Personality Adjectives & Describing Words
List of personality adjectives and describing words for your knowledge. You will find 2 types of personality adjectives or personality words to on this page:
Positive Personality Adjectives
Positive personality adjectives or describing words to describe a person for your information are given below.
Adaptable - Capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use.
Adventurous - Willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring works, brave.
Affable - Showing or spreading warmth and friendliness, cordial, polite.
Affectionate - Having or displaying warmth or affection.
Agreeable - Conforming to your own liking, feelings or nature, a person who is prepared to agree or consent.
Ambitious – An aspiring person, having a strong desire for success or achievement.
Amiable – A pleasing person who is always ready to please others, selfless.
Amicable – A friendly and peaceful person characterized by friendship and good will.
Amusing - Providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining
Brave - Possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching.
Bright - Characterized by quickness and ease in learning
Broad-minded – A person who is inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from his own.
Calm - Not agitated; without losing self-possession
Careful - Exercising caution or showing care or attention
Charming - Pleasing or delighting
Communicative - Able or tending to communicate
Compassionate - Showing or having compassion, sympathy for others
Confident – Sure-footed, having or marked by confidence or assurance
Conscientious - Characterized by extreme care and great effort
Considerate - Showing concern for the rights and feelings of others
Convivial - Occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
Courageous - Possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
Courteous - Characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners
Creative - Having the ability or power to create
Decisive - Determining or having the power to determine an outcome, characterized by decision and firmness
Delightful - Greatly pleasing or entertaining
Determined - Characterized by great determination, strongly motivated to succeed
Diligent - Characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks, quietly and steadily continuing a task despite any difficulties
Diplomatic - Using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people
Disciplined - Trained mentally or physically by instruction or exercise
Discreet - Marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint, heedful of potential consequences
Dynamic - Characterized by action, forcefulness or force of personality, able to change and adapt; changing constantly
Eager - Having a strong or impatient wish to do something
Easygoing - Relaxed and informal in attitude or standards, not hurried or forced
Emotional - Determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason, (of persons) excessively affected by emotion
Energetic - Possessing, exerting or displaying energy
Enthusiastic - Having or showing great excitement and interest
Exuberant - Unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
Fair-minded - Of a person; just and impartial; not prejudiced
Faithful - Steadfast in affection or allegiance
Fearless - Oblivious of dangers, perils or calmly resolute in facing them, brave, without fear
Forceful - Forceful and definite in expression or action
Frank - Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
Friendly - Inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile, characteristic of or befitting a friend
Funny - Arousing or provoking laughter, amusing, cheerful
Generous - Willing to give and share unstintingly
Gentle - Kind; not harsh, stern or severe, having or showing a kindly or tender nature
Good - Deserving of esteem and respect, admirable, pleasing
Gregarious - Instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
Happy - Enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure, well-expressed and to the point
Hard-working - Characterized by hard work and perseverance, industrious, tireless
Helpful - Providing assistance or serving a useful function
Honest - Not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
Humorous - Full of or characterized by humor, pleasing
Imaginative - marked by independence and creativity in thought or action, inventive
Impartial - Showing lack of favoritism, free from undue bias or preconceived opinions
Independent - Free from external control and constraint
Intellectual - Of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind, one who uses his mind creatively
Intelligent - Having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree, endowed with the capacity to reason, well informed
Intuitive - Spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency
Inventive – Imaginative, marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
Jolly - Full of or showing high-spirited merriment, happy, amusing
Kind - Having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
Lively - Full of life and energy, quick and energetic
Loving - Feeling or showing love and affection
Loyal - Steadfast in allegiance or duty, unwavering in devotion to friend, vow or cause
Modest - Marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of oneself
Neat - Clean or organized, free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
Nice - Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
Obedient - Dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority
Optimistic - Expecting or presenting the best possible outcome, hopeful about the future
Passionate - Having or expressing strong emotions
Patient - Enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance
Persistent - Never-ceasing, tenacious
Philosophical - Characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment
Pioneer - Take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of, innovator, ground-breaker
Placid - Not easily irritated
Plucky - Marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited
Polite – Civilized, cultured, showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.
Powerful - Having great power, force, potency or effect, (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
Practical - Concerned with actual use or practice
Pro-active - Controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens
Proud - Feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride, having or displaying great dignity or nobility
Quick-witted - Mentally nimble and resourceful
Quiet - Characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
Rational - Consistent with or based on or using reason, reasonable
Reliable - Worthy of reliance or trust, worthy of being depended on
Reserved - Marked by self-restraint and reticence
Resourceful - Capable of dealing with difficult situations, having inner resources; adroit or imaginative
Romantic - Expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance
Sensible - Showing reason or sound judgment, able to feel and perceive
Sincere - Open and genuine; not deceitful
Sociable - Inclined to or conducive to companionship with others, friendly
Straightforward - Without concealment or deception; honest, straight
Sympathetic – Kind, expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward
Thankful - Feeling or showing gratitude
Thoughtful - Considerate of the feelings or well-being of others
Tidy - Marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits, clean
Tough – Strong, brave, courageous, very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
Unassuming - Not arrogant or presuming
Understanding – Sympathetic, characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy
Versatile - Competent in many areas and able to turn with ease from one thing to another
Victorious – Winning, having won
Warmhearted – Loving, marked by warmth of feeling like kindness and sympathy and generosity
Willing - Disposed or inclined toward, ready to help
Witty - Combining clever conception and facetious expression, humorous
Zealous - Marked by active interest and enthusiasm
Negative Personality Adjectives
Negative personality adjectives or describing words to describe a person for your information are given below.
Aggressive – Angry, having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of one’s ends
Aloof – Un-concerned, remote in manner
Angry – Furious, feeling or showing anger
Arrogant - Having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride
Belligerent – One who is eager to fight
Bewildered - Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
Big-headed - Overly conceited or arrogant
Bitchy - Marked by or arising from malice
Boastful – Bragging, exhibiting self-importance
Bone-idle - Constitutionally lazy or idle
Boring – Un-amusing, so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Bossy – Dominating, offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
Callous - Emotionally hardened
Cantankerous - Stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate, having a difficult and contrary disposition
Careless - Marked by lack of attention, consideration, forethought or thoroughness; not careful
Changeable - Capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
Clinging - To remain emotionally or intellectually attached
Clumsy - Lacking grace in movement or posture, not elegant or graceful in expression
Compulsive - Caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion conservative,
Cowardly - Lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
Cruel - (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering, brutal
Cunning - Marked by skill in deception
Cynical – Taunting, showing contempt for accepted moral standards, esp. by following self-interest
Deceitful – Two-faced, marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
Defeated - Beaten or overcome; not victorious, disappointingly unsuccessful
Detached - Showing lack of emotional involvement, feeling set or kept apart from others
Dishonest - Deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive, capable of being corrupted
Dogmatic - Characterized by assertion of unproved or improvable principles
Domineering - Tending to rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner finicky,
Embarrassed - Made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride, feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious
Fierce - Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
Flirtatious - Like a coquette (Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions)
Foolhardy - Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
Foolish - Devoid of good sense or judgment, having or revealing stupidity
Fussy - Annoyed and irritable
Greedy - Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
Grumpy - Annoyed and irritable
Gullible - Easily tricked because of being too trusting
Harsh - Unkind, cruel or uncivil
Helpless - Lacking in or deprived of strength or power, unable to function without help
Impatient - Restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
Impolite – Discourteous, rude, socially incorrect in behavior
Impulsive - Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation
Inconsiderate - Lacking regard for the rights or feelings of others
Inconsistent - Not capable of being made consistent or harmonious
Indecisive - Characterized by lack of decision and firmness
Indiscreet – Talkative, lacking discretion; injudicious
Inflexible - Incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances, rigid
Interfering - Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
Intolerant - Unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
Irresponsible - Showing lack of care for consequences
Itchy - Nervous and unable to relax
Jealous – Envious, strongly wanting someone else's position, advantages or possessions
Lazy - Moving slowly and gently, disinclined to work or exertion
Mysterious - Of an obscure nature, beyond ordinary understanding
Narrow-minded - Lacking tolerance, flexibility or breadth of view
Nasty - Offensive or even (of persons) malicious
Naughty - Badly behaved
Nervous - Easily agitated, showing anxiety
Obnoxious - Causing disapproval or protest
Obsessive - Characterized by or constituting an obsession
Obstinate – Stubborn, resistant to guidance or discipline; tending to do the opposite of what is normal or wanted
Overcritical - Inclined to judge too severely
Overemotional - Excessively or abnormally emotional
Panicky – Easily frightened, thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
Parsimonious - Excessively unwilling to spend
Patronizing - Characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
Perverse - Resistant to guidance or discipline; tending to do the opposite of what is normal or wanted
Pessimistic - Expecting the worst possible outcome, hopeless
Pompous - Characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
Possessive - Having or showing a desire to control or dominate
Pusillanimous - Lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful
Quarrelsome - Given to quarreling
Quick-tempered - Quickly aroused to anger
Mean - Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
moody - Showing a brooding ill humor, subject to sharply varying moods
Repulsive - Offensive to the mind, possessing the ability to repel
Resentful - Full of or marked by resentment or indignant ill will
Rude - Lacking civility or good manners, socially incorrect in behavior
Ruthless - Without mercy or pity
Sarcastic - Expressing or expressive of ridicule using sarcasm
Scary – Easily frightened, provoking fear or terror
Secretive - Inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
Self-centered - Limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs
Self-indulgent - Indulgent of your own appetites and desires
Selfish - Concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
Sensitive - Being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others
Sneaky - Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
Stingy - Deficient in amount, quality or extent
Stubborn - Tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield, obstinate
Stupid - Lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity, devoid of good sense or judgment
Superficial – Trivial, not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually
Tactless - Lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others
Thoughtless - Without care or thought for others
Timid - Showing fear and lack of confidence, lacking conviction, boldness or courage
Touchy – Quick to take offense, difficult to handle; requiring great tact
Truculent - Defiantly aggressive
Unkind - Deficient in humane and kindly feelings, lacking kindness
Unpredictable - Not capable of being foretold
Unreliable - Not worthy of reliance or trust
Untidy - Not neat and tidy
Untrustworthy - Not worthy of trust or belief
Upright – Morally sound, truthful, honest
Uptight - Being in a tense state
Vague - Lacking clarity or distinctness
Vain - Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
Vengeful - Disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge
Vulgar - Being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
Weak-willed - Easily swayed; easily tempted or led astray
Worried – Occupied and mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc
How to Use Describing Words & Personality Adjectives
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