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Personality Adjectives, ‘smug’ is also a good adjective. “I wanna wipe…
Personality Adjectives
Bad Personality
Domineering — He likes to have control over everyone in every situation.
So yeah. Tony’s not a nice guy
Negative Adjectives for Difficult People
This is Amber, and she has a very negative personality.
You can’t trust her:
Deceitful — She pretends to be your friend, then she’ll stab you in the back (do something bad to you after you’ve started trusting her).
Dishonest — She’s not honest.
Machiavellian — She intelligently uses different people against each other to get what she Sneaky — She does things that you don’t know about that affect you negatively..
Sneaky — She does things that you don’t know about that affect you negatively.
Untrustworthy — You can’t trust her. She lies!
She hates change:
Dogmatic — She has strong beliefs and doesn’t accept any view outside those beliefs.
Inflexible — When she’s made plans, NOTHING can change them.
Intolerant — She doesn’t like certain types of people and will never accept them. Sometimes this can be extreme, like racism, sexism or homophobia.
Narrow-minded — She has a small view of the world and doesn’t accept ideas outside that view.
Stubborn — You will never be able to change her opinion on anything.
Obstinate — Like “stubborn,” but a little stronger.
Pig-headed — Like “obstinate.” But with a pig.
Fussy — She likes everything to be a certain way. If there’s a change, she gets very upset or angry.
She’s difficult to work with:
Indiscreet — Sometimes you don’t want somebody shouting your bank balance out across a crowded office. Or you don’t want someone to walk in the room with a bottle of whiskey when your Saudi client is visiting. But Amber will do these things.
Tactless — It’s like “indiscreet” but with words. It means she sometimes says something stupid that might hurt someone, usually without realising it.
Unpredictable — You don’t know what she’s going to do next!
Vague — She doesn’t explain things clearly.
Impatient — If she has to wait too long for anything, she gets angry. Maybe she’ll walk away.
Unreliable — If she tells you that she’s going to meet you at 7 o’clock, she probably won’t. You can’t trust her to keep her promises.
She behaves badly in relationships:
Jealous — She hates seeing you with other people.
Possessive — She only wants you to spend time with her. You have no other friends now.
Resentful — She still gets angry about things that happened a long time ago.
Secretive — She regularly keeps secrets from you.
Oh … I’m so glad we’ve finished with those two terrible people.
Let’s never talk about them again. Deal?
OK. Time to find some less harmful characters.
Negative Adjectives for Lazy People
List of negative personality adjectives for lazy people: careless, cowardly, foolish, gullible, idle, indecisive, irresponsible, untidy, weak-willed
Andy is your stereotypical lazy guy. He doesn’t work. He doesn’t help around the house.
He also doesn’t have any strong opinions and has a weak personality.
He’s lazy:
Idle — “Lazy” describes someone who doesn’t want to do anything. “Idle” describes the situation of not doing anything.
Careless — He doesn’t care enough about things, so he can often lose or break them.
Irresponsible — If you give him a task to do, he will mess it up (do it very badly).
Untidy — He doesn’t tidy up and leaves a mess everywhere. He’s probably got some food on his shirt, too.
He’s weak:
Cowardly — He’s afraid of everything.
Foolish — He doesn’t have the brains to make the right decisions — so he makes bad decisions.
Gullible – If you told him that you’d just been invited to Tom Cruise’s space station party on the moon, he’d believe you.
Indecisive — He finds it difficult to make decisions — so he often sticks with “no decision.”
Weak-willed — You can easily convince him to do what he doesn’t want to do. He’s also probably addicted to something (alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, cheese — something).
Negative Adjectives for Emotional People
List of negative personality adjectives for emotional people: clingy, finicky, grumpy, moody, overemotional, pessimistic, quick-tempered, silly, sullen, touchy, vulgar
Finally, we have Sibel.
There are two bad sides to Sibel. On the one hand, she hates sharing or giving anything away, and on the other, she’s difficult to be around.
She’s always in a bad mood:
Quick-tempered — She gets angry very easily.
Grumpy — She’s always in a bad mood and doesn’t want to speak with you.
Moody — Her moods are unpredictable. Sometimes she seems fine, and then suddenly she’s in a bad mood.
Pessimistic — She always sees the negative side of things.
Sullen — Like “grumpy.”
Touchy — You can make her angry or upset very easily.
She’s annoying:
Overemotional — When she’s unhappy or angry, she’s very unhappy or very angry.
Clingy — She wants to be with you all the time, and you just can’t lose her. — unless you run away really fast when she’s not looking.
Finicky — She’s very fussy and wants everything to be the way she wants. She gets upset if you do something the “wrong” way.
Silly — She’s not serious and can behave a bit like a child sometimes.
Vulgar — She’s not sophisticated. Her jokes are often sexual and rude.
So there we have it: 66 negative personality adjectives to describe bad people — or yourself (but hopefully not!). Let’s hope we never meet any of those people ever again!
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87 thoughts on “66 Negative Personality Adjectives to Describe People in English”
Andrey Tamboff says:
OCTOBER 13, 2017 AT 1:18 PM
Thanks, Gabriel.
And a tad about meself, except for cricket though. (!)
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Amarjit says:
JUNE 7, 2018 AT 5:14 PM
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The says:
AUGUST 20, 2019 AT 4:45 PM
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Aniqa says:
JANUARY 16, 2019 AT 2:23 PM
Yeah indeed yeah indeed
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Dirceu Bordino says:
MARCH 6, 2019 AT 8:38 PM
Very useful.
Thanks a Lot.
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Anonymous says:
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 AT 5:26 PM
Yes this was very useful it helped a lot
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Anonymous says:
MAY 1, 2020 AT 9:57 PM
yw
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HI says:
MAY 18, 2020 AT 12:47 PM
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Anonymous says:
DECEMBER 18, 2020 AT 3:56 AM
bruh
MAY 2, 2020 AT 5:33 AM
Snide
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e says:
MAY 22, 2020 AT 6:01 AM
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Abazany says:
OCTOBER 2, 2020 AT 6:35 PM
A checklist for trump’s personality traits
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Sonia says:
OCTOBER 9, 2020 AT 5:41 AM
Correction. I mean: Principled
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Mary Zambrana says:
OCTOBER 25, 2020 AT 5:04 AM
That’s exactly why I looked up this site!
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snazzy says:
NOVEMBER 2, 2020 AT 1:12 AM
wow cringe boomer
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Trump suqs says:
DECEMBER 3, 2020 AT 2:52 PM
Yes, a complete list.
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Sherry Elston says:
DECEMBER 29, 2020 AT 6:53 AM
Exactly…plus a few more
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Trump Supporter says:
JANUARY 28, 2021 AT 6:38 AM
Correction: Joe Biden’s Personality Traits
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Joseph Charles says:
MAY 26, 2021 AT 6:47 PM
Trump lost get brexit done heil nigel farage king of the britons
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Anonymous says:
FEBRUARY 2, 2021 AT 9:43 PM
Nope just yours.
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joamama says:
MARCH 15, 2021 AT 10:44 PM
hahahaha
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Anonymous says:
JANUARY 7, 2021 AT 7:21 PM
yes
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Anonymous says:
MARCH 16, 2021 AT 6:14 PM
A another good 1 is narcissistic
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h says:
MAY 6, 2021 AT 9:33 AM
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Anonymous says:
MARCH 29, 2018 AT 2:59 PM
The first person should have been named Jane!!! That describes her perfectly! 🙁
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Rita says:
OCTOBER 3, 2018 AT 1:32 PM
Haha! I was going to call her Nina, except “mean-spirited” and “disloyal” and “destructive” should be added to her profile.
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Gabriel Clark says:
OCTOBER 5, 2018 AT 9:50 AM
Ha ha! It seems we all know someone like this! 😀
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Syvo says:
MARCH 1, 2020 AT 7:07 PM
Yup exactly ?
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Piper Rockelle says:
MAY 21, 2020 AT 9:04 AM
Ikr
Anonymous says:
NOVEMBER 17, 2020 AT 12:56 AM
Karen
cough cough
Karen
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Anonymous says:
JULY 24, 2018 AT 7:51 AM
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Gabriel Clark says:
JULY 24, 2018 AT 10:25 AM
🙂 🙂
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KAREN RATLIFF says:
OCTOBER 5, 2018 AT 3:05 PM
Gabriel, OMG I “LOVE” this list. Thank you so much for taking the time to put all of this together and sharing it with us all. I personally wanted to say you did such an awesome job and going into details on some of them, again “THANK YOU”
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Gabriel Clark says:
OCTOBER 7, 2018 AT 9:50 AM
Thanks so much for the positive feedback, Karen.
I’m really glad you liked it. Feel free to share it so more can enjoy it! 🙂
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Alvin says:
JANUARY 24, 2020 AT 1:07 AM
Ima gonna use these on a book report for an abusive father!
Other words you might consider including: malicious, retarded, gutless, abusive, idiotic, nitwit, jerk
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k says:
MARCH 28, 2020 AT 5:26 AM
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Sh says:
MAY 21, 2020 AT 9:07 AM
Lets be friends
I’ll help u out
Tue says:
JULY 24, 2018 AT 10:11 PM
thanks you so much, i learn English and dont know how to describe bad personalities. I found your writing very beneficial!
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Gabriel Clark says:
JULY 28, 2018 AT 10:12 AM
I’m so glad! Keep up the good work! 🙂
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Jodnie Alfansis says:
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018 AT 2:16 AM
Thanks for making this!
I have realized that I’m a more so weak person, yikes.. I’ll change though!!
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Marthinus says:
NOVEMBER 1, 2018 AT 6:58 PM
Thanks
All your words really helps me to understand the presidents politicians leaders corporations movie moguls stars sport stars
just about everyone that thinks they own the world and can do whatever they want?❗️
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Gabriel Clark says:
NOVEMBER 4, 2018 AT 9:34 AM
Haha!
I’m very glad my post is being put to good, productive use! 🙂
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Elena says:
NOVEMBER 6, 2018 AT 4:31 PM
Lol thx for a second I thought I had to search up all the words I didn’t recognize.. Then I scrolled down. Ty for putting the meanings.. What’s another word for someone who gets angry for no reason?
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Gabriel Clark says:
NOVEMBER 7, 2018 AT 9:33 AM
Very happy to help!
Someone who gets angry for no reason? That’s a good one. I guess the closest I can think of is “touchy.” There’s a feeling that “If you touch him, he’ll explode!”
There’s also “temperamental,” which actually is used to describe someone who is gets angry unpredictably.
Good question.
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Robert says:
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 AT 3:01 AM
Volatile!
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Sam says:
NOVEMBER 10, 2018 AT 6:46 PM
i learnt a lot , thanks for this work !
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Gabriel Clark says:
NOVEMBER 12, 2018 AT 9:52 AM
I’m glad!
Keep up the good work! 🙂
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Leo says:
JULY 10, 2019 AT 2:00 AM
Execelent articles you’ve shared with the community and are very useful, me personally read them over and over performing situations to settle this new vocabulary.
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Olga says:
NOVEMBER 15, 2018 AT 7:07 PM
Thanks a lot! That will be useful not only for lessons but for my “up-grading” and self-eduation too. Great work!
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Gabriel Clark says:
NOVEMBER 16, 2018 AT 9:39 AM
Brilliant!
I’m glad it’s helping you out!
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Anonymous says:
JANUARY 10, 2019 AT 3:58 AM
why do all of the comments seem too posotive
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Anonymous says:
MAY 29, 2021 AT 4:36 AM
I’m seriously having trouble figuring whether they’re sarcastic or not.
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Tom says:
JANUARY 26, 2019 AT 5:28 PM
I need more of these, thanks for your good work
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Gabriel Clark says:
JANUARY 28, 2019 AT 11:07 AM
No problem, Tom!
Thanks for the positive feedback. 🙂
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eleanor leong hwee gene says:
FEBRUARY 22, 2019 AT 11:08 AM
tq
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Iman says:
MARCH 3, 2019 AT 12:29 PM
Thank you so much… that’s really useful but I wonder what do we call a person who talks about things he knows nothing about and puts people into trouble because of that?
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Gabriel Clark says:
MARCH 5, 2019 AT 8:47 AM
Hi Imam.
Thanks for commenting with such an interesting question.
I’ve been racking my brain over this, but I can’t think of an English equivalent.
We have a few similar words and phrases, though:
A blabbermouth is someone who talks too much – possibly about things that should be kept secret. So they can land people in trouble, but it’s usually because of something they know (like top secret information) rather than something they don’t know.
When someone talks about things he doesn’t know anything about, we tend to just say something like, “Ignore him. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about!” (Not very creative, right? 🙂 )
I’d be interested if any other English speakers reading this can think of any more?
Thanks again for your question. I like difficult questions! 🙂
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bonzo says:
MAY 8, 2019 AT 3:13 PM
When someone talks about things he doesn’t know anything about,
A gobsh*te
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Anonymous says:
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 AT 1:15 PM
You could use the term armchair. For example, if someone is talking about mental health even if they don’t really know anything about it, they could be described as an ‘armchair psychologist’. Not sure if this is the way you use it though.
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Gabriel Clark says:
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 AT 2:51 PM
Awesome!
Yes — that’s exactly what Iman’s getting at, isn’t it?
Thanks! 🙂
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Jeff says:
NOVEMBER 23, 2019 AT 2:55 PM
“Know-it-all” George is SUCH a Know-it-all…
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Gabriel Clark says:
NOVEMBER 25, 2019 AT 5:44 AM
Oh yeah! Nice one!
Thanks Jeff!
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Courtney says:
AUGUST 19, 2020 AT 1:49 PM
I think I found one, archaic as it may be;
Ultracrepidarianism
Ultracrepidarianism is the habit of giving opinions and advice on matters outside of one’s knowledge.
“He’s an ultracrepidarian, if he doesn’t know, he’ll make it up and pretend he knows.”
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Anonymous says:
MARCH 25, 2020 AT 9:48 AM
Bull-shitters. Not sure if that’s a word in the dictionary.
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Gabriel Clark says:
MARCH 25, 2020 AT 9:51 AM
Yep!
Also that! 🙂
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Robert says:
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 AT 3:05 AM
Know-it-all…
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Anonymous says:
MAY 29, 2021 AT 4:34 AM
Inconsiderate besserwisser who can’t keep his mouth shut.
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Rebekah says:
JUNE 11, 2019 AT 11:19 AM
While writing a letter to my recent ex i found myself stumped on exactly what to phrase his personality as. Looking for perfecting character trait words I stumbled upon this site. The manner in which you linked one word from another and the flow of them is perfect. Keeping me from having to flip back and forth on another site to find examples. Thank you for helping me when I was lost on how to describe a douchebag in a dignified adult manner.
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Gabriel Clark says:
JUNE 17, 2019 AT 10:20 AM
Haha! That’s great feedback, Rebekah. Thanks!
It also makes me wish I’d also included the word “douchebag.”
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Gurnoor kaur says:
JUNE 18, 2019 AT 6:07 AM
Thx for this keep it up ☺☺??
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Emediong Essiet says:
JUNE 19, 2019 AT 1:03 PM
I love all of it.
Very concise
Thank you
I smell myself in a lot of places
And I sure would not be any of those there
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Gurnoor kaur says:
JUNE 21, 2019 AT 11:49 AM
Thanks???
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Marie says:
AUGUST 20, 2019 AT 3:17 AM
Excellent
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Mary breen says:
AUGUST 20, 2019 AT 3:19 AM
Excellent
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Vatsal Vyas says:
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019 AT 7:39 PM
Very nice and funny site
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Anonymous says:
SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 AT 7:12 PM
TQ
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Anonymous says:
OCTOBER 23, 2019 AT 7:55 PM
this web site is mean
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Anonymous says:
JANUARY 6, 2020 AT 12:49 AM
Pretty useful 🙂 (:P
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Maria says:
APRIL 15, 2020 AT 10:01 PM
Thank you SO MUCH! It is awesome and I love the jokes you included in the text <3
I'm not sure if Gymglish's your child but anyway wanted to say thanks for that one too!
You're awesome!
from Russia with love :*
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Gabriel Clark says:
APRIL 16, 2020 AT 7:22 AM
Thanks Maria for your VERY kind words!
Stay safe! 🙂
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Alan Heins says:
MAY 1, 2020 AT 5:37 PM
At least the bride with the baseball bat is a switch-hitter
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VGC says:
JUNE 28, 2020 AT 7:15 PM
Sadly to describe all kinds of negative adjectives only with the pronoun “she”.
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Gabriel Clark says:
JULY 3, 2020 AT 1:15 PM
Hi Vivian,
Thanks for commenting and I’m sorry you feel that way.
Actually, only half of the people (Amber and Sibel) are women. The other two (Tony and Andy) are men. 🙂
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Madisen says:
JULY 10, 2020 AT 11:28 PM
So I just called my brother a pompous patronizing inconsiderate nasty narrow-minded pig-headed stubborn unreliable careless irresponsible cowardly indecisive grumpy vulgar douchebag
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F says:
JANUARY 28, 2021 AT 6:39 AM
A Democratic Personality list! Thanks!
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B H O J says:
FEBRUARY 10, 2021 AT 7:31 AM
Great job with the list. Was looking for the right words to use to say to a defensive, belligerent, know-it-all cynic. Would not have been able to write this post without finding the right words on this list! Thanks for the help!
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U says:
MARCH 26, 2021 AT 4:00 PM
Thx
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Inconsiderate; He does things that hurt or annoy you without thinking about your feelings. He is
inconsiderate
.
uptight ;You're too
uptight
about your job.
thoughtless; It's
thoughtless
of her to say so.
mysterious ; He was suddenly attacked by a
mysterious
disease.
bewildered ; People were
bewildered
by the unexpected situation.
‘smug’ is also a good adjective. “I wanna wipe that stupid smirk off of his smug face.”
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