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Intellectual ability
Ability---intelligent; bright; smart; able; figted; clever; shrewd; talented; brainy(colloquial) Lacking ability---stupid; foolish; simple; silly; brainless; dumb; clueless;(the last three are colloquial) Clever, in a negative way, using brains to trick or deceive---cunning; crafty; sly;
Attitudes toward life Looking on the bright side or the dark side----optimistic; pessimistic; Outward-looking or inward-looking----extroverted; introverted; Calm or not calm---relaxed; tense/ anxious; Practical, not dreamy---sensible; down to earth; Feeling things intensely---sensitive;
Attitudes toward other people
Enjoying others' company---sociable; gregarious; congenial; Disagreeing with others---quarrelsome; argumentative; Taking pleasure in others' pain---cruel; sadistic; Relaxed in attitude toward self and others---easygoing; even-tempered; affable; Not polite to others----impolite; rude; ill-mannered; discourteous(formal) Telling the truth/keeping promises----honest; trustworthy; reliable; sincere; Unhappy if others have what one does not---jealous; envious;
One person's meat is another one's poison
The words in the right-hand column mean roughly the same as the words in the left-hand column except that they have negative rather than positive connotations.
Positive | Negative | determined | | thrifty/economical | | self-assured/confident | | assertive | | unconventional/original | | frank/direct/open | | broad-minded | | inquiring | | generous | | innocent | | ambitous | |
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