brave - someone who isn't afraid of danger.

                Example sentences:       Mario is a coastguard. He is very brave. His job is to rescue people.

  chatty - Someone who talks a lot.

               Example sentences:     Maria is a very chatty person. She is always on the phone to friends.

  clever - good at learning things.

               Example sentences:      Gerard is very clever. He always gets top marks in class.

  cowardly - (mildly negative) Someone who is afraid of things. (often described as "a bit of a coward")

               Example sentences:      Sylvia is a bit of a coward. She really hates going to the dentist!

  easy-going -  someone who is easy to get along with.

               Example sentence:     My husband is very easy-going.

  friendly -  someone who is nice to other people.

               Example sentences:      The people in my office are really friendly! I love working there!

  funny -  used to describe someone who is amusing.

               Example sentences:      Salem is really funny! He's always entertaining us with jokes and stories.

  generous -  someone who shares their time or things with others.

               Example sentences:      My parents are very generous. They bought me a car for my birthday!

  grumpy -  bad-tempered.

               Example sentences:      My boss is really grumpy. He isn't an easy person to get along with.

  hard-working - someone who works very hard.

               Example sentences:      My brother is very hard-working. He hardly ever takes a day off.

  honest - someone who is truthful and who doesn't cheat or steal.

               Example sentences:      Amina is a very honest. She always tells the truth. 

  kind - someone who behaves in a caring way towards other people.

               Example sentence:      Most of the people I've met here have been kind.

  lazy - an inactive person who avoids work.

                Example sentences:     Pete is very lazy. He rarely gets out of bed before mid-afternoon.

  loud - someone who talks really loudly.

                Example sentence:       Rosita is really loud! When she talks, she drowns everybody else out. 

  lucky - someone who often has good fortune.

                Example sentence:       My brother is very lucky. He's always winning prizes in competitions.

  mean - 1) Someone who is a nasty person.  2) Someone who doesn't like spending money.

               Example sentence:      Phillip is very mean. He never pays for his share of things.

  moody - adjective used to describe someone who behaves differently every time you meet them.

               Example sentences:     Nina is very moody. Yesterday she said hello; today she just ignored me. 

  nasty - a mean, unpleasant person. (the opposite of nice)

               Example sentences:     I don't really know any nasty people. Most people I know are very nice.

  neat - a person who is very tidy.

               Example sentences:     My flatmate Jorge is very neat and well organised. His room is always tidy.

  nervous - someone who is easily startled by things.

               Example sentences:     Anna is a very nervous person. She gets scared easily.

  nice - someone who is friendly and kind. (the opposite of nasty)

               Example sentences:     My best friend Lin is a really nice person. She is always there for me.

  polite - someone who has good manners.

               Example sentences:      Abdullah is a very polite boy. He always says please and thank you.

  popular - somebody who is liked by many people.

               Example sentences:      My cousin Ali is very popular. He has a lot of friends.

  quiet - used to describe someone who doesn't talk very much.

               Example sentences:    Helen is a quiet person. She isn't very talkative.

  rude - bad mannered, impolite

               Example sentences:   James is a very rude person. He always pushes in front of people in queues.

  selfish - used to describe someone who only thinks about themselves.

               Example sentences:     Jeremy is very selfish. He never helps out with the housework.

  serious - someone who is always very sensible (the opposite of silly).

               Example sentences:     Eric is very serious person. He never joins in when we play silly games.

  shy - quiet and a little bit nervous around other people.

               Example sentences:     Claire is very shy. She doesn't speak much in class.

  silly - someone who is a bit foolish, or who doesn't behave in a serious way.

               Example sentences:     Gina is a bit silly. She messes about in class when she should be working.

  smart - 1) someone who takes a lot of care over their appearance  2) someone who is very clever

               Example sentences: (1)  Anna is very smart. She is always neatly dressed.   

  stupid - (very negative and very impolite - sometimes used as an insult) someone who is not clever.

               Be careful when using this word! Using neutral adjectives to describe people is much safer.

  tidy - someone who is very neat and well organised.

               Example sentences:    My sister is a very tidy person. I'm the opposite; I'm really untidy!

  unlucky - someone who often suffers from bad fortune.

                Example sentences:       Sabrina is very unlucky. Things always seem to go wrong for her.

  untidy - someone who is very messy.

                Example sentences:       I'm a very messy person. I always forget to put things away!

  vain - (negative) someone who is a bit too fond of their looks.

               Example sentences:      Paulina is really vain. She spends far too much time looking in the mirror!

  wise - someone with a lot of common sense and knowledge.

               Example sentences:      My grandfather was a very wise man. He taught me many things.

Important note: take care using negative adjectives, as some people may be very offended if you use these words to describe them! In most situations it is much safer to use a neutral or positive adjective.

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