5A U2B - Adjectives to Describe Outward Appearan ...

If you say that someone or something is _____, you mean they are calm, impressive and deserve respect.

Someone who is _____ behaves in a proud, unpleasant way towards other people because they believe that they are more important than others.

An _____ person is an unconventional, odd person. Think of them as following a slightly different orbit from the rest of society.

If someone handles a terrible public embarrassment gracefully and without breaking down, we might compliment her _____ manner.

If you say that someone is _____, you mean that they behave in a strange way, and have habits or opinions that are different from those of most people.

You can imagine that most of the people who work for the Red Cross are ______ types.

______ is an adjective that describes someone or something that is not harmful or at least doesn’t cause harm on purpose.

A _____ person is reliable, responsible, and can be trusted completely.

having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride

If you say that someone is ____, you are criticizing the fact they seem very pleased with how good, clever, or lucky they are.

If you are _____ to someone who is in a bad situation, you are kind to them and show that you understand their feelings.

threatening or suggesting evil or harm; ominous

If you describe a person as ______, you mean that they appear to concentrate very hard on everything that they do, and they feel and show their emotions in a very extreme way.

possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree

You only tell your secrets to a ______ friend.

An _______ is also a noun for a cerebral or brainy person who engages in deep thinking, like Plato, Albert Einstein, or your classmate who can speak at length about the relationship between French existentialism and ice hockey.

He'll look around to see how many women are checking him out, whilst displaying a ____ grin and eyeing up his next potential conquest.

If someone is ____, they have no experience or knowledge of the more complex or unpleasant aspects of life.

An _____ is someone who spends a lot of time studying and thinking about complicated ideas.