Vocabulary of 5th year English Language School Quino Villa Bruned

Vocabulary about Personality

Postitive adjectives: Is it positive 'brave' or 'docile'? Them depend on the context. For instance,
'easy-going' can be positive: 'Paul is easy-going, he gets on well with everyone'. But it could be
negative if you translate it like 'accommodating' ('acomodadizo' in Spanish).

You can find the positive adjective, sorted alphabetically, and their most common antonyms.

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affectionate indifferent
altruistic selfish, greedy
amusing boring*
assertive bashfull, shy
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brave cowardly
bussy passive
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calm agitated
caring evil
charitable mean, miserly
charming disgusting
cheerful cheerless
clear, transparent ironic
clever stupid
cautious, prudent impulsive
confident, trustful 
possessive
conscientious bold, daring
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considerate impolite,
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cooperative discorteous
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dependable undependable
docile 
dogmatic sceptical
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easy-going (-) (+) anxious, irritated
entertaining bored*,
enthusiastic humourless
 apathetic
introvert extravert
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fair unfair
faithful unfaithful, untrue
funny ** boring*
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generous mean, selfish
good mood bad mood
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happy, pleased bad-tempered
hardworking lazy, idle
helpful distant
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honest dishonest
hopeful dejected
humble vain
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illusioned desillusioned
imaginative realisic
independent dependent
interested apathetic
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kind unkind
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leader subordinate
loving hostile, aloof
loyal disloyal
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mature immature
modern traditonal
modest, polite arrogant, proud
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normal, regular eccentric
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open-minded close-minded
optimistic fatalistic
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pleasant disagreeable
polite spoilt
practical, pragmatic impractical
precautious adventurous
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relaxed person stressed
reliable unreliable
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self-confident unsecure
sensible insensible, senseless
sensitive insensitive
sincere insincere
sociable, unreserved reserved
stable changeable
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talkative quiet
tidy untidy
trim careless
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unambitious ambitious
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well-balanced moody
witty dull
wise foolish, unwise
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* Bored: que siente aburrimiento. Boring: que aburre.
** Fun: divertido, entretenido, alegre. Funny: gracioso.