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How to describe personality and character in English

Hello, everyone. and welcome back to English with Lucy.

Today i’m going to talk to you about how to describe personality and character in english and i’m going to help you with your pronunciation.

By the end of this lesson you will know 72 adjectives that can be used to describe personality and character. I’ve divided them into positive or approving adjectives and also negative or disapproving adjectives for each objective. I’ve included the IPA transcription. so, you can really focus on the pronunciation and also the definition. let’s start with personality category.

Number one, the objectives within this first group describe how willing you are to communicate with others. So, we have extroverted. extroverted someone. Who is extroverted is lively and confident and enjoys being around other people the opposite or the Antonine for this adjective is introverted. Introverted. So, this describes somebody who is more interested in their own thoughts and feelings than they are in spending time with other people. we also have talkative, talkative. This describes somebody who likes to talk a lot then on the other hand we have quiet. Quiet, which means tending not to talk a lot next confident. confident this means feeling sure about your ability to do something and be successful and the Antonine for this is shy. Shy, someone who is shy is nervous about meeting people or speaking to people.

Right, our second category talks about how you make others feel. firstly we have warm, warm someone who’s warm shows enthusiasm and affection and is friendly on the other hand. We have cold. Cold be careful with that o vowel sound I do actually have a video on that which I will link down below. someone who is cold is without emotion and unfriendly.

Next we have kind. kind, this means caring about others gentle and friendly on the opposite side we have unkind. Unkind, this means unpleasant, unfriendly. Maybe even slightly cruel and then we have sweet. Sweet, someone who is sweet shows a kind character the opposite is nasty. Nasty, a nasty person is an unkind person the third category is how you treat the feelings of others first we have considerate. Considerate, if you’re considerate. you are always thinking of the feelings of others. If you’re not considerate then you might be inconsiderate. Inconsiderate. this means not giving enough thought about other people’s feelings or needs we also have thoughtful. Thoughtful, if you are thoughtful then you show that you care and consider other people’s feelings and needs the opposite is thoughtless. Thoughtless, this means that you don’t care about.

The possible negative effects of your actions or words then we have tactful. tactful, this means that you’re careful. Not to say or do anything that might upset or anger other people and the Antonine for that is tactless. Tactless, that’s quite a hard one to say with the combination tact, tact this this means that you say or do things that might upset or anger other people.

Our next category discusses how much people might be able to trust you. First up we have trustworthy. trustworthy, we use a voiced sound I often hear it mispronounced as trustworthy. But, it should be worthy your voice should be constant it shouldn’t cut out at any point someone’s trustworthy then it means you can rely on them to be good and honest. On the other hand we have untrustworthy. untrustworthy, this is somebody who cannot be trusted. We also have reliable, reliable if someone is reliable. then you can trust them to do something well. On the other hand we have unreliable. unreliable, meaning that you cannot trust them to do something well. You can’t depend on them.

Then we have loyal. Loyal, this means remaining faithful and supportive. Then we have disloyal. Disloyal this means not loyal or faithful.

Next, we’re going to discuss adjectives that describe how honest you are with others. We have sincere, sincere this means that you show what you really think or feel. On the other hand, we have insincere, in sincere if someone is insincere they say or do things that they don’t really mean.

Next we have Frank, Frank which can actually sometimes be negative or disapproving as well as approving. So, it all depends on the tone of voice or the context if someone is Frank it means they are honest or direct and are sometimes at risk of hurting other people’s feelings, because of this. On the other side we have secretive. secretive, if you’re secretive, you like to hide your thoughts feelings and actions and keep them private. Then we have direct, direct and sometimes much like Frank. This can also be negative or disapproving, depending on tone of voice and context. If you’re direct it means you say exactly what you mean and no one can pretend. They haven’t understood. because, it’s very, very clear then we have not an exact antonym. But sneaky, sneaky this means behaving in a secretive or dishonest way.

The next category, is how open you are to the views and cultures of others. We’ll start with tolerant. Tolerant, if you’re tolerant it means you’re able to accept what other people say or do, even if you don’t agree with them. on the other hand we have intolerant. Intolerant, this means that you are not willing to accept behaviors or ideas that do not correspond with your beliefs. we have open-minded. Open-minded, if you’re open-minded, it means you are willing to listen to accept and think about other ideas. On the other hand we have narrow-minded. narrow-minded, this means you are unwilling to listen to new ideas or the opinions of others, and we have unbiased. Unbiased, this means that you’re fair, are not influenced by your own opinions or someone else’s opinions. On the other hand we have biased. bias, this means you make unfair judgments and have a tendency to favor a certain group of people. Now we’re going to talk about the adjectives associated with how motivated you are. We have strong-willed. strong-willed, if you’re strong-willed it means you are determined to do what you want to do, regardless of what other people say. on the other hand, we have weak willed. weak, willed this means you lack the ability to resist the influence of others and you can’t control your own impulses. we also have determined, determined, this means that you make firm decisions to do things and you don’t let anyone dismayed you. On the other hand we have a resolute. a resolute, this means that you are simply not able to decide what to do. Then we have driven, driven this means you are determined to succeed and are working very hard to do so. On the other hand, we have apathetic. apathetic, which means you show no interest or enthusiasm. The next category discusses your attitude towards work. we have industrious. Industrious, this means hard-working or busy. On the other hand, we have idle, idle if you are idle you are not working hard. we also have ambitious, ambitious if you’re ambitious. You’re determined to be rich powerful and all successful. We also have unambitious. Unambitious, this means that you are uninterested in becoming rich, powerful or successful. We also have hard-working. hard-working, which means you are willing to work very hard or we have lazy. Lazy, which means that you are unwilling to work or be active. Now, let’s discuss adjectives associated with how good you are at learning and understanding. We have bright, bright which means Intel or quick to learn we also have foolish. Foolish, which means not showing good judgment or sense. There’s clever. Clever, and this is very common in British English it means you’re quick at learning and understanding things.

On the other hand we have stupid. stupid, which means showing a lack of thought or good judgment. Then we have, intelligent. Intelligent, which means you are good at learning and understanding and on the other hand we have, unintelligent.Unintelligent, which means you are bad at learning and understanding things.

Now, let’s discuss adjectives that describe how you treat money. we have generous, generous which means that you are willing to give freely. On the other hand, we have miserly. Miserly, if you’re miserly, then you hate to spend money. We have giving, giving which again, means you are willing to give freely and on the other hand we have mean, mean which means you are unwilling to give or to share we also have frugal. Frugal and if you’re frugal it means you only use as much food or money as necessary. On the other hand we have extravagant. Extravagant, which means that you spend a lot more than you can afford.

Now, let’s discuss adjectives which describe your attitude around other people. We have humble. humble, if you’re humble you show that you don’t think you are as important as other people. On the opposite side, we have arrogant, arrogant which means that you behave in a proud or unpleasant way and think you are better than others. We also have modest. modest, if you’re modest then you don’t talk much about your own abilities and achievements. on the other hand we have vain, vain which means you are overly proud of your own appear abilities or achievements. the next one submissive. Submissive, is both approving or positive and disapproving, negative. Probably leaning more on to the negative side, but it means you are too willing to accept Authority. You’re willing to obey them without question. On the other side again it’s normally negative, but it can be positive. Sometimes bossy. Bossy, this means that you’re always telling people what to do.

Finally, let’s talk about adjectives that can describe how relaxed you are as a person. We have chilled. Chilled, and this is slightly more slang it is derived from the phrasal verb to chill out you are chilled out you are chilled and this means you are very relaxed. on the other hand, we have tense. Tense, this means you are nervous or worried and unable to relax. we also have laid back. laid back, this means you’re calm and relaxed and never seem to worry about anything. On the other hand, we have uptight. uptight, which means you are anxious or upset about something. We also have optimistic. Optimistic, which means you are positive and expect good things to happen. We also have pessimistic. pessimistic which means you expect bad things to happen. Right your homework for today, is to include five of these adjectives in a comment down below and use them to describe yourself. So, I want maybe three to four sentences about yourself, using some of the adjectives that we’ve learnt today.

And if you can include any others that would be really, really good. That’s it for this lesson I hope you enjoyed it and I hope you learnt something.