Descriptive words for book reviews, essays and other things
“I liked it / it was nice”
lovely
delightful
pleasant
fair
pleasurable
approved
fine
satisfying
excellent
amazing
great
pleasing
sound
rad
worthy
superb
“It was complex in a good way/ it really grabbed my attention”
fascinating
intriguing
thought provoking
captivating
alluring
stimulating
intricate
sophisticated
labyrinthine
baroque
“It was complicated in a negative way / I didn’t quite understand it”
troublesome
inconvenient
difficult
vexing
tricky
puzzling
confusing
disorganised
obscure
far-fetched
strange
“It wasn’t very interesting / not very exciting”
boring
tedious
dull
unpleasant
mundane
stuffy
lifeless
repetitive
drudging
flat
tiresome
tame
depthless
“It made me a bit emotional/gave me the feels”
sentimental
emotional
moving
heartwarming
tear-jerking
affecting
heating
poignant
passionate
touching
“I’m not crazy about it / it was okay”
okay
passable
so-so
not bad
tolerable
adequate
middling
all-right
moderately pleasing
“Best thing ever”
fantastic
exceptional
marvelous
first-class
splendid
astounding
astonishing
extraordinary
phenomenal
wonderful
comparing things / “It was better than this other thing”
superior
favourable
preferable
more advanced
of higher rank
exceeding
distinguished
a cut above
more desirable
more valuable
improved
higher/better quality
more useful
surpassing
sharpened
more sophisticated
“It wasn’t good I didn’t like it”
bad
disagreeable
nasty
unrefined
horrible
unlikeable
coarse
imprecise
vexing
problematic
unimportant
“It was really bad”
terrible
repulsive
atrocious
disturbing
disastrous
revolting
rotten
loathsome
gruesome
appaling
abhorrent
dreadful
horrifying
poor
offensive
dire
awful
ghastly
