One-Word Characteristics to Spice Up Your Writing

This my list of interesting words to describe people and events. None are mundane or over-used. Every person is

each of these at some time in their life, so use them to spark your imagination for the character you’re writing about.

• absent-minded
• active
• affable
• ambitious
• amiable
• animated
• annoyed
• argumentative
• arrogant
• attentive
• babyish
• bewildered
• blasé
• boorish
• bossy
• bossy
• busy
• candid
• capable
• care-free
• careful
• caustic
• cautious
• charismatic
• charming
• clever
• cold-hearted
• compassionate
• complacent
• conceited
• concerned
• confident
• confused
• considerate
• cooperative
• crafty
• cruel
• cultured
• curious
• daring
• decisive
• demanding
• dependable
• determined
• determined
• diligent
• discouraged
• dishonest
• disparaging
• disrespectful
• dissatisfied
• doubtful
• dutiful
• eager
• easygoing
• effervescent
• efficient
• embarrassed
• excited
• exuberant
• facetious
• fair
• fanciful
• fidgety
• fighter
• finicky
• frank
• fussy
• generous
• gentle
• giddy
• giving
• glum
• greedy
• gregarious
• grouchy
• grumpy
• hard-working
• hardy
• harried
• harsh
• hospitable
• humorous
• ill-bred
• immature
• impartial
• impolite
• impudent
• impulsive
• independent
• industrious
• inimitable
• insipid
• insistent
• insolent
• intelligent
• intrepid
• inventive
• jealous
• jovial
• lackadaisical
• languid
• leader
• lively
• logical
• loquacious
• lovable
• loyal
• lucky
• malicious
• mature
• naive
• negligent
• reckless
• relaxed
• resourceful
• restless