Adjectives C1

Adjectives

By Graça Chorao

​Well- (Positive Traits)

• Well-mannered → polite and respectful

• Well-behaved → acting appropriately

• Well-organised → structured and efficient

• Well-educated → having a good education

• Well-known → famous or widely recognized

• Well-respected → admired by others

• Well-dressed → wearing stylish or appropriate clothes

Self- (Related to Personality & Independence)

• Self-confident → believing in oneself

• Self-motivated → driven to achieve goals without encouragement

• Self-sufficient → able to take care of oneself

• Self-conscious → overly aware of oneself (often in a negative way)

• Self-absorbed → focused only on oneself

• Self-disciplined → able to control one’s actions and habits

Over- (Excessive)

• Overconfident → too sure of oneself, sometimes in a negative way

• Overexcited → too excited

• Overworked → working too much

• Overambitious → having too high expectations or goals

• Overrated → considered better than it actually is

Under- (Not Enough)

• Underpaid → not earning enough money

• Underdeveloped → not fully grown or advanced

• Underrated → not appreciated enough

• Underprivileged → lacking advantages or opportunities

• Underqualified → not having enough qualifications

Dis- (Negative or Opposite Meaning)

• Disorganised → lacking order or structure

• Dishonest → not truthful

• Disloyal → not faithful

• Disrespectful → showing a lack of respect

• Discontent → not satisfied

In-/Im-/Il-/Ir- (Negation or Opposite)

• Inexperienced → lacking experience

• Inappropriate → not suitable

• Impatient → lacking patience

• Immature → not fully grown or developed

• Ill-mannered → rude or impolite

• Irresponsible → not acting responsibly

Mis- (Wrong or Bad)

• Misunderstood → not understood correctly

• Misguided → based on wrong ideas

• Misinformed → given incorrect information

Un- (Negative or Opposite)

• Unkind → not kind

• Unreliable → not trustworthy

• Unbelievable → difficult to believe

• Unpredictable→ not able to be predicted

• Unsuccessful → not achieving success

Poll

Do you consider yourself a self-confident person?

• Yes

• No

• It depends

Word Cloud

Choose from the list the words that best describe you:

overambitious, helpless, trustworthy, well-informed, sensible, sensitive, clever, disorganized, lazy, diligent, misunderstood, self-possessed, well-intended... or write something that is NOT in the list.