant largest and most striking big nocturnal rare boreal familiar and interesting own parasitic less imitative cold-blooded, merciless other aquatic busy, active huge, hungry many parasitic emerald colored large nocturnal extremely dissimilar few nocturnal little coral certain venomous ridiculous, old repulsive and terrible angry and dangerous many injurious vicious stinging other inquisitive equally diversified helpful and harmful small pitiful swiftest and most powerful other rapacious good tasty peculiar british large full-grown innumerable brilliant darkly coloured myriad white generally abundant equally noxious earliest fossil obscure and obscene beautiful, spiritual other venomous just stupid busy black less poisonous few annoying other fleshy noxious suctorial gigantic, fearsome many annoying large and highly colored huge vicious venturesome but entirely unimportant strange but harmless peculiar and most extraordinary huge impossible voracious local certainly efficient squashed dead annoying black beautiful but poisonous identical metallic supposedly beneficial sentient, intelligent huge, gruesome “coral shiny iridescent more leviathan glossy brown-black conspicuous little large, iridescent strange, poisonous mutant mechanical many stinging new enormous numerous tropical huge venomous large, hideous other impertinent unutterably detestable small and irrelevant occasionally certain rapacious little many venomous ugly venomous tiny venomous rather larger and more many phosphorescent previously quiet many loathsome yon glossy same loathsome few microscopic bright, agile other troublesome various aquatic other swift peculiar and extraordinary other annoying tiny, insignificant little stinging large, gentle queer, uncouth tiny ancient certain noxious nettlesome other baneful strange, squat mostly small ungainly metal unkind little annoying and dangerous protectively colored now huge fully alive especially soft other destructive own poisonous rather ornamental countless coral small, venomous tiny malevolent tiny, primitive few parasitic unseen electronic big papery successful native tiny blue-black many aquatic mindless human little industrious many larval stiff, inflexible eusocial somewhat powerful entirely visible fried several away noxious restless black other plumed extremely hardy essentially domestic several perfect rather sedentary same stinging injurious sexually mature stinging great transparent more airborne petty, insignificant such sluggish wise and thrifty valuable and delicate rare and local countless happy fat, green certain luminous such gaudy huge, grotesque such bulky curious and disgusting bright alien large, dead small, purple incessant little large and gaudy strange horned little slippery rather variable non-social comparatively new splendidly coloured little belated poisonous and loathsome numerous lower other carrion stout, hairy strange and gaudy other voracious industrious little many dazzling large and cumbersome huge, brilliant filthy, disgusting small and soft many angry large and very handsome fastidious little tiny coral aquatic particularly unlucky huge, alien emerald and crimson strange, gigantic particularly disgusting such voracious now radioactive oval brown deadly venomous few luminous feeble and delicate helpless white numerous fossil rarest and choicest new and conspicuous other malignant parasitic large yellowish such malevolent big strange countless individual rare british old coral fairly abundant away troublesome extremely local other poisonous venomous small, active gaudily coloured large, predatory dark, malevolent large stinging strange geometric huge, segmented few laggard few monstrous wonderful and singular leggy little small, irritating little iridescent oldest british notably bad humble and insignificant strange, misshapen protectively coloured smaller social heedless little indefatigable little larger and heavier tiny stinging huge carnivorous certain destructive shrewd, cunning other timid elegant and interesting strange, incongruous small arboreal many irritating small luminous strange, black own sonic certain communal monstrous red small stinging small, bearded certain nocturnal particularly colorful other deleterious dangerous and poisonous other beneficial equally rare certain injurious common and beautiful lazy blue strange invisible terrestrial and aquatic industrious and useful such unclean many mature scarce visible enormous dead huge, delicate small but troublesome countless invisible horrid brown fat foreign well-known little many gigantic smallest visible many legged many objectionable laborious and useful large and ferocious coral bothersome dirty, filthy other feathered many destructive tiny metal certain tiny special red scarcely discernible half-melted entirely unimportant large, intelligent huge, fantastic large noisy such deceptive exasperated little pestilent little rare and handsome long and sinuous other harmless apparently motionless rare and brilliant young and giddy other devilish irritable little rare and fine high-set few poisonous small iridescent bright glad beautiful and gorgeous other repulsive big fierce triangular little infusorial great prehistoric more generalized other loathsome other obnoxious shy and timid honest and laborious parasitical dead brown harmful strange electronic powdery white singularly repulsive sure, many non-edible highly peculiar numerous such rather scarce poisonous many marvelous raptorial other merry persistent little other dependent now quiescent quite common tiny black other disgusting many anonymous small curious tiny phosphorescent other gilded often more or less often more however useful well-known european other extraordinary nocturnal small grey new and painful few dead sober and industrious little, black sober brown other luminous certain soft many male strange aerial small turquoise oversized metal destructive little revolting little such tropical small dusky away bad noxious little little greenish few miscellaneous great bright small, green many troublesome orange-and-blue familiar brown good, reliable nearly intact destructive troublesome little most local beautiful jeweled active and industrious venomous little remarkably efficient common and familiar fleetest smallest little several domestic strong-jawed green or brown more tiny more hateful snail-like particularly interesting certain social plump, white other hapless partially decomposed beautiful delicate beautiful and fascinating gorgeously coloured similar white many careless small scarlet paper-making fossil infinitely various beautiful and curious quite unimportant large alien tiny dry futile little comparatively feeble beneficial other conspicuous strange and unknown brownish grey away imaginary poor, feeble many continental gigantic metal fat, juicy more noxious extremely elegant monstrously huge perfectly serene tiny dead extraordinarily strong other advantageous large and dangerous certain female such troublesome blind and foolish big raw new and rare carnivorous gay and thoughtless many british little artificial pitiful human strange and fearsome small and obscure less unpleasant other clever other social other small same useful active and aggressive ever active furious red small parasitic great canal bright, hard few interesting little and big loathsome predatory nearly blind almost playful translucent red such noxious small silvery small foreign hard-working little more beneficial comparatively small myriad other troublesome phosphorescent poor unsuspecting massive green rare and beautiful small, hairy small and feeble many insignificant larval other offensive long-bodied hateful little many dangerous highly civilised arrogant little small fiery

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Words to Describe insects

As you've probably noticed, adjectives for "insects" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this website, the top 5 adjectives for "insects" are: dead, half-melted, unimaginable predatory, angry stinging, monstrous, poisonous, and blind metallic. There are 970 other words to describe insects listed above. Hopefully the above generated list of words to describe insects suits your needs.

If you're getting strange results, it may be that your query isn't quite in the right format. The search box should be a simple word or phrase, like "tiger" or "blue eyes". A search for words to describe "people who have blue eyes" will likely return zero results. So if you're not getting ideal results, check that your search term, "insects" isn't confusing the engine in this manner.

Note also that if there aren't many insects adjectives, or if there are none at all, it could be that your search term has an abiguous part-of-speech. For example, the word "blue" can be an noun and an adjective. This confuses the engine and so you might not get many adjectives describing it. I may look into fixing this in the future. You might also be wondering: What type of word is insects?

Describing Words

The idea for the Describing Words engine came when I was building the engine for Related Words (it's like a thesaurus, but gives you a much broader set of related words, rather than just synonyms). While playing around with word vectors and the "HasProperty" API of conceptnet, I had a bit of fun trying to get the adjectives which commonly describe a word. Eventually I realised that there's a much better way of doing this: parse books!

Project Gutenberg was the initial corpus, but the parser got greedier and greedier and I ended up feeding it somewhere around 100 gigabytes of text files - mostly fiction, including many contemporary works. The parser simply looks through each book and pulls out the various descriptions of nouns.

Hopefully it's more than just a novelty and some people will actually find it useful for their writing and brainstorming, but one neat little thing to try is to compare two nouns which are similar, but different in some significant way - for example, gender is interesting: "woman" versus "man" and "boy" versus "girl". On an inital quick analysis it seems that authors of fiction are at least 4x more likely to describe women (as opposed to men) with beauty-related terms (regarding their weight, features and general attractiveness). In fact, "beautiful" is possibly the most widely used adjective for women in all of the world's literature, which is quite in line with the general unidimensional representation of women in many other media forms. If anyone wants to do further research into this, let me know and I can give you a lot more data (for example, there are about 25000 different entries for "woman" - too many to show here).

The blueness of the results represents their relative frequency. You can hover over an item for a second and the frequency score should pop up. The "uniqueness" sorting is default, and thanks to my Complicated Algorithm™, it orders them by the adjectives' uniqueness to that particular noun relative to other nouns (it's actually pretty simple). As you'd expect, you can click the "Sort By Usage Frequency" button to adjectives by their usage frequency for that noun.

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