A
able
abnormal
absent-minded
above average
adventurous
affectionate
agile
agreeable
alert
amazing
ambitious
amiable
amusing
analytical
angelic
apathetic
apprehensive
ardent
artificial
artistic
assertive
attentive
average
awesome
awful
B
balanced
beautiful
below average
beneficent
blue
blunt
boisterous
brave
bright
brilliant
buff
C
callous
candid
cantankerous
capable
careful
careless
caustic
cautious
charming
childish
childlike
cheerful
chic
churlish
circumspect
civil
clean
clever
clumsy
coherent
cold
competent
composed
conceited
condescending
confident
confused
conscientious
considerate
content
cool
cool-headed
cooperative
cordial
courageous
cowardly
crabby
crafty
cranky
crass
critical
cruel
curious
cynical
D
dainty
decisive
deep
deferential
deft
delicate
demonic
dependent
delightful
demure
depressed
devoted
dextrous
diligent
direct
dirty
disagreeable
discerning
discreet
disruptive
distant
distraught
distrustful
dowdy
dramatic
dreary
drowsy
drugged
drunk
dull
dutiful
E
eager
earnest
easy-going
efficient
egotistical
elfin
emotional
energetic
enterprising
enthusiastic
evasive
even-tempered
exacting
excellent
excitable
experienced
F
fabulous
fastidious
ferocious
fervent
fiery
flabby
flaky
flashy
frank
friendly
funny
fussy
G
generous
gentle
gloomy
glutinous
good
grave
great
groggy
grouchy
guarded
H
hateful
hearty
helpful
hesitant
hot-headed
hypercritical
hysterical
I
idiotic
idle
illogical
imaginative
immature
immodest
impatient
imperturbable
impetuous
impractical
impressionable
impressive
impulsive
inactive
incisive
incompetent
inconsiderate
inconsistent
independent
indiscreet
indolent
indefatigable
industrious
inexperienced
insensitive
inspiring
intelligent
interesting
intolerant
inventive
irascible
irritable
irritating
J
jocular
jovial
joyous
judgmental
K
keen
kind
L
lame
lazy
lean
leery
lethargic
level-headed
listless
lithe
lively
local
logical
long-winded
lovable
love-lorn
lovely
M
maternal
mature
mean
meddlesome
mercurial
methodical
meticulous
mild
miserable
modest
moronic
morose
motivated
musical
N
naive
nasty
natural
naughty
negative
nervous
noisy
normal
nosy
numb
O
obliging
obnoxious
old-fashioned
one-sided
orderly
ostentatious
outgoing
outspoken
P
passionate
passive
paternal
paternalistic
patient
peaceful
peevish
pensive
persevering
persnickety
petulant
picky
plain
plain-speaking
playful
pleasant
plucky
polite
popular
positive
powerful
practical
prejudiced
pretty
proficient
proud
provocative
prudent
punctual
Q
quarrelsome
querulous
quick
quick-tempered
quiet
R
realistic
reassuring
reclusive
reliable
reluctant
resentful
reserved
resigned
resourceful
respected
respectful
responsible
restless
revered
ridiculous
S
sad
sassy
saucy
sedate
self-assured
selfish
sensible
sensitive
sentimental
serene
serious
sharp
short-tempered
shrewd
shy
silly
sincere
sleepy
slight
sloppy
slothful
slovenly
slow
smart
snazzy
sneering
snobby
somber
sober
sophisticated
soulful
soulless
sour
spirited
spiteful
stable
staid
steady
stern
stoic
striking
strong
stupid
sturdy
subtle
sullen
sulky
supercilious
superficial
surly
suspicious
sweet
T
tactful
tactless
talented
testy
thinking
thoughtful
thoughtless
timid
tired
tolerant
touchy
tranquil
U
ugly
unaffected
unbalanced
uncertain
uncooperative
undependable
unemotional
unfriendly
unguarded
unhelpful
unimaginative
unmotivated
unpleasant
unpopular
unreliable
unsophisticated
unstable
unsure
unthinking
unwilling
V
venal
versatile
vigilant
W
warm
warmhearted
wary
watchful
weak
well-behaved
well-developed
well-intentioned
well-respected
well-rounded
willing
wonderful
Y
volcanic
vulnerable
Z
zealous
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