![]() ![]() ![]() Passionate, pensive, philosophical, powerful, prayerful, proud, purposeful, rambunctious, rational, reflective, remorseful, sensitive, sentimental, serene, serious, shy, sorry, subdued, submissive, surprised, talkative, whimsical, wistful, zealousĪbandoned, abashed, afraid, aggressive, alienated, aloof, angry, annoyed, anxious, apathetic, apprehensive, argumentative, arrogant, ashamed, baffled, belligerent, bewildered, bitter, bizarre, black, blue, boisterous, bored, bossy, brooding, brutish, bullishĬallous, cantankerous, capricious, close-mouthed, cold, combative, complacent, concessionary, confined, confrontational, confused, contentious, contradictory, contrary, cranky, critical, crushed, crusty, cynicalĭangerous, dark, defiant, dejected, depressed, desolate, desperate, despondent, detached, devastated, disappointed, disbelieving, disconcerted, discontented, disdainful, disillusioned, dismayed, distant, distressed, disturbed, domineering, drained, drearyĮdgy, embarrassed, empty, enervated, enraged, envious, erratic, exasperated, exhausted, expansive, fearful, fickle, flippant, forlorn, foul, frightened, frustrated, furious, gloomy, grim, grouchy, grumpy, guilty, haughty, haunted, heartbroken, heavy, helpless, hesitant, hopeless, hostile, humiliated, hurt, hypercritical Sanguine, satisfied, sedate, self-effacing, selfless, sensible, sharing, sociable, solicitous, sparky, spirited, splendid, sprightly, spunky, steadfast, sunny, supportive, sympathetic, tender, thankful, thoughtful, thrilled, tolerant, touched, tranquil, unassuming, understanding, unflappable, unruffled, unselfish, unshakeable, unshaken, upbeat, uplifted, vibrant, vivacious, warmĪmazed, amorous, analytical, astonished, awed, blunt, candid, changeable, chatty, contemplative, curious, dispassionate, dreamy, expectant, fierce, flirtatious, impassive, impulsive, indifferent, inquisitive, lovesick, mischievous, mysterious, naughty, neutral, nostalgic ![]() Magnanimous, mellow, merry, neighborly, optimistic, overjoyed, passive, patient, peaceable, peaceful, peppy, perky, placid, playful, pleasant, pleased, plucky, polite, positive, receptive, refreshed, relaxed, relieved, resolute, respectful, responsive, rested, reverent, reverential, revitalized, romantic Happy, holiday, honest, hopeful, hospitable, humble, humorous, idyllic, imaginative, imperturbable, impressed, indomitable, inspired, interested, intrepid, jaunty, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, jubilant, justified, kind, laidback, levelheaded, liberated, lighthearted, lively, longsuffering, loving Many of the adjectives in this post could also refer to a character’s personality.Īccepting, affable, affectionate, agreeable, altruistic, amenable, amiable, amused, animated, appreciative, approachable, attentive, benevolent, blissful, blithe, bouncy, brave, breezy, bright, bubbly, buoyant, calm, cheerful, chipper, chummy, companionable, compassionate, compliant, composed, conciliatory, confident, congenial, considerate, content, convivial, cordial, courteousĭauntless, delightful, determined, dignified, diplomatic, eager, easygoing, ebullient, ecstatic, effervescent, elated, electrified, elevated, empathetic, empowered, energetic, energized, enthusiastic, euphoric, excited, exhilarated, exuberant, fearless, festive, forgiving, forthright, friendly, frisky, fulfilled, generous, genial, giddy, glad, good-natured, grateful, gregarious, gutsy (As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.) A good body language dictionary will provide the tools. If you have the room to do so, consider substituting descriptive phrasing with emotion beats and physical manifestations. ![]() When you’re writing an action scene or when word count is limited, one of the following adjectives might be just what you need.īefore you continue to the list, however, consider this: Describing a person’s mood with an adjective breaks the show-don’t-tell rule. Mood: a short-term state of mind or feeling A blog follower recently asked me to create a list of words to describe characters’ moods. ![]()
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