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English B2
Describing people: personality
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| intelligent, clever | |
| bright | intelligent and quick to learn |
| sharp | intelligent or quick to notice things |
| shrewd | able to judge a situation accurately and turn it to your own advantage |
| able, gifted, talented | |
| brainy (infml) | clever |
| stupid, foolish, silly | |
| simple | does not have a normal level of intelligence |
| brainless, daft, dumb, dim, thick | (the last five are predominantly informal words, and they can all be offensive) |
| a cunning plan | clever at planning smth so that they get what they want, especially by tricking other people, or things that are cleverly made for a particular purpose |
| crafty | clever, especially in a dishonest or secret way |
| sly | deceiving people in a clever way in order to get what you want |
| pessimistic/optimistic | |
| extroverted/introverted | |
| tense/wound-up/stressed out | 1. nervous and worried and unable to relax; 2. very worried, nervous, or angry; 3. worried and bervous |
| relaxed | |
| upset/worked up (more infml) | upset or very excited about smth |
| gregarious (written) | (of people) liking to be with other people |
| quarrelsome/argumentative | disagreeing with others |
| cruel/sadistic | takind pleasure in other`s pain |
| easy-going/even-tempered/laid-back(spoken) | relaxed in attitude to self and others |
| impolite/rude/ill-mannered/discourteous (written) | not polite to others |
| honest/trustworthy/reliable/sincere | telling the truth to others |
| jealous/envious | unhappy if others have what you do not have yourself |
| determined (pos) | wanting to do smth very much and not allowing anyone or any difficulties to stop you |
| obstinate/stubborn/pig-headed (neg) | 2. is determined to do what he or she wants and refuses to do anything else; 3. showing unreasonable support for an opinion or plan of action and refusing to change or listen to different opinions |
| thrifty/economical (pos) | showing a careful use of money, especially by avoiding waste |
| stingy/mean/tight-fisted/miserly (written) (neg) | unwilling to spend money |
| self-assured/confident (pos) | having confidence in your own abilities |
| self-important/arrogant/full of yourself (spoken) (neg) | unpleasantly proud and behaving as if you are more important than, or know more than, other people |
| unconventional/original (pos) | differ from what is usual or from the way most people do things |
| eccentric/odd/peculiar/weird(spoken) (neg) | strange and unusual, sometimes in a humorous way |
| frank/direct/open (pos) | honest, sincere, and telling the truth, even when this might be awkward or make other people uncomfortable |
| blunt/abrupt/brusque/curt (neg) | sudden and unexpected, and often unpleasant |
| broad-minded (pos) | willing to accept many different types of behaviourm beliefs, or choices in other people |
| unprincipled/permissive (neg) | having or showing no moral rules or standards of good behaviour; |
| enquiring (written) (pos) | a person who asks about smth a lot |
| inquisitive/nosy (neg) | wanting to discover as much as you can about things, smtm in a way that annoys people |
| extravagant (neg) | spending too much money, or using too much of smth |
| innocent-naive | |
| ambitious (pos) | |
| pushy (spoken) (neg) | behaving in an unpleasant way by trying too much to get smth or to make smn do smth |
| assertive (pos) | bahaves confidently and is not frightend to say what they want or believe |
| aggresive/bossy (spoken) (neg) | always telling people what to do |
Created by:
Anastasia Kudriashova
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