Describing Words
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nose,
winter,
blue eyes,
woman
Here are some adjectives for portraits. You can get the definitions of these adjectives by clicking on them. You might also like some words related to portraits (and find more here).
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Words to Describe portraits
Below is a list of describing words for portraits. 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 portraits:
strong two-tone ambitious unfinished vast simple formal monochrome utterly convincing and human convincing and human faithful and horrible emotional and sparkling dazed and sullen critical and personal endless familiar bloody piratical thrice flattering severely unflattering rough but entirely recognizable fractional, impressionistic sober and yet genial usual outsized stunning and gruesome faithful and harrowing good candid evidently individual big full-length several characteristical hilarious and harrowing manifestly faithful foreign fancy definite and intentional full-length, life-size three-quarter and full-length fine authentic careful sepulchral simply contemplative clear-eyed but sympathetic secret characteristic admirable irish terribly intimate definitive human different full-size sional floor-to-ceiling curious imaginary bleak and unflattering huge proud wonderfully baroque poses�formal tri-dimensional animated later poses�formal faulty and amateurish full-length historic fierce and forbidding-looking many apathetic highly interesting and excellent faithful or grotesque first-rate but flattering clearly life-like charmingly spirited full-length theatrical magnificent but somewhat appalling invariably typical exquisite and life-like genuine and very characteristic dreary but true brilliant, realistic brief but extremely sympathetic ideal heathen graphic full-length quite admirable and interesting full-size and full-length splendidly realistic good and massive flattering typical humorous and striking several grimy little full-length rich psychological blue phosphorous full-length life-size doubtless faithful entirely recognizable fine full-length small full-length aesthetically sleazy classic unfinished pictures--probably miniature discreetly blank powerful presidential willfully depressing lovingly satirical almost trite irreverently faithful unfinished double vigorous, life-like huge somber grave or animated admittedly abstract vast equestrian halfway flattering sick exquisite lifelike full-size severely stylistic fan-tional good but not transcendent large, pastel modern and very ordinary life-like or convincing caricatures--real incredibly atmospheric net musical remarkably vivid and suggestive together accurate correct composite sympathetic and life-like scriptural and popular vividly faithful carefully stippled flamboyant but faulty complete pen-and-ink unobtainable and rare terrifyingly truthful more full-length ideal or allegorical actual and not imaginary tiresome and lifeless earliest existent rather tiresome and lifeless senseless, fashionable striking or successful historical revolutionary tolerably rich and vivid truly vivid and lifelike masterly unfinished perhaps passable grim contemporary life-size and faithful fine life-size scant, feeble misleading and inadequate entirely contemporary perhaps fine and delicate obviously contemporary venerable, pale capital and full-length physiological and pictorial net unfinished fascinating unsigned photographic coloured best full-length sternly straightforward pitiable ashen also murky remarkably villainous dark full-length lifelike and extraordinarily attractive consequently full-length religiously harmonious enamelled miniature life-size, full-length veritable contemporaneous bitter but truthful numerous satiric fine pastel royal and theatrical impressive and authentic indubitably accurate desirable and genuine wonderful and august poetical female serious clerical famous pastel secondary or mediocre odious and almost incredible bad photographic subtle and striking wooden full-length excellent life-size full-length historical unsympathetic but memorable admirable miniature composite spiritual truthfully realistic tiny full-length small and very characteristic photographic historical modern life-size customary complimentary certainly intellectual pitiful insignificant next, individual modern and shocking remarkable full-length lively ideal easily reconcilable impartial and unadorned sympathetic and humorous reminiscent rough cuttingly satirical new or juvenile marvellously exact and realistic flattering and stainless youthful unpublished amazingly vivid and powerful authentic moral famous nude naively enthusiastic intimate and naively enthusiastic thoroughly lifelike curious and tolerably accurate authentic life-size beautiful, full-length microscopic transparent undeniably vigorous undeniably vigorous and alive finely virile virile and striking colored historical famous and oldest competent, artistic life-like, faithful never musical ugly photographic vivid, satirical fair full-length virtuously colored unexceptionably decorous oval pastel facetious but wholly imaginary mental, never-to-be-forgotten full-length pen-and-ink rather heavy and stiff stiff but rather impressive curiously insipid acceptable and endurable three-quarter life-size unconsciously faithful noble, full-length old, full-length respectable full-length accurate and lifelike singularly striking and effective original life-like handsome pastel capital full-length sympathetic, vivid and true pitifully accurate small and unsatisfactory striking full-length abstract or miniature noble life-size astonishing triple unscrupulous but admirably artistic undisputed separate full-length unfinished rude full-length ludicrous counterfeit beastly so-called perfect full-length small, full-length individual and faithful powerful and strongly coloured lifelike and picturesque reportedly authentic veracious full-length complete full-length large imperious several full-length splendid full-length full-length also full-length vividly animated sometimes veritable impressive psychological horribly life-like perfect and realistic magnificent equestrian tempting and seductive nearly full-length almost archetypal heavily muscular graphic and life-like chaste, heroic good full-length delicious fancy vivid fancy famous satiric numerous photographic ancient extant fine and charming true and striking terrible and inaccurate different candid fine miniature sombre ancient quietly lyrical forceful old snappy psychological fleshy, humorous strange but accurate few adequate large surrealist fashionable tiny dimensional floor-to-ceiling unpublished mock grim statistical immense nineteenth-century official sepia charcoal or pastel characteristic and life-like ably lifelike last ideal wildly theatrical darn chinese sad and astonishing unfinished full-length ungodly ornate complete monochrome just static mist-like top poses-formal previously serious later poses-formal colored institutional older black-and-white ethereal blond stern governmental unusually lifelike assorted presidential crudely elegant affectionate, subtle sympathetic, fascinating affectionate, empathetic heartachingly beautiful more unsmiling priceless ancestral preferred, fine lurid four-color dainty miniature astonishingly compassionate satirical and insolent serene last fancy pen-and-ink affectionate and wonderfully readable grim ancestral beautifully fragile concise and vivid large, pagan unsolicited private savagely human still verbal evocative and poetically intense ambitious feminine poetically intense admirable full-length bleak and fiercely intelligent ancestoral realistic domestic brief analytical scary and unforgettable twenty-seven new supremely realistic brilliant impressionistic gigantic life-size gloomy ancestral similarly sympathetic marvelously acute similarly dim imaginary and traditional vivid and insightful probably adequate exquisite, full-length chiefly single exquisite and well-known now traceable thoughtful and successful grim and antique brilliant and truthful huge full-length delicate and expressive notable ancestral marvelously complete and consistent robust royal magnificent full-length several life-size mannered fashionable heroic or historical mysterious and highly interesting always fresh and life-like exquisite full-length miniature female conscientiously innocent and domestic quaint oft-repeated conscientiously innocent actual life-like shrewd and shrewish academically clever superb life-size immortal clerical original miniature faithful poetic honest, every-day exact and realistic fascinating and memorable plain, vain regular descriptive finest actual dim, stiff excessively miniature exactly truthful charming full-length hard, unflattering magnificently virile human and humorous tolerably lifelike somber and savage big pastel early ideal complete and worthy large and ominous last frivolous faithful mental wholly mendacious beautiful full-length rather left-handed —_national historically realistic striking and distinct unsigned charcoal definite and genuine almost full-length equally haunting good pastel life-size and lifelike striking and lifelike handsome full-length ancient darkling pleasantly powerful and characteristic tame and unamusing striking unfinished british historical large full-length fair historical fine full-page faithful and spirited strange, antique pleasing historical rough but excellent robust and cheerful surprisingly ordinary large equestrian finest biographical ghastly glaring interesting composite alarmingly realistic exquisite fancy little tibetan many pen-and-ink small and bad beautiful unfinished especially further thoroughly life-like well-known equestrian remarkably faithful numerous equestrian exquisite pen-and-ink truly vivid splendidly characteristic numerous fancy nice pastel contemporary danish pleasing and singular characteristic and individual original pastel famous unfinished superficially attractive scarcely detectable gilt life-size shocking modern perfectly faithful natural and spirited best finnish fairly expressive splendid individual natural, life-like able and truthful queerest imaginable marvellously lifelike perfectly life-like almost precise several dingy original and splendid different contemporary many salient certain invaluable old carnival long and flattering equally graphic truly intimate several fanciful utterly convincing usually unflattering quite unflattering countless formal deeply misleading ancestral colossal full-length strange three-dimensional large flattering past gilded almost indiscreet charming oval dark somber warmly colored absolutely revolting many full-page quite recognizable sweetly severe brilliantly textured excellent ancient wonderfully readable several well-made bleak, violent vivid and exquisite own full-length fine lithographic vividly lifelike many life-size exceedingly flattering true and lifelike small pen-and-ink large lithographic old and authentic full-length female lifeless and empty fairly recognizable single unnoticed numerous famous purely fancy large, full-length piquant and interesting good ancestral perhaps fine innocent and domestic grand ideal fair sad delightfully realistic dear, dim marvellously exact precious and genuine cold classic pale exquisite fine austere funny coloured dim flat best equestrian romantic or heroic admirably artistic large, colored quite faithful generous contemporary pleasantly powerful modern miniature life-size unsigned and undated striking and vivid philosophical and psychological faithful historical equally exact small miniature perfect and delightful sincere and truthful finest double interesting and admirable simple or composite neat, fine grim, old-fashioned best composite small photographic undoubtedly authentic fine contemporary spirited and faithful small wretched dual or triple quaint, archaic memorable historical particularly flattering interesting and excellent royal and military superb italian vivid and fascinating semi-satirical charming girlish fine graceful great equestrian amazingly vivid sufficiently vivid quite fair wonderful descriptive massive, familiar full-length nude almost life-size more convex reasonably sympathetic extant several vivid, intimate finest feminine rather stiff and awkward often complete sharp, colorful wholly unauthentic shadowy, graceful small and indifferent superb and magnificent fine and accurate original and accurate homely simple coloured photographic fine equestrian eloquent and animated correct and true various and delightful fancy german delicate miniature heavy and stiff clever older impressive female rare and authentic still inadequate vivid and true vivid, brilliant best rustic graceful and gallant swift, striking fine and careful slight and vague last authentic well-known and excellent tolerably faithful absolutely contemporary somewhat appalling small vivid remarkably vivid other miniature tiny oval more sketchy large collective real and ideal remarkably truthful numerous striking quiet and effective unmistakably genuine well-known and admirable vivid and lifelike exquisitely sympathetic recent female more common-sense particular many complete poetical certain little-known several full-page absolutely delightful rare poetic old, unfinished generally disagreeable fairly 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natural and delightful other equestrian more adorable purely realistic noble and striking obviously true early prophetic exceedingly frank modern satirical own miniature old ancestral fine original little miniature pen-and-ink several extant lifelike wonderfully lifelike perfect three-dimensional other satirical fine historic somewhat mythical equally charming pleasing and characteristic easiest and most natural beautiful and faithful nice heavy certain ridiculous renaissance-style finest male excellent psychological generally accurate complete financial particularly female perfect and flawless authentic and contemporary ever clearer strong and characteristic fiercely intelligent fair, girlish complete and striking equally unmistakable highly laudatory striking and effective little doubtful earliest dutch fair female extremely poetical splendid antique extreme fine large and exquisite unflattering complex inner simply wonderful old dusty stark black-and-white good brief gloriously 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sad more lifelike grand and terrible few admirable singularly striking strong and striking exquisitely refined interesting original dark gothic photographic short, such fairly conventional more hasty magnificent little full-page various characteristic extraordinarily attractive fine single large original utterly uninteresting authentic characteristical many contemporary stern, dark totally dissimilar =royal best and most interesting various so-called own twin ancestral stiff and awkward equally convincing vivid and convincing fearful old large and curious fine and rare precise physical national wonderful modern whole historical several dramatic pale old admirable literary huge hot several exquisite pastel huge black-and-white best psychological several so-called seemingly peaceful great ancestral small, precise merely fanciful equally imaginary remarkably accurate stiff, hard few antique rather well-known large enamelled lithographic finest modern fine female less favorable vivid and interesting rather fascinating own fancy physical or moral huge colored few accurate singularly vivid larger and freer rather critical new and vivid royal and other flattering several capital more circumstantial _national earliest authentic rubicund amazingly accurate great blue-green many commonplace truly historical best egyptian equally enormous fine critical
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Words to Describe portraits
As you've probably noticed, adjectives for "portraits" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this website, the top 5 adjectives for "portraits" are: strong two-tone, ambitious unfinished, vast simple, formal monochrome, and utterly convincing and human. There are 975 other words to describe portraits listed above. Hopefully the above generated list of words to describe portraits 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, "portraits" isn't confusing the engine in this manner.
Note also that if there aren't many portraits 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 portraits?
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.
Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source mongodb which was used in this project.
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