Nouns To Describe Personality
Hello! Here are some nouns to describe personalities and behaviours. This is C1-C2 level English vocabulary. Have you ever come across any of them?!
1) Backseat driver/ˌbæk.siːt ˈdraɪ.vər/ is a person who gives unwanted advice or criticism, esp. to the driver of a car.
Origin:
This phrase got its start from the irritating tendency of some people of giving unwanted advice to vehicle drivers. It became popular in the USA in early 20th century, when motor vehicles were introduced and becoming popular.
Example:
In our class assignment group, Matt is acting like a backseat driver. Only unwanted advises and complaints with zero meaningful contribution from him.
Origin:
This phrase got its start from the irritating tendency of some people of giving unwanted advice to vehicle drivers. It became popular in the USA in early 20th century, when motor vehicles were introduced and becoming popular.
Example:
In our class assignment group, Matt is acting like a backseat driver. Only unwanted advises and complaints with zero meaningful contribution from him.
2) Blabbermouth /ˈˈblæbəmaʊθ/ is a person who tells secrets because they talk too much.
Example:
I can't tell my little brother anything because he's such a blabbermouth.
Example:
I can't tell my little brother anything because he's such a blabbermouth.
3) Butterfingers /ˈbʌt.əˌfɪŋ.ɡəz/ is a person who drops things they are carrying or trying to catch.
Example:
"Butterfingers!" she called as I dropped the hotplates.
Example:
"Butterfingers!" she called as I dropped the hotplates.
4) Daredevil /ˈdeəˌdev.əl/ is a person who does dangerous things and takes risks.
Example:
"He's a daredevil, but he's not into illegal things."
Example:
"He's a daredevil, but he's not into illegal things."
5) Debbie Downer /ˌdɛbɪ ˈdaʊnə/ is someone who is constantly making others feel bad or dampening the mood of a group with negative comments.
Origin:
While a downer has been used to refer to a “depressing person” since at least the 1970s, the name Debbie Downer was popularized by a hit Saturday Night Live sketch starring Rachel Dratch, who played a character named Debbie Downer. This character consistently ruins a group’s fun by sharing unsolicited sad remarks.
Example:
Not to be a debbie downer, but what happens if this doesn't work?
Origin:
While a downer has been used to refer to a “depressing person” since at least the 1970s, the name Debbie Downer was popularized by a hit Saturday Night Live sketch starring Rachel Dratch, who played a character named Debbie Downer. This character consistently ruins a group’s fun by sharing unsolicited sad remarks.
Example:
Not to be a debbie downer, but what happens if this doesn't work?
6) Aesthete /ˈesθiːt/ is a person who has or professes to have refined sensitivity toward the beauties of art or nature.
Example:
Edith was a fascinating character, at once a strict fundamentalist and a sophisticated, warm-hearted aesthete.
Example:
Edith was a fascinating character, at once a strict fundamentalist and a sophisticated, warm-hearted aesthete.
7) Artiste /ɑːˈtiːst/ is an artistic or creative person.
Example:
The sheer perfection of the girl's face startled her: but it was a perfection enhanced by the expressiveness common to those with the soul of an artiste, a thinker.
Example:
The sheer perfection of the girl's face startled her: but it was a perfection enhanced by the expressiveness common to those with the soul of an artiste, a thinker.
August 5, 2021
