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describing people
describing people adjectives
| term | Answer |
|---|---|
| intelligent | an intelligent person has a high level of mental ability and is good at understanding ideas and thinking clearly |
| bright | smart, able to learn things quickly |
| shrewd | good at judging what people or situations are really like |
| able | to have the skill, strength, knowledge needed to do something |
| brainy | able to learn easily and think quickly |
| foolish | silly |
| half-witted | stupid |
| simple | stupid |
| pessimistic | looking at the negative side |
| introverted | quiet, shy, does not enjoy being with other people |
| extroverted | having a confident character and enjoying being with other people |
| relaxed | calm |
| tense | feeling worried, uncomfortable, and unable to relax |
| sensible | practical, not dreamy and showing good judgement in approach to life (synonym is donw-to earth) |
| down-to-earth | practical, not dreamy and showing good judgement in approach to life (synonym is sensible) |
| sensitive | easily offended. affected |
| sociable | enjoying other's company (synonym is gregarious) |
| gregarious | enjoying other's company (synonym is sociable) |
| quarrelsome | disagreeing with others (synonym is argumentative) |
| argumentative | disagreeing with others (synonym is querrelsome) |
| cruel | taking pleasure in other's pain |
| easy-going | calm, does not easily become angry (synonym is even-tempered) |
| even-tempered | calm, does not easily become angry (synonym is easy-going) |
| ill-mannered | not polite (synonym is rude, discourteous) |
| discourteous | not polite (synonym is rude, ill-mannered) |
| sincere | honest and tell the truth to others |
| jealous | unhappy if others have what one doe not have oneself (synonym is envious) |
| envious | unhappy if others have what one doe not have oneself (synonym is jealous) |
| determined | having a strong desire to do something, so that you will not let anyone stop you (positive meaning) |
| obstinate | not to change your ideas, behaviour, opinions etc, even when other people think you are being unreasonable (negative meaning) (synonym is stubborn) |
| stubborn | not to change your ideas, behaviour, opinions etc, even when other people think you are being unreasonable (negative meaning) (synonym is obstinate) |
| pig-headed | not to change your ideas, behaviour, opinions etc, even when other people think you are being unreasonable (negative meaning) (synonym is obstinate, stubborn) |
| thrifty | using money carefully, wisely (positive meaning) |
| mean | not wanting to spend money, or not wanting to use much of something (negative meaning) (synonym is tigh-fisted) |
| tight-fisted | not wanting to spend money, or not wanting to use much of something (negative meaning) (synonym is mean) |
| self-assured | calm and confident about what you are doing (positive meaning) |
| self-important | behaving in a way that shows you think you are more important than other people (negative meaning) (synonym is arrogant, full one oneself) |
| arrogant | behaving in a way that shows you think you are more important than other people (negative meaning) (synonym is self-important, full one oneself) |
| full of oneself | behaving in a way that shows you think you are more important than other people (negative meaning) (synonym is self-important, arrogant) |
| assertive | behaving in a confident way, so that people notice you |
| original | completely new and different from anything that anyone has thought before (positive meaning) |
| peculiar | strange, unfamiliar (negative meaning) |
| weird | strange, unfamiliar (negative meaning) |
| odd | strange, unfamiliar (negative meaning) |
| eccentric | behaving in a way that is unusual and different from mos people (negative meaning) |
| frank/direct/open | saying exactly what you mean in an honest clear way |
| broad-minded | willing to respect opinions or behaviour that are very different from your own |
| innocent | not having of the bad things in the world, so that you are easily deceived (positive meaning, negative is naive) |
| naive | not having of the bad things in the world, so that you are easily deceived (negative meaning, positive is innocent) |
| ambitious | determined to be successful, rich, powerful (positive meaning) |
| pushy | someone who is pushy does everything they can to get what they want from other people - used in order to show disapproval |
| aggressive | ready or likely to attack or confront |
| deceitful | deceiving or misleading others |
| short-tempered | having a tendency to lose one's temper; easily or quickly angered |
| hostile | showing or feeling opposition or dislike; unfriendly |
| reserved | Reserved people do not often talk about or show their feelings or thoughts |
| good-natured | pleasant or friendly |
| tactful | having or showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with others or with difficult issues |
| thick-skinned | insensitive to criticism or insults |
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Gulmiraxon
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