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Describing Males DESCRIBING MALES BLOND HAIR LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 5 OTHERS Viking-gold Nordic-gold Aryan-gold lions mane- Achilles-gold hair hair hair gold hair hair Hercules- Scandinavian- Teutonic- mother lode- 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, lion’s 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 razor’s- a bald pate hair cut haircut edge cur close a rooster cut a military 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 crescent-of- beetle- fire eyebrows moon shape browed worshipper- black bristly scythe equinox- hirsute Hades-black eyebrows shaped black eyebrows eyebrows eyebrows 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 artist’s face. 5. He had Hades-black eyebrows affixed to an aesthetic face. NOSE a falcon’s a Roman a patrician a raptor’s a lordly nose nose nose nose nose a hawkish an imperial an imperious an aquiline a kingly nose nose nose nose nose 1. He had a falcon’s 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 raptor’s nose and dancing eyes. 5. He had a lordly nose and come-hither eyes. CHEEKBONES domed half-dome arched pinched-in concave cheekbones cheekbones cheekbones cheekbones cheekbones defined half-moon angular prominent 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 a craggy jaw a flinty jaw a granite jaw an jaw 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 shoulders shoulders shoulders shoulders a Titan’s a wrestler’s Samson Corinthian 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 Olympian’s chest. 4. He had Corinthian shoulders and a horizon flat stomach. 5. He had ox yoke shoulders and a washboard stomach. STRENGTH a gladiator’s a goliath’s a leviathan’s a Spartan’s a gym toned biceps body forearms muscles physique a a Greek Popeye Schwarzenegger a gym honed strongman’s god’s body forearms muscles physique shoulders 1. He had a gladiator’s biceps and iron muscles. 2. He had a goliath’s body and ironbound muscles. 3. He had Popeye forearms and ironclad muscles. 4. He had a Spartan’s muscles and cast iron muscles. 5. He had a gym honed physique and muscles wrought from iron. MASCULINITY dishy brawny manly hunky hale and hearty dashing burly strapping handsome hewn from rock 1. He was dashing with a rascal’s smile. 2. He was brawny with a roguish smile. 3. He was strapping with a scamp’s smile. 4. He was hunky with a scallywag’s smile. 5. He was hale and hearty with a rapscallion’s smile. MOVEMENT a cat like a tiger like an athletic a lion-like a feline grace grace tread grace power a leopard like sure-footed a balletic a leonine like a panther grace purpose grace poise in slow-mo 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 MALES BEARDS LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 5 OTHERS a goatee a spade an Abe a Captain a Moses shaped beard Lincoln Ahab beard beard a galway a devil’s fork a Vandyke a Socratic a Methuselah 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 moustache moustache moustache moustache a bristly a military a smig a walrus a D’Artegnan 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, D’Artegnan moustache, the emblem of a true musketeer. STUBBLE dark stubble grainy sand-rough morning a rime of stubble stubble shadow grey peppered gritty stubble designer five o’ clock salt and stubble stubble shadow pepper 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 eyes eyes eyes blue eyes Rasputin- nautical-blue mariner-blue wayfarer- 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 green eyes green eyes brown eyes eyes mesmerizing, iridescent, bewitching, entrancing, 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 shaped eyes eyes eyes almond Saturn opal round sloe shaped millpond shaped eyes shaped eyes eyes round 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. ARCHAIC WORDS FOR EYES a-dazzle with a-flicker with a-gleam with a-glow with a-sparkle wonder curiosity delight love with mirth a-fire with a-flush with a-glimmer a-light with 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 a personality care outlook personality character buccaneering personality an a derring-do a gregarious a debonair a adventurous outlook personality character swashbuckling personality 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 voice voice voice a booming a trombone a volcanic like bottled 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 clothes ritzy clothes nifty clothes swanky raffish Miami Vice clothes clothes clothes 1. He wore snazzy clothes and his hair was wind-tossed.
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