Hey Friends! Thanks for hanging out again
today. Go grab yourself a drink, today, I'm
drinking a German Rose. OK, Friends, today
we are going to talk about the vocabulary
we have in English to talk about attractiveness....to
describe how attractive you think somebody
is. So these are going to be all positive
words...nothing about someone being unattractive
or ugly. All of the positive words you can
use to describe how someone looks. What this
is no, is adjectives to describing someone's
body. We're not going to be talking about
skinny, fat, blah blah blah...these are going
to be words to describe how attractive somebody
is. Here are the top 10 ways to describe how
attractive someone is. Let's start...number
1. Number 1 is the most general word, and
it's just the word attractive....like I've
been saying. If you say, ya...he's attractive...ya
she's attractive. We can use this word for
both men and women. And it's a very general
way of speaking. If you say that someone is
attractive, you're not saying that you are
attracted to them...it's just a very objective
way to talk about the way somebody looks.
So, this doesn't imply that you like them
or you have a crush on them or anything like
that. It's just a description. So, men can
even say about men, yeah, he's an attractive
guy...that's totally cool, it doesn't sound
like you like men or anything like that...it's
just an objective way to describe it. So,
if my husband said, ya, she's an attractive
girl, that wouldn't make me jealous, right.
If he used another word, then I'd be like,
excuse me, what?
So, saying attractive is very neutral. To number 2, number 2 is the
word cute. So, we use this word cute for several
things, we say that babies are cute, we say
that puppies are cute, kittens are cute, little
animals are cute. But, we can also use the
word cute to describe both men and women.
If you think that a girl is cute, it also
means that you probably think that she's sweet
and nice...maybe a little bit innocent, something
like that. Now if a girl calls a guy cute,
it means that she thinks that he's attractive
and she's attracted to him...it's something
that younger people can use as well. So, young
girls can say that a boy is cute and that's
OK, because when you say cute it really has
nothing to do with sexual attraction. It has
nothing to do with that side of things at
all. It has a lot more to do with just how
someone's face looks, really. So, I want to
get this clear, cause I see this all the time
on the internet. There will be a picture of
a girl and she is like just some underwear
and she's obviously trying to attract men.
And then I see guys commenting on it saying
cute. That is not cute! The is the opposite
of cute. So, let's all fix how we use this
word. Cute is for babies, puppies, kittens
and innocent attractiveness. So, that is number
2 cute. Number 3 is the word pretty. Now the
word pretty we can only use for women. Pretty
is also a very neutral word, as well. Girls
can say other girls are pretty, boys can say
girls are pretty. No one will ever be offended
by being called pretty. It can also can be,
like you're not really talking about sexual
attraction, you just think that they are a
pretty person, an attractive person. It's
kind of the lowest level of these kinds of
words that we can use for women. So that was
number 3, pretty. Number 4 is the equivalent
that we only use for men. Handsome. Handsome
is something that you only use for men. And
handsome, I would say is a word that isn't
used as much these days, but it's still around.
So, I probably wouldn't describe a man that's
handsome. The guy that I would probably call
handsome, is like my dad. Ya know, my dad
is a handsome man. You also have, if you're
ever around your grandmother and her grandson
looks really nice she'll say oh you look just
so handsome. It's just a very nice compliment,
neutral word for when a man looks good. When
a woman would call a man handsome is if he's
like in a suit. It he's dressed really nice
or maybe he's in really nice work clothes,
then he looks handsome. And it's also something
that you would use maybe to describe older
men. So, maybe I would describe a younger
famous guy as cute but someone like George
Clooney, I would call him handsome. He looks
wise and distinguished and nice and put together.
He's a handsome man. So that was number 4,
handsome. Number 5, beautiful. Again, beautiful
is something that you would only use for women.
And beautiful is just like pretty but it just
means even prettier. So, if you say that someone
is beautiful...it's a really great compliment.
Also, you would only call someone beautiful
if you are pretty close to them. So, if you
met a girl in a bar, you would probably say
something like, you're very pretty...instead
of saying you're beautiful....because she
might be like wow....that's a little much.
I don't know, maybe some girls would like
that...but if I were in a bar and I was single,
and a guy called me beautiful...I'd be like,
that's a little much...you just met me. But
beautiful is a wonderful word to call your
girlfriend or your wife, every girl loves
to feel beautiful. So, that was number 5...beautiful.
Number 6...number 6 is the phrase good-looking.
He's very good-looking...she's very good-looking?....not
so much. We usually use it to describe men.
So, if you say that he is good-looking....it
sound a lot like the word attractive. It's
a more neutral term, but...like I said, we
usually use it for men. So, if he's good-looking...then
that means you probably think he has an attractive
face, a good haircut, dresses well...something
like that. It's all about appearance, but
he looks stylish he looks attractive. He is
good-looking. So, that is number 6. Number
7 is the word gorgeous. Gorgeous. This is
above beautiful. Gorgeous should be reserved
and should not be used too often. Gorgeous
is something that you can use for men and
women actually....usually more for women,
but it's used for men as well. So, usually
if a guy is calling a girl gorgeous, it's
usually when she's tried to get dressed up....I
would say most often. So, maybe it's your
girlfriend or your wife...and you see he like,
everyday...and so usually, of course she looks
nice, but maybe it's nothing special...and
one night you guys go to a wedding or to a
very special date and she puts on a special
dress and makes her hair really nice and puts
on some special makeup, maybe some high heels...and
you see her, and you're like, gosh you look
gorgeous. Or on a girl's wedding day. So,
gorgeous is above beautiful...so we have pretty,
we have beautiful and we have gorgeous. And
again gorgeous is something that women love
to hear from men. But probably from a man
they're close to...and on special occasions
to know you really mean it. That was number
7. Number 8. So, numbers are hard when you're
holding a drink. Number 8. Number 8 is the
word hot. We can use this for men or women.
oh he's hot, I'm looking for hot guys are
there any hot girls here. Wow, she's hot..what
a hot girl. When you say hot, we are talking
about sure, faces, but more about bodies.
And when you call someone hot, it's usually
implying sexual attraction. So, this is not
in the same category as pretty, beautiful,
gorgeous...definitely nowhere near the same
category as cute. This is about sexual attraction.
If you say someone is hot, the first thing
I'm going to think is that you like their
body, and care less about what their face
looks like. So, that was number 8. Number
9, we're going to take it to an even higher
level of hot...and this word is sexy. Now
if you call someone sexy...the word sex is
put right into the word. You can use this
for both men and women...although I don't
know too many girls that call guys sexy, but
some girls do. usually hot is probably more
common than sexy, but sexy is definitely very
common for men to call women. And when you
say that someone is sexy...it's somebody that's
showing off their body. It's somebody that
you are sexually attracted to and that is
trying to be sexually attractive. So, that
was number 9, sexy. Number 10 is two different
terms put together. So, we have either drop
dead gorgeous or stunning. Yes, drop dead
gorgeous...like she's so gorgeous it killed
you, it made your heart stop. Or stunning
because stun is like you get stuck as well,
like wow...stunning like, wow. So, you are
just blown away with her beauty. So, for both
drop dead gorgeous and stunning you could
use it for a man, but it's much more common
for a woman. And when you say that someone
is drop dead gorgeous or stunning...it's even
above gorgeous...so we have pretty, beautiful,
gorgeous, drop dead gorgeous or stunning.
I would say that when you use the terms drop
dead gorgeous or stunning you're combining
the idea of pretty or beautiful with sexy
and hot. It's like all of these things are
coming together into one thing...and that's
when a woman looks drop dead gorgeous or stunning.
OK, guys...so those are your 10 new vocab
words, to describe how attractive people are...I
hope that maybe you understand a little bit
better the differences between these words...a
lot of these words are really similar...but
a lot of them have very different meanings
than maybe you knew before. If you have any
questions for clarification, leave me a comment,
ask me and I will answer it for you...and
I hope you have a great day! Cheers!
