Descriptive Words for Characters: Physical Qualities

Positive Active Adept Adroit Agile Attractive Beautiful Brawny Charming Comely Dainty Dapper Delicate Dexterous Elegant Exquisite Fair Fascinating Good-looking Graceful Handsome Hardy Immaculate Lively Lovely Manly Muscular Neat Nimble Pretty Ravishing Robust Shapely Skillful Spirited Spruce Stalwart Strapping Strong Sturdy Virile Vivacious Winsome Negative Awkward Bizarre Cadaverous Clumsy Coarse Decrepit Effeminate Emaciated Feeble Frail Gawky Ghastly Graceless Grotesque Hideous Homely Horrible Incongruous Invidious Loathsome Odious Repellent Repugnant Repulsive Sickly Slovenly Spare Thin Ugly Ungainly Unkempt Unmanly Unwomanly Weak

Descriptive Words for Characters: Mental Qualities

Positive Apt Astute Capable Clever Competent Crafty Cunning Educated Erudite Gifted Ingenious Intellectual Intelligent Inventive Learned Observant Precocious Prudent Rational Reasonable Sage Scholarly Sensible Shrewd Subtle Talented Wily Wise Negative Bigoted Crass Dull Fatuous Foolish Ignorant Illiterate Inane Irrational Narrow-minded Obtuse Puerile Shallow Simple Stupid Ungifted Unintellectual Unintelligent Unlettered Unschooled Vacuous

Descriptive Words for Characters: Moral Qualities

Positive Abstemious Austere Chaste Decent Exemplary Faultless Guileless Honorable Idealistic Innocent Pure Puritanical Respectable

Righteous Straightforward Temperate Trustworthy Truthful Undefiled Upright Virtuous

Negative Base Corrupt Deceitful Degenerate Depraved Dishonest Dishonorable Dissolute Foul Immoral Incorrigible Indecent Infamous

Iniquitous Intemperate Notorious Reprobate Ribald Sensual Unprincipled Unscrupulous Vicious Vile Vulgar Wicked

Descriptive Words for Characters: Spiritual Qualities

Positive Angelic Devout Faithful Godlike Holy Pious Regenerate Religious Reverent Saintly Negative Agnostic Atheistic Blasphemous Carnal Diabolic Fiend like Godless Impious Irrelevant Irreligious Materialistic Mundane Profane Sacrilegious Skeptical Unregenerate

Descriptive Words for Characters: Social Qualities

Positive Affable Amiable Amicable Cheerful Negative Acrimonious Antagonistic Anti-social Boorish Irascible Malevolent Misanthropic Obsequious

Civil Congenial Convivial Cooperative Cordial Courteous Debonair Elegant Genial Gracious Hospitable Jolly Jovial Polite Politic Sociable Suave Tactful Urbane

Brusque Captious Caustic Churlish Contentious Crabbed Critical Crusty Cynical Discourteous Fawning Fractious Grumpy Ill-bred Ill-mannered Implacable Impolite Imprudent

Peevish Perverse Petulant Provincial Quarrelsome Rustic Shrewish Sniveling Sulky Sullen Sycophantic Uncivil Unctuous Ungracious Unpolished Unrefined Unsociable Waspish

Insolent

Descriptive Words for Characters: General Qualities

Positive Admirable Altruistic Ambitious Aristocratic Artless Assiduous Audacious Benevolent Candid Cautious Charitable Circumspect Compassionate Confident Conscientious Conservative Considerate Courageous Coy Cultured Demure Determined Diffident Diligent Discreet Distinguished Earnest Efficient Eloquent Eminent Enthusiastic Flippant Forbearing Frugal Garrulous Generous Genteel

GENERAL Gentle Gullible Humane Humble Illustrious Imperturbable Imposing Impressive Indifferent Indomitable Indulgent Industrious Influential Ingenious Intrepid Kindly Laconic Liberal Long-suffering Magnanimous Meek Melancholic Merciful Moody Munificent Nave Natural Noble Nonchalant Patient Pensive Persevering Persistent Persuasive Pert Philanthropic Philosophical

QUALITIES Phlegmatic Plucky Punctual Radical Reactionary Refined Reserved Resolute Resourceful Responsive Reticent Saturnine Saucy Scrupulous Sedate Self-impassive Self-reliant Sensitive Serious Shy Sober Solemn Staid Stoical Strong-willed Sympathetic Taciturn Thrifty Timid Tolerant Unaffected Uncompromising Valorous Wary Well-bred Whimsical Witty Zealous

Negative Apathetic Arrogant Artificial Avaricious Boastful Brutish Bumptious Bungling Callous Capricious Complacent Conceited Contemptible Contemptuous Cowardly Craven Cruel Dilatory Disdainful Dogmatic Domineering Eccentric Egotistical Envious Erratic Fastidious Fickle Frivolous Gluttonous Haughty Headstrong Hypocritical Imperious Impetuous Imprudent Impulsive Incompetent

Indiscreet Inefficient Insensitive Insidious Insignificant Intolerant Irresolute Irresponsible Lackadaisical Lazy Lethargic Listless Malicious Malignant Mediocre Mercenary Mischievous Mulish Niggardly Obdurate Obnoxious Obstinate Odd Oppressive Ordinary Overconfident Parasitic Parsimonious Perfidious Petty Pharisaical Pompous Prejudiced Prolix Proud Quixotic Rash

Rebellious Recalcitrant Reckless Refractory Remiss Reprehensible Ruthless Sanctimonious Scurrilous Self-centered Self-indulgent Silly Slothful Smug Squeamish Stingy Stubborn Timorous Traitorous Treacherous Truculent Unambitious Unreliable Unruly Unstable Vain Venal Vindictive Voracious Wearisome Willful Worthless