Our personalities largely make up who we are as persons, and how we are perceived by others around us. Personality traits are specific characteristics that a person may have which together form a personality. They can be both positive and negative, although judgment of that can be a matter of opinion. Here is a list of common personality traits and how they are typically being judged.
| List of Personality Traits | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | ||||||||
| accepts authority, loyal, devoted | rebellious | ||||||||
| accepts what’s given | ignores, rejects what’s given | ||||||||
| affectionate | distant, cold, aloof | ||||||||
| Ambitious, motivated | self-satisfied, unmotivated | ||||||||
| aspiring | self-satisfied | ||||||||
| candid | closed, guarded, secretive | ||||||||
| caring | uncaring, unfeeling, callous | ||||||||
| change; accepts, embraces it | rejects change | ||||||||
| cheerful | cheerless, gloomy, sour, grumpy | ||||||||
| considerate, thoughtful | inconsiderate, thoughtless | ||||||||
| cooperative | uncooperative, unhelpful, combative | ||||||||
| courageous | cowering, fearful | ||||||||
| courteous | rude, impolite | ||||||||
| decisive | indecisive | ||||||||
| devoted | uncommitted, uncaring, hostile | ||||||||
| determined | indecisive, unsure | ||||||||
| does what is necessary, right | does what is convenient | ||||||||
| perseveres, endures | relents, gives up | ||||||||
| enthusiastic | unenthusiastic, apathetic, indifferent | ||||||||
| expansive | kept back, tight, constricting | ||||||||
| faith in life | life can’t be trusted | ||||||||
| faith in oneself | lack of faith in self | ||||||||
| faith in others | others can’t be relied on | ||||||||
| flexible | inflexible, rigid, unbending, stubborn | ||||||||
| forgiving | unforgiving, resentful, spiteful | ||||||||
| focused | unfocused, scattered | ||||||||
| freedom given to others | authoritarian, controlling | ||||||||
| friendly | unfriendly, distant, aloof, hostile | ||||||||
| frugal, thrifty | Wasteful, spendthrift | ||||||||
| generous | stingy, miserly, selfish | ||||||||
| goodwill | ill-will, malice, hatred | ||||||||
| grateful | ungrateful, unappreciative | ||||||||
| hard-working | lazy | ||||||||
| honest | dishonest, deceiving, lying | ||||||||
| humble | arrogant, conceited, ego-centric | ||||||||
| interested | indifferent, uncaring | ||||||||
| involved | complacent, indifferent | ||||||||
| jealous, not | jealous, envious, covetous | ||||||||
| kind | unkind, uncaring, cruel, mean | ||||||||
| mature | immature | ||||||||
| modest | vain | ||||||||
| open-minded, tolerant | narrow, close, small-minded, intolerant | ||||||||
| optimistic | pessimistic | ||||||||
| perfects | allows imperfection | ||||||||
| persistent, sustaining | flagging, fleeting, unsustaining | ||||||||
| practical | impractical, not viable | ||||||||
| punctual | late, not on time | ||||||||
| realistic | naïve, impractical | ||||||||
| reliable | unreliable, undependable | ||||||||
| respectful | disrespectful, rude, impolite | ||||||||
| responsibility, takes | blames others | ||||||||
| responsible | unreliable, undependable | ||||||||
| responsive | unresponsive, unreceptive | ||||||||
| self-confident | lack of self confidence, insecure | ||||||||
| self-directed | directed by externals | ||||||||
| self-disciplined | undisciplined, unrestrained, indulgent | ||||||||
| self-esteem, high | self-esteem, confidence – low | ||||||||
| self-giving | self-centered | ||||||||
| self-reliant | dependent | ||||||||
| selfless | selfish | ||||||||
| sensitive | Insensitive, indifferent | ||||||||
| serious | silly, trivial, petty | ||||||||
| sincere | insincere, dishonest | ||||||||
| social independence | social approval required | ||||||||
| sympathetic | unsympathetic, unfeeling | ||||||||
| systematic | unsystematic, disorganized, disorderly, random | ||||||||
| takes others point of view | insists on own view | ||||||||
| thoughtful towards others | thoughtless, inconsiderate, callous | ||||||||
| trusting | suspicious, mistrusting | ||||||||
| unpretentious | pretentious, affected, ostentatious | ||||||||
| unselfish | selfish | ||||||||
| willing does, willingness | stubborn, unwilling, reluctant | ||||||||
| work comes first | convenience first | ||||||||
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