Monday 25 October 2010

Describing Personality


If you want to ask about how's someone's personality, we can say:
What is she like? or  What personality traits does she have?
Then, you can asnwer like this :
She is active type or She is intelligent, humorous and independent girl, and so on.

Some words indicate personality traits :
She is a(n)……person; She is…..

1. Active=busy with or ready to perform a particular activity.
2. Adaptable= able to change so as to be suitable or successful in new and different situation.
     Example : She is adaptable.
3. Aimless= without a clear purpose, reason or direction.
4. Adventurous= ready to try new, exciting and dangerous things.
    Example : He is an adventurous businessman.
5. Animated= full of interest and energy. Example : She is very animated.
6. Alienated= feeling separated from society or the group of people around you and often unhappy.
     Example : She always feels alienated.
7. Analytical= using method that help you examine things carefully, especially by separating them into their different parts. Example : He is the analytical type.
8. Argumentative= tending to argue. Example : She is very argumentative.
9. Artistic= able to enjoy art
10. Balanced= not giving much importantance to one thing. Example : I am a balanced person.
11. Bashful= shy, tending to feel uncomfortable with other people and b embarrassed easily in social situation
12. Behaved/well behaved= behaving politely, obeying people and not causing trouble
13. Blank= showing no expression, understanding, interest or no emotion in your facial expression
14. Bold= not afraid of taking risk and making difficult decisions, so confident or determined that you sometimes offend people
15. Bossy= always telling other people what to do in a way that is annoying
16. Bouncy= very happy, confident and energetic
17. Brassy= loud, confident, or brightly dressed
18. Broad minded= willing to accept other’s people behaviour and beliefs
19. Changeable= likely to change or changing often
20. Cheerful= behaving in a way that shows you are happy, for example by smiling or being very friendly.
21. Communicative= willing to talk to people and give them information
22. Competitive= determined to be more successful that other people
23. Confident= sure that you can do something or deal with a situation successfully
24. Conservative= tending not to like sudden change
25. Considerate= always thinking of what other people need or want and taking care not to upset them
26. Consistent=always having the same beliefs, behavior, attitudes, quality, etc and continuing to develop in the same way
27. Contented= pleased with your situation and not hoping for change or improvement, happy and satisfied
28. Convincing= able to make you believe that something is true or wrong
29. Cultured= having a good education so that you are interested in art, literature, music, etc
30. Crafty= good at getting what you want by clever planning and secretly deceiving people (cerdik)
31. Critical= who is critical make severe and often unfair judgements of people or things
32. Daring= willing to do something that is dangerous or that involves a lot of risk
33. Decisive= good at making decision quickly with confident
34. Deep= thinking very hard about things, often in a way that other people find difficult to understand.
      Example : He is a deep individual
35. Delightful= very pleasant
36. Demonstrative= willing to show loving feeling towards people
37. Depressed= feeling very unhappy
38. Diplomatic= dealing with people politely and skillfully without upsetting them
39. Detailed= giving a lot of information with many details
40. Disorderly= lacking of organization
41. Disorganized= not good at planning and organizing things
42. Domineering= having a strong tendency to control other people without taking  their feelings into consideration
43. Doubtful= having doubts about something
44. Driven= determined to achieve something or be successful that all their behavior is directed towards this aim.
45. Easy going= relaxed and not easily worried or upset
46. Faithful= remaining loyal to a person, belief, political party, etc. and continuing to support them
47. Fearful= frightened and worried about something
48. Flexible= can change or be changed easily to suit any new situation
49. Forceful= expressing their opinion very strongly and clearly, people or easily persuaded them
50. Forgetful= often forgetting things
51. Frank= honest, truthful and sincere, although this might be awkward or make other people uncomfortable
52. Funny= making you laugh
53. Fussy= not easily satisfied; too concerned or worried about small, usually unimportant details, and difficult to please.
54. Friendly = behaving toward someone in a way that shows you like them and is ready to talk to them or help them
55. Headstrong= very determined to do what you want, even when other people advice you not to do it
56. Idealistic= believing in principles or perfect standards that cannot really be achieved
57. Imaginative= having or showing a lot of imagination
58. Impatient= easily annoyed by someone’s mistakes or because you have to wait
59. Indifferent= not caring about what is happening, especially about other people’s problems or feelings
(acuh tak acuh)
60. Intolerant= not willing to accept ways of thinking and behaving that are different from your own
61. Introverted=someone who thinks mainly about their own thoughts and personal life and does not enjoy spending time with other people.
He is an introvertd person; He is an introvert.
62. Inconsistent= whose behavior changes very often and unpredictable
63. Indecisive= unable to make clear decisions or choices
64. Independent= confident and able to do things by yourself in yout own way, without wanting help or advice from other people
65. Inoffensive=unlikely to offend anyone
66. Inscure= lacking confidence and uncertain about their own abilities and about whether other people really  like them (tidak percaya diri)
67. Inspiring= giving people energy, a feeling of exicitement, and a desire to do something great
68. Lazy= not willing to work or use any effort
69. Level-headed= calm and able to deal easily with difficult situations
70. Lively= having or showing a lot of energy and enthuasiasm or showing interesting and exiciting thought
71. Loner= someone who prefers to be alone or someone who has no friends
72. Manipulative= clever at controlling or deceiving people to get what you want
73. Messy= dirty or untidy
74. Meticulous= very careful and with great attention to every detail
75. Mix easily= make friends easily
76. Moody= easily becoming annoyed or unhappy when there is no good reason to feel that way and having moods that change often and quickly
76. Naïve= not having much experience of how complicated life is so that you trust people too much and believe that good things will always happen
77. Optimistic= thinking or believing that good things will happen in the future or that things will be better, easier or more successful than is actually possible
78. Orderly= arranged or organized in a sensible or neat way
79. Organized= tidy
80. Outspoken= expressing your opinion honestly, even when it is not popular to do so
81. Patient= able to wait calmly for long time or to accept difficulties, people’s annoying behavior etc without becoming angry
82. Peaceful= quiet and calm without any worry or excitement, without war or conflict
83. Persistent= continuing to do something, although this is difficult, or other people warn you not to do it
84. Pessimistic= expecting that bad things will happen in  the future or that a situation will have a bad result
85. Pleasant= enjoyable and making you feel happy; nice
86. popular= liked, enjoyed or supported by a lot of people
87. Practical= relating to practice
88. Productive= producing or achieving a lot
89. Progressive= supporting new ideas or social change (progresif)
90. Rash= doing something too quickly, without thinking carefully about whether it is sensible or not
91. Realistic= accepting things as they are in fact and not basing decisions on unlikely hopes for the future
92. Reluctant= slow and not very willing to do something
93. Repetitious= involving doing or saying the same thing several times, especially in a way that is boring
94. Resentful= feeling bitter or angry and unhappy because you think you have been treated unfairly
95. Reserved= unwilling to expess your emotions or talk about your problems
96. Resistant= not wanting to accept something, specially changes or new ideas
97. Restless= unable or unwilling to keep still, especially because you are nervous or bored
98. Revengeful= wanting harm done to someone as a punishment for harm that they have done to someone else (penuh dendam)
99. Scatterbrained= someone who often forgets or loses things because they do not think in practical way
100. Scheduled= planned according to schedule
101. Self sacrificing= having a willing to do something in order to help the other without regarding himself/herself
102. Sensitive= easily offended or upset,; Unable to understand other’s people feelings and problems
103. Serious= not joking
104. Short-tempered= easily becoming angry or impatient
105. Show off= someone who always tries to show how clever or skilled they are so that other people will admire them
106. Shy= nervous and embarrasses about talking to other people, specially people you do not know
107. Skeptical= tending to doubt or not believe what other people tell you ( tidak mudah percaya)
108. Sluggish= moving or reacting more slowly than normal
109. Sociable= enjoying being with other people
110. Spirited=full of energy and determination
111. Stubborn= determined not to change your mind, even when people think you are being unreasonable (keras kepala)
112.   Strong-willed= knowing exactly what you want to do and being determined to achieve it, even if other people advice you against it
113. Submissive= always willing to obey someone even if they are unkind to you
114. Suspicious= penuh curiga
115. Tactful= being careful not to say or do something that will annoy or upset other people
116. Tactless= likely to upset or ambarrass someone without intending to
117. Talkative= liking to talk a lot
118. Tenacious= determined to do something and unwilling to stop trying even when the situation becomes difficult
119. Thoughtful= serious and quiet because you are thinking a lot
120. Thoughtless= forgetting about the needs and feelings of other people because you are thinking about what you want
121. Timid= not having courage or confidence
122. Unaffectionate= not showing feelings or liking to love
123. Unforgiving= unwilling to forgive
124. Unsympathetic= not showing, especially by what they say, that they understand and care about someone’s suffering
125. Workhaholic= someone who cannot stop working and does not have time for anything else
                                ___The end___

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