English file, Upper Intermediate 1B, Compound Adjectives

gets angry or annoyed easily

• easy going

• good-tempered

• bad-tempered

• absent-minded

pleasant, kind and not easily made angry

• narrow minded

• strong-willed

• tight-fisted

• good-tempered

thinks only of oneself

• laid-back

• two-faced

• tight-fisted

• self-centred

untrustworthy and fake; showing two sides of yourself, especially to friends

• two-faced

• self-centred

• absent-minded

• bad-tempered

Willing to accept new ideas

• good-tempered

• easy going

• open-minded

• strong-willed

unwilling to accept or try to understand ideas that are new or different

• narrow minded

• bad-tempered

• tight-fisted

• two-faced

calm, relaxed

• strong-willed

• good-tempered

• open-minded

• laid-back

does not like to spend money

• absent-minded

• tight-fisted

• two-faced

• self-centred

relaxed and not easily worried about anything

• tight-fisted

• strong-willed

• good-tempered

• easy going

often forgetting things

• absent-minded

• open-minded

• good-tempered

• strong-willed