Positive & Negative Personality Adjectives

The following positive Personality Adjectives are in common use in the

English language. Negative personality adjectives are listed in a separate
table below:

Positive Personality Adjectives

A -E E-J J-R R-Z
adaptable efficient joyous romantic
adorable elated lucky sedate
agreeable eminent kind seemly
alert enchanting kind-hearted selective
alluring encouraging knowledgeable self-assured
ambitious energetic level sensitive
amused entertaining likeable shrewd
boundless enthusiastic lively silly
brave excellent lovely sincere
bright excited loving skilful
calm exclusive mature successful
capable exuberant modern smiling
charming fabulous nice splendid
cheerful fair obedient steadfast
coherent faithful painstaking stimulating
comfortable fantastic peaceful succinct
confident fearless perfect talented
cooperative fine placid thoughtful
courageous frank plausible thrifty
credible friendly pleasant tough
cultured funny plucky trustworthy
dashing generous productive unbiased
dazzling gentle protective unusual
debonair glorious proud upbeat
decisive good punctual vigorous
decorous happy quiet vivacious
delightful harmonious receptive warm
detailed helpful reflective willing
determined hilarious relieved wise
diligent honorable resolute witty
discreet impartial responsible wonderful
dynamic industrious rhetorical zany
eager instinctive righteous zealous
endurable jolly
Negative Personality Adjectives
A -D D-H I-S S-W
abrasive disagreeable ignorant stingy
abrupt disillusioned ill strange
abusive disturbed irresolute sulky
afraid domineering jealous tacky
aloof draconian jittery tense
ambiguous embarrassed lacking terrible
angry envious lazy testy
annoyed erratic lonely thick-skinned
anxious evasive malicious thoughtless
arrogant evil materialistic threatening
ashamed faded mean tight
awful fanatical mysterious timid
bad fierce naive tired
belligerent filthy nasty tiresome
bewildered finicky naughty troubled
boorish flashy nervous truculent
bored flippant noisy typical
boring foolish obnoxious undesirable
callous forgetful outrageous unsuitable
careless frantic panicky unsure
clumsy fretful pathetic upset
combative frightened possessive uptight
confused furtive quarrelsome vague
cowardly greedy repulsive vengeful
crazy grieving ruthless venomous
creepy grouchy sad volatile
cruel gruesome scary voracious
cynical grumpy secretive vulgar
dangerous guarded selfish wary
deceitful gullible silly wasteful
defeated helpless slow weak
defective hesitant sneaky weary
defiant homeless snobbish wicked
demonic horrible sore worried
depressed hungry spendthrift worthless
deranged hurt squeamish wretched
Appearance, Condition and Feelings Adjectives

These adjectives are common to talk about people’s appearance,

conditions and feelings

Appearance Appearance Condition Condition Feelings Feelings

Contd. Contd. (Bad) (Bad)
Contd.

adorable glamorous alive impossible angry grumpy

adventurous gleaming annoying inexpensive annoyed helpless
aggressive gorgeous bad innocent anxious homeless
alert graceful better inquisitive arrogant hungry
attractive grotesque beautiful modern ashamed hurt
average handsome brainy mushy awful ill
beautiful homely breakable odd bad itchy
blue-eyed light busy open bewildered jealous
bloody long careful outstanding black jittery
blushing magnificent cautious poor blue lazy
bright misty clever powerful bored lonely
clean motionless clumsy prickly clumsy mysterious
clear muddy concerned puzzled combative nasty
cloudy old-fashioned crazy real condemned naughty
colorful plain curious rich confused nervous
crowded poised dead shy crazy, nutty
cute precious different sleepy flipped-out obnoxious
dark quaint difficult stupid creepy outrageous
drab shiny doubtful super cruel panicky
distinct smoggy easy talented dangerous repulsive
dull sparkling expensive tame defeated scary
elegant spotless famous tender defiant selfish
excited stormy fragile tough depressed sore
fancy strange frail uninterested disgusted tense
filthy ugly gifted vast disturbed terrible
ugliest helpful wandering dizzy testy
unsightly helpless wild dull thoughtless
unusual horrible wrong embarrassed tired
important envious
wide-eyed troubled
evil upset
fierce uptight
foolish weary
frantic wicked
frightened worried
grieving
Feelings Feelings Shape Size Sound Time
(Good) (Good)
Contd.

agreeable happy broad big cooing ancient

amused healthy chubby colossal deafening brief
brave helpful crooked fat faint Early
calm hilarious curved gigantic harsh fast
charming jolly deep great high- late
cheerful joyous flat huge pitched long
comfortable kind high immense hissing modern
cooperative lively hollow large hushed old
courageous lovely low little husky old-
delightful lucky narrow mammoth loud fashioned
determined nice round massive melodic quick
eager obedient shallow miniature moaning rapid
elated perfect skinny petite mute short
enchanting pleasant square puny noisy slow
encouraging proud steep scrawny purring swift
energetic relieved straight short quiet young
enthusiastic silly wide small raspy
excited smiling tall resonant
exuberant splendid teeny screeching
fair successful teeny-tiny shrill
faithful thankful tiny silent
fantastic thoughtful soft
fine victorious squealing
friendly vivacious thundering
funny witty voiceless
gentle wonderful whispering
glorious zealous
good zany
Taste/Touch Taste/Touch Touch Quantity
Contd.

bitter melted boiling abundant

delicious nutritious breezy empty
fresh plastic broken few
juicy prickly bumpy heavy
ripe rainy chilly light
rotten rough cold many
salty scattered cool numerous
sour shaggy creepy substantial
spicy shaky crooked
stale sharp cuddly
sticky shivering curly
strong silky damaged
sweet slimy damp
tart slippery dirty
tasteless smooth dry
tasty soft dusty
thirsty solid filthy
fluttering steady flaky
fuzzy sticky fluffy
greasy tender freezing
grubby tight hot
hard uneven warm
hot weak wet
icy wet
loose wooden
yummy