Sensory Words

Sensory Words

Keep the following lists of words to help you improve your writing. Using sensory words can help you provide more details and examples in your writing.

SOUND WORDS

Hanging croaking

Barking crunching

Bawling

crying

Blaring

dripping

Booming exploding

Buzzing fizzing

Chattering gagging

Chiming gasping

Chirping giggling

Clanging grating

Clicking grunting

Clinking gurgling

Cooing

hissing

Coughing honking

Crackling jangling

laughing moaning mooing mumbling muttering noisy peeping piercing pinging plopping quacking quiet rapping rasping riming

ringing rumbling rustling scratching screaming screeching singing slamming shouting silent snoring splashing squawking stuttering tearing

tinkling thudding thumping ticking twittering warbling wheezing whimpering whining whispering whooping

TOUCH WORDS

Abrasive feathery

Biting

fine

Boiling

fluffy

Bubby

foamy

Bulky

freezing

Bumpy

furry

Burning fuzzy

Bushy

glassy

Clammy

gluey

Coarse

grainy

Cool

greasy

Cottony gritty

Crisp

gushy

knobbed lacy leathery light lukewarm matted metallic moist mushy numbing oily piercing plastic

sandy

spongy

scalding steamy

scorching steely

scratchy sticky

scummy stifled

shaggy

stinging

sharp

stony

silky

stubby

slimy

tangled

slippery tender

sloppy

tepid

smooth

thick

smothering tickling

TOUCH WORDS

Cushioned hairy

Damp

heavy

Downy

hot

Drenched humid

pocked pointed pulpy rocky

TASTE AND SMELL WORDS

Acid

doughy

minty

Acidic

earthy

moist

Acrid

floury

moldy

Alkaline flowery

musky

Aromatic fresh

musty

Biting

fruity

oily

Bitter

garlicky

perfumed

Bland

hearty

pickled

Burnt

hot

piney

Buttery lemony

plastic

Cold

medicinal

pungent

SIGHT WORDS

Abrasive feathery

Biting

fine

Boiling

fluffy

Bubbly

foamy

Bulky

freezing

Bumpy

furry

Burning fuzzy

Bushy

glassy

Clammy

gluey

Coarse

grainy

Cool

greasy

Cottony gritty

Crisp

gushy

Cushioned hairy

Damp

heavy

Downy

hot

Drenched humid

knobbed lacy leathery light lukewarm matted metallic moist mushy numbing oily piercing plastic pocked pointed pulpy rocky

soapy soft sopping soupy

tough velvety warm waxy

rank raw rich rotten salty scented sharp sour spicy spoiled stagnant

sweaty sweet tangy tasteless tough vile vinegary

sandy

spongy

scalding steamy

scorching steely

scratchy sticky

scummy stifled

shaggy

stinging

sharp

stony

silky

stubby

slimy

tangled

slippery tender

sloppy

tepid

smooth

thick

smothering tickling

soapy

tough

soft

velvety

sopping

warm

soupy

waxy

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Gasped Growled Grunted Hinted Insisted Interjected Interrupted Joked Lied Maintained Mentioned Mumbled Murmured Offered Ordered Panted Pleaded Pointed out Prayed Proclaimed Promised Proposed Protested Quipped Ranted

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