Learning personality adjectives helps students describe people’s character, behavior, and feelings in daily conversations. In this post, you’ll find a simple list of common personality adjectives with meanings and emojis, perfect for ESL / EFL learners, teachers, and beginners.
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English Meanings
- Talkative 🗣️💬: likes to talk a lot, chatty
- Athletic 🏃♂️⚽: good at sports and physical activities
- Gentle 🤍🌸: kind and soft, not rough
- Messy 🧹❌: not clean or not neat
- Boisterous 🎉🔊: very noisy and full of energy
- Loud 📢😄: making a lot of noise, talking loudly
- Sensitive 💔😢: easily hurt or affected by feelings, emotional
- Quiet 🤫📖: not making much noise, introvert
- Polite 🙏😊: shows good manners and respect
- Considerate 🤝💭: thinks about other people’s feelings, sensible
- Grumpy 😠☁️: often angry or unhappy
- Moody 🌦️😕: feelings change often
- Easygoing 😌🌈: relaxed and not easily upset, getting along with others easily
- Optimistic 🌞✨: always hopes for good things, opposite of pessimistic
- Curious 🤔🔍: wants to learn or know more
Khmer translations
- Athletic: មានកម្លាំង និងពូកែកីឡា
- Talkative: ចូលចិត្តនិយាយច្រើន
- Gentle: ទន់ភ្លន់ និងសប្បុរស
- Messy: មិនស្អាត ឬ មិនរៀបរយ
- Boisterous: សម្លេងខ្លាំង និងសកម្មខ្លាំង
- Loud: ដែលនិយាយលឺៗ
- Sensitive: ងាយរងអារម្មណ៍ ឬ ងាយឈឺចិត្ត
- Quiet: ស្ងៀមស្ងាត់
- Polite: ដែលចេះគួរសម
- Considerate: គិតគូរចំពោះអារម្មណ៍អ្នកដទៃ
- Grumpy: ងាយខឹង ឬ មុខរឹង
- Moody: អារម្មណ៍ផ្លាស់ប្តូរញឹកញាប់
- Easygoing: សងាយសម្របខ្លួន មិនប្រកាន់ច្រើន
- Optimistic: មានទស្សនៈវិជ្ជមាន
- Curious: ចង់ដឹង
📝 Personality Adjectives Gap-Filling Exercise
Instructions: Fill in the blanks with the correct word from the box below.
Word Bank:
Instructions: Fill in the blanks with the correct word from the box below.
Word Bank:
- Athletic, Talkative, Gentle, Messy, Boisterous, Loud, Sensitive, Quiet, Polite, Considerate, Grumpy, Moody, Easygoing, Optimistic, Curious
- My brother is very ________ 🏃♂️; he plays football and swims every day.
- Sarah is so ________ 🗣️, she talks to everyone in the class.
- The nurse was very ________ 🤍 when she cared for the baby.
- His desk is always ________ 🧹; he never cleans it.
- The children were ________ 🎉 at the birthday party.
- Please don’t be ________ 📢 in the library.
- Mia is very ________ 💔; she cries easily when watching movies.
- Jack is ________ 🤫; he doesn’t speak much in class.
- Always be ________ 🙏 to your teachers and classmates.
- It’s important to be ________ 🤝 and help people when you can.
- Grandpa is a bit ________ 😠 in the morning before breakfast.
- Teenagers can be ________ 🌦️; their moods change quickly.
- I love being friends with someone ________ 😌 because they are easy to get along with.
- Even when things go wrong, she stays ________ 🌞 and never loses hope.
- Tom is very ________ 🤔; he always asks questions and wants to learn more.
Interactive Practices
Personality Traits Practice
Matching Exercise
Click on a word, then click on its definition.
Words
Definitions
Gap Filling Exercise
Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the word bank.