List of Personality Traits - Write Smarter, Not Harder

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List of Personality Traits

This shopping list of personality traits is by no means complete. But it's a place to start when you're just not sure how to describe a character.

Approachable Argumentative Arrogant Artistic Ascetic

Brooding Bull-in-a-china-shop-ish Bullying Burned-out Calm

Asexual

Career-oriented

Abusive / Threatening

Ashamed

Carefree

Accepting

Athletic

Catty

Accommodating

Austere

Cautious

Acts from instinct

Authoritative

Changeable

Adaptable

Banal

Charismatic

Adventurous

Bawdy

Charitable

Affectionate

Benevolent

Charming

Aggressive

Biased / Bigoted /

Cheating

Agreeable

Prejudiced

Cheeky

Aimless

Big-mouthed

Cheerful

Alienated

Bitter

Chivalrous

Ambitious

Blunt

Clever

Anal-retentive

Blustering

Clingy

Analytical

Boastful

Close-mouthed

Angry

Boisterous / Loud

Closed-minded

Anxious

Bookish

Clownish / Joker

Apologetic

Brave

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Clueless

Dashing / Stylish

Disobedient

Clumsy

Deadpan

Disorganized

Commanding

Decadent

Dispassionate

Compassionate

Decisive

Dissipated

Competitive

Defensive

Domestic

Confident

Deferential

Dominating

Conscientious

Deliberate

Doubtful

Conservative

Demanding

Down-to-Earth

Contemplative

Demure

Driven

Controlled

Dense

Dull

Conventional

Depressed

Earnest

Cowardly

Detail-oriented

Earthy

Crafty / Cunning Creative / Inventive Critical Crooked / Corrupt Crude Cruel Curious Curt Cynical Dainty

Determined Dignified Diplomatic / Tactful Direct Disagreeable Discerning Disciplined Discreet Dishonest / Deceitful Dismissive

Easily manipulated / Suggestible Easy-going Eccentric Educated Egotistical Eloquent Emotional Encouraging Energetic Enlightened

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Enthusiastic

Feminine

Gleeful

Erratic

Ferocious

Glib

Escapist

Flexible

Gloating

Ethical

Flighty

Goofy

Even-tempered

Flirty

Gossiping

Exacting

Focused / Single-Minded

Graceful

Excitable

Forgetful

Grateful

Exhibitionistic

Forgiving / Merciful

Greedy

Experimental

Forward-thinking

Grumbling

Extravagant

Foul-tempered

Guarded

Extremist / Fanatic / Zealous Extroverted Fair Faithful Family-oriented Fanciful Fast-talking

Fragmented / Easily Distracted / Scattered Freeloading Frenetic Friendly Frivolous Fussy Gallant

Guileless Guilt-ridden Gullible Half-assed / half-baked Hard-working Harsh Has foot constantly in mouth

Fast-thinking / Quickwitted Fearless Feeble Feisty

Gaudy Generous Gentle Giving Glamorous

Has integrity Haughty Haunted Health-conscious Heartless

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Hedonistic

Indecisive

Jaded

Helpful

Indiscreet

Judgmental

Heroic Highly-trained High-spirited Honest Honorable Hostile / Surly Hot-tempered Humble Hyperactive Hypochondriac / Germaphobe

Individualistic / lone wolf Indulgent Inefficient Infatuated Inflexible / Regimented Inhibited Insecure Insincere Inspired Intellectual

Kind Knowledgeable Knows-It-All Laconic Law-abiding / Rulesfollowing Lazy Logical / Rational Lonely Loud Love-sick

Hypocritical

Intelligent

Loyal

Iconoclastic

Intemperate

Lustful

Idealistic

Intimidating

Machiavellian

Ignorant

Intractable

Malevolent / Malignant

Illogical / Irrational

Introverted

Malicious

Imaginative

Intuitive

Manic

Impulsive

Ironic

Manipulative

Incompetent

Irresponsible

Masculine

Inconsistent

Irreverent

Masochistic

Incorruptible

Irritable

Materialistic

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Meditative

Negligent

Pedantic

Melancholy

Neurotic

Perfectionistic

Melodramatic / Drama queen Mercenary Merry / Celebratory Messy / Slob Methodical Meticulous Mindful Mindless Misanthropic Mischievous / Naughty Misogynist Misunderstood Misuses Logic Mocking Moderate Morbid Mysterious Narcissistic Needling Negative

Non-violent / Pacifist Nostalgic Nosy Obedient Observant Obsessive Open-minded Opinionated Optimistic Organized Ostentatious / Show-off Outgoing Outrageous Outsider Panics easily Paralyzed Parasitic Passionate Patient Peaceful / Peace-making

Pert Pessimistic Philosophical Phony Pioneering Pleasant Poisonous / Venomous Polite / Courteous Politically-incorrect Pompous Positive Possessive Practical Precise Predatory Pretentious Principled Private Procrastinating Productive

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Proud

Reverent

Shameless

Prudish

Risk-averse

Shy

Punctual

Risk-taking

Sickly

Questioning

Rude / Insensitive

Silly

Quiet

Ruthless

Simple

Racist

Sadistic

Sleazy

Rambling

Sarcastic

Slimy / Creepy

Reactionary

Scheming

Sloth-like

Reasonable

Scholarly / Studious

Slow / Leisurely

Reckless

Secretive

Slutty

Regretful / Penitent

Sedentary

Sly

Reliable Religious / Pious Repressed Resigned Resilient Resourceful Respectable Respectful Responsible Restless Restrained

Self-absorbed Self-aware Self-conscious Self-effacing Self-indulgent Selfish Self-sacrificing Sensitive Sensual Sentimental Shallow / Superficial

Small-minded / Provincial Smart ass Smooth / Suave Smothering Snarky Sneaky Sneering Sniveling Solemn / Somber / Serious Sophisticated

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Spacey

Territorial

Uninhibited

Spendthrift Spineless Spiritual Stingy Stoic Stressed out Strong-willed Stubborn Studious Stuffy Submissive Subtle Sulky Sultry / Seductive Superstitious Supportive Suspicious Swindling Sympathetic Talkative Teasing

Theatrical Thoughtful Thoughtless Thrifty Timid Tolerant Tortured Touchy-feely Tough Traitorous / Backstabbing / Disloyal Tricky / Trickster Trouble-maker Trustworthy Tyrannical Unable to keep a secret Unethical Unfaithful Unfocused Unforgiving Ungrateful Unimaginative

Unlawful / Rulebreaking Unmotivated Unobservant Unrelenting Unreliable Untrustworthy Vengeful Vibrant Vicious Victim Vindictive Violent Virginal Virginal / Chaste Waif-like Wandering Wasteful Well-behaved Well-meaning Whiny / Complaining Wild

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Wishful

Wistful

World-weary

Young-at-heart

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