Negative Human Traits: English Vocabulary List

feeling angry and unhappy because someone else has what we want

"She is jealous."

"He became jealous when his girlfriend spent too much time with her male coworker and their relationship suffered because of his lack of trust."

reluctant to compromise or change one's attitude, belief, plan, etc.

"The rules are inflexible."

"The inflexible rules at the school did not allow any exceptions even for students with special circumstances and this caused a lot of frustration among parents."

unfriendly or aggressive toward others

"The atmosphere felt hostile."

"The crowd was hostile and shouted insults at the speaker throughout his entire presentation."

(of people) easily affected by or tend to express strong feelings and emotions

"She is an emotional person."

"She became emotional during the movie and cried at the sad ending even though she had read the book and knew what was going to happen."