Sensory Words

Sight Words
angular
bent
big
billowy
black
blonde
blushing
branching
bright
brilliant
broad
brunette
bulky
chubby
circular
clean
cloudy
colorful
colassal
contoured
craggy
crinkled
crooked
crowded
crystalline
curved
cute
dark
deep
dim
distinct
dull
elegant
enormous
fancy
fat
filthy
flat
flickering
fluffy
foggy
forked
fuzzy
gigantic
glamorous
gleaming
glistening
globular
glowing
graceful
grotesque
hazy
high
hollow
homely
huge
immense
light
lithe
little
long
low
misty
motionless
muddy
murky
narrow
obtuse
pale
petite
portly
quaint
radiant
rectangular
reddish
rippling
rotund
shadowy
shallow
sheer
shimmering
shiny
short
skinny
small
smiling
soaring
spotless
square
steep
stern
stormy
straight
strange
sunlit
sunny
swooping
tall
tapering
translucent
ugly
unsightly
unusual
weird
wide
wiry
wispy
wizend

Touch Words
breezy
bumpy
chilly
cold
cool
cuddly
damp
dank
dirty
downy
dry
dusty
elastic
filty
fluffy
frosty
gooey
greasy
gritty
hard
hot
icy
loose
lukewarm
melted
plush
prickly
rough
searing
shagy
sharp
silky
slick
slimy
slippery
slushy
smooth
sodden
soft
solid
sticky
stinging
sweaty
tender
tepid
tight
torrid
uneven
warm
waxen
wet
wooden

Hearing Words
bang
bark
boom
buzz
coo
crackling
crash
crunch
cry
deafening
echo
faint
groan
growl
gurgle
harsh
haw
hiss
hoarse
howl
hushed
husky
lapping
loud
melodious
moan
muffled
mumble
murmur
mutter
noisy
peal
pop
purr
quietly
raspy
reverberate
rumble
rustle
scream
screech
shriek
shrill
slosh
snap
snarl
snort
softly
splash
squeak
squeal
thud
thump
thunder
tinkle
wail
whimper
whine
whisper
whistle

Smell Words
acrid
antiseptic
bitter
burning
choking
clean
delicious
fragrant
fresh
medical
musty
pungent
putrid
rancid
rich
rotten
salty
smoky
sour
spicy
stale
stinky
strong
sweet

Taste Words
acidic
bitter
cool
creamy
delicious
gooey
hot
juicy
mild
nutty
peppery
ripe
salty
savory
sour
spicy
stale
sticky
strong
sweet
tangy
tart
tasteless
tasty

Sound Words

Sound words, also known as ononmatapoeic words, imitate the sounds they describe. Bees buzz, telephones ring, and cats meow. Effective use of sound words can enhance the imagery and realism of writing. The following are examples of sound words:

bang
bark
beep
bong
boo
boom
bow-wow
bray
burp
buzz
chirp
chug
clack
clang
clap
clash
clatter
click
clink
clip-clop
clomp
cluck
conk
coo
cough
crack
crackle
crash
creak
crinkle
croak
crunch
cuckoo
ding-dong
drip
fizz
flap
flop
gong
grate
grind
groan
growl
grunt
hiss
honk
hoot
howl
hum
jangle
knock
meow
moan
moo
neigh
ooze
patter
ping
plop
pop
pow
puff
quack
rap
rattle
rev
ring
roar
rumble
rustle
screech
shriek
sigh
sizzle
slurp
smack
smash
snort
splash
squeak
squeal
squish
swish
thud
thump
tick
tinkle
twang
whack
whiz
whoop
zip
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