23 Adjectives to Describe a House

23 Adjectives to Describe a House

Hello English learners. Welcome to a new lesson. Good vocabulary will improve all aspects of your communication a great deal. It will not only enable you to understand, speak and write with confidence but also develop your analytical thought. Use this opportunity to enrich your vocabulary. In today’s lesson, we will look at 23 adjectives to describe a house.

1. Abandoned
2. Charming
3. Comfortable
4. Cozy
5. Deserted
6. Dreary
7. Dwelling
8. Grim
9. Haunted
10. Homely
11. Isolated
12. Lofty
13. Lonely
14. Luxurious
15. Minimalist
16. Old-fashioned
17. Portable
18. Solid
19. Spacious
20. Suburban
21. Shabby
22. Vacant
23. Wooden

 

Abandoned

An abandoned house is no longer in use.

When they got lost on the island, they found shelter in the abandoned house.

Charming

A charming house is pleasant and attractive.

The Smiths lived in a charming house on the outskirts of Leeds.

Comfortable

A comfortable house makes you feel relaxed when you spend time in it.

Fiona converted an attack into a comfortable home.

Cozy

A cosy home is comfortable and warm.

The cottage we rented was spacious and cosy.

Deserted

A deserted house is a place no one lives in. 

There was a deserted farmhouse that was used by drug addicts.

Dreary

A dreary house is dark and unattractive.

It was a dreary little house at the end of the road.

Dwelling

A dwelling house is actually a collocation referring to a residential house.

They lived in a large, 19th-century dwelling house.

Grim

A grim house is ugly and unattractive.

The neighbourhood was full of grim little houses that looked spooky.

Haunted

Also known as a spooky house or ghost house, which is believed to be inhabited by the spirits of dead people.

Local people believed that the house on the corner was a haunted house because noises were coming from it at night.

Homely

If you feel relaxed and comfortable in a place where you feel ‘like at home’, you can describe that place as homely.

The house we rented was not very beautiful but it was comfortable and homely.

Isolated

An isolated house is far away from other houses or buildings, remote.

Jack lived in an isolated house ten miles from the nearest village.

Lofty

A lofty house is very high or has high ceilings.

We stayed in a lofty, five-storey house in the country.

Nicolas was born in a Dutch house with lofty ceilings.

Lonely 

We can describe a house as lonely if it is remote and isolated.

There was nothing in the street, just a small cemetery and an uninhabited, lonely house.

Luxurious

A luxurious house is extremely comfortable, elegant and expensive.

Once a luxurious house was now turned into a museum.

Minimalist

Characteristics of a minimalist house are simple form, material, space and colour.

Helen dreamed of living in a minimalist mountain house.

Old-fashioned

An old-fashioned house is a house which was in fashion in the past.

The hotel was an old-fashioned house that used to be a town hall in the 18th century.

Adjectives to describe a house

Portable

A portable house is usually smaller than a traditional house. These houses are usually called tiny homes, mobile homes or converted shipping containers.

Rachel and her husband would spend their holiday in the portable home by the lake.

Solid

A solid house is made of solid materials such as bricks or stone.

We built a solid brick house near the road.

Spacious

A spacious house is large and has a lot of space to move in.

It wasn’t easy to heat the spacious house in the winter.

Suburban

A suburban house is in the suburb.

Darren inherited a solid suburban house with a garden from his grandparents.

Shabby

A shabby house is in a very bad condition, neglected and dumpy.

They bought a shabby abandoned house and turned it into a mansion.

Vacant

A vacant house is a place no one lives in. 

The police found the criminals in the old vacant house.

Wooden

A wooden house is made of wood.

When he was a child, Michael and his family used to live in a small wooden house.

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