List of words with Positive and negative connotations

Positive Connotation	Meaning	Negative Connotation	Meaning
Accomplished	Skilled, successful	Arrogant	Overbearing, self-important
Adventurous	Willing to take risks	Aggressive	Hostile, forceful
Affectionate	Showing fondness or love	Alarming	Causing fear or anxiety
Ambitious	Eager to achieve success	Angry	Feeling or showing strong displeasure
Brave	Courageous, willing to face danger	Brash	Bold in an overbearing or rude manner
Brilliant	Exceptionally clever or talented	Clumsy	Awkward in movement or action
Calm	Peaceful, relaxed	Cold-hearted	Lacking compassion or empathy
Caring	Kind and concerned for others	Cruel	Intentionally causing pain or suffering
Charming	Pleasing, delightful	Complacent	Self-satisfied to the point of unawareness
Confident	Self-assured, secure	Conceited	Excessively proud of oneself
Considerate	Thoughtful and kind towards others	Cowardly	Lacking courage or bravery
Courageous	Brave, showing strength in difficult situations	Deceitful	Dishonest, misleading
Creative	Imaginative and original	Defensive	Protecting oneself from criticism or blame
Dependable	Reliable, trustworthy	Devious	Dishonest or sneaky
Dynamic	Energetic, full of new ideas	Dishonest	Not truthful or straightforward
Elegant	Graceful, stylish	Disharmony	Lack of agreement or cooperation
Empathetic	Understanding others’ feelings	Disloyal	Failing to remain faithful or supportive
Energetic	Full of energy, active	Envious	Jealous, resentful of others’ success
Enthusiastic	Full of eagerness or excitement	Excessive	Too much, more than necessary
Fair	Treating people equally, just	Foolish	Lacking wisdom or sense
Faithful	Loyal, reliable	Greedy	Wanting more than is needed or deserved
Generous	Willing to give more of something	Harsh	Severe, cruel in manner or treatment
Gentle	Kind and mild in nature	Haughty	Arrogantly superior
Genuine	Authentic, real	Hostile	Unfriendly or antagonistic
Grateful	Showing thankfulness	Ignorant	Lacking knowledge or awareness
Hardworking	Putting in effort to achieve goals	Immature	Lacking emotional or mental maturity
Honest	Truthful, free of deceit	Impatient	Lacking tolerance or ability to wait
Humble	Modest, not arrogant	Impulsive	Acting without thought or planning
Idealistic	Having high standards, hoping for perfection	Indifferent	Uninterested, showing a lack of concern
Inspirational	Motivating others to achieve goals	Intolerant	Unwilling to accept views or beliefs different
Intelligent	Bright, able to think clearly and logically	Irritable	Easily angered or annoyed
Inventive	Creative, able to come up with new ideas	Jealous	Resentful of others’ success or possessions
Joyful	Full of happiness and joy	Judgmental	Quick to criticize others harshly
Kind	Friendly, generous, and considerate	Lazy	Unwilling to work or put in effort
Loyal	Showing firm allegiance or support	Manipulative	Controlling others for personal advantage
Loving	Showing affection and care	Mean	Unkind, unkindly harsh
Mature	Fully developed in body, mind, or character	Narrow-minded	Limited in perspective
Motivated	Driven to achieve something	Neglectful	Failing to give proper attention or care
Optimistic	Expecting good things to happen	Nervous	Anxious or uneasy
Organized	Well-ordered, systematic	Obnoxious	Highly offensive or unpleasant
Original	Unique, not copied	Overbearing	Excessively domineering
Passionate	Full of intense feeling	Pessimistic	Expecting the worst, seeing the negative side
Patient	Able to wait without frustration	Reckless	Without care or caution, dangerous
Polite	Respectful and courteous	Selfish	Concerned only with oneself and one’s own needs
Powerful	Having great strength or influence	Shallow	Lacking depth of thought or feeling
Proud	Feeling pleased about achievements	Stubborn	Unwilling to change or listen
Respectful	Showing regard and consideration	Suspicious	Distrusting or questioning of others
Responsible	Reliable and accountable	Tactless	Lacking sensitivity in dealing with others
Supportive	Providing help and encouragement	Tense	Stressed, anxious
Sympathetic	Showing compassion and understanding	Thoughtless	Lacking consideration or care for others
Thoughtful	Considerate and kind	Tight-fisted	Stingy, unwilling to spend
Trustworthy	Reliable and deserving of trust	Uncooperative	Not willing to work together
Understanding	Compassionate, able to comprehend others’ feelings	Vindictive	Seeking revenge or harboring a grudge
Valuable	Worth a lot, important	Vulgar	Crude, lacking refinement
Vibrant	Full of energy, bright	Wasteful	Using resources carelessly or extravagantly
Wise	Having knowledge and good judgment	Weak	Lacking strength, frail
Wonderful	Extremely good or impressive	Weary	Tired, exhausted

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