Describing Words—Adjective Generator

[Paul Whybrow]

If you're fumbling for the right word to describe a noun, then this useful tool could be just what you need:

Decribing Words - Find Adjectives to Describe Things

Put together by Joseph Rocca, his Related Words engine is worth clicking on too.

Curious about him, I Googled away and found his blog, which has an eerie word counter and analyser called Count Wordsworth.

 

[KG Christopher]

Sorry, I don't like it at all. It's akin to plugging in the raw ingredients into a machine and coming out with a bestseller at the other end. Just look at the examples for nose, they are dreadful.

 

[KG Christopher]

Donald grunted one last time and collapsed on top of his wife. His crinkled nose relaxed, contours softening, following the lay of Melania’s flawless skin. Two bodies, two minds joined in that moment by a suction of snot.

 

[Carol Rose]

Ugh. The last thing you want to give readers is the impression you wrote with a thesaurus next to you. Less is more. When the writing shows, you've overdone it.

 

[Quillwitch]

If you're fumbling for the right word to describe a noun, then this useful tool could be just what you need:

Decribing Words - Find Adjectives to Describe Things

Put together by Joseph Rocca, his Related Words engine is worth clicking on too.

Curious about him, I Googled away and found his blog, which has an eerie word counter and analyser called Count Wordsworth.

I must say I quite like it! It works for my kids books! Thanks! A teacher friend had already mentioned to me these readability scores. Apparently, it´s a big thing in the US and Scholastic uses it to decide whether to buy or not. It will all depend on their ability to sell it to public schools.
Mine ranked as 10th grade, ( 15 yrs olds) which is a bit higher than I expected, but it is actually my MC´s age, so it seems appropriate.

 

[Richard Turner]

Just as I was thinking that the internet has enabled amazing literary talent to surface here comes a neat tool to drive standards down again.

 

[K.J. Simmill]

I like it, thanks don't get me wrong I wouldn't write each word based on it, but when I'm struggling for the right word, and it's one I know and feel scratching at my brain and failing to emerge, it's the exact kind of thing I need. (and often use my favoured thesaurus, usually without result, for) I'm not saying it'll have the words I want, but another source is always great.
Thanks for sharing

 

[Robinne Weiss]

I put in "oregano" and got "grocery store"...huh?

 

[Robinne Weiss]

And I also got a "depressed segmental" window...Oh, I think you've found another brilliant internet time-waster, @Paul Whybrow! I wonder what else it can come up with...

 

[Paul Whybrow]

And I also got a "depressed segmental" window...Oh, I think you've found another brilliant internet time-waster, @Paul Whybrow! I wonder what else it can come up with...

I put in 'Author'—it came up with many describing words, including 'french homosexual' (!), 'ambiguous royal' (?) and 'often dull' (never!).

Then I saw 'blasphemous and bloody minded'—that's me!

 

[Quillwitch]

And I also got a "depressed segmental" window...Oh, I think you've found another brilliant internet time-waster, @Paul Whybrow! I wonder what else it can come up with...

Have you tried this: Akinator, the Web Genius

Certainly a time waster.

 

[Quillwitch]

I like it, thanks don't get me wrong I wouldn't write each word based on it, but when I'm struggling for the right word, and it's one I know and feel scratching at my brain and failing to emerge, it's the exact kind of thing I need. (and often use my favoured thesaurus, usually without result, for) I'm not saying it'll have the words I want, but another source is always great.
Thanks for sharing

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