list of ” Positive and negative connotation “

Positive Word	Meaning	Negative Word	Meaning
Brave	Showing courage	Reckless	Taking dangerous risks
Confident	Sure of oneself	Arrogant	Too full of self-importance
Curious	Wanting to learn	Nosy	Too interested in others’ business
Unique	One of a kind	Weird	Strange in a bad way
Energetic	Full of energy	Hyper	Too excited or wild
Friendly	Kind and pleasant	Clingy	Needing too much attention
Slim	Thin in a nice way	Skinny	Unhealthily thin
Neat	Clean and tidy	Fussy	Too picky or hard to please
Honest	Telling the truth	Blunt	Rude or too direct
Clever	Smart and quick-thinking	Sneaky	Tricky or not honest
Childlike	Innocent and playful	Childish	Immature
Carefree	Not worried	Irresponsible	Not reliable
Frugal	Saves money wisely	Cheap	Doesn’t like to spend money
Careful	Pays attention	Fearful	Too afraid
Thoughtful	Thinks of others	Overthinking	Worrying too much
Hardworking	Works hard	Workaholic	Works too much
Helpful	Willing to help	Meddling	Gets involved in others’ issues
Confident	Believes in self	Cocky	Overconfident in a bad way
Talkative	Likes to talk	Chatty	Talks too much or annoyingly
Watchful	Paying attention	Suspicious	Not trusting others
Proud	Feeling good about success	Boastful	Brags too much
Expressive	Shows feelings clearly	Dramatic	Too emotional or overreacting
Caretaker	Looks after others	Bossy	Tells others what to do
Joyful	Full of joy	Loud	Noisy and disturbing
Bold	Brave and daring	Pushy	Tries to make others do things
Lively	Full of life	Wild	Out of control
Curious	Likes to explore	Nosy	Wants to know things that aren’t their business
Flexible	Can adjust easily	Wishy-washy	Can’t decide or changes too much
Loyal	Always supports	Possessive	Doesn’t let go or share easily
Generous	Gives freely	Wasteful	Spends or uses too much
Helpful	Ready to assist	Interfering	Gets in the way
Honest	Always tells truth	Tattletale	Reports on others to get them in trouble
Gentle	Kind and soft	Weak	Not strong or firm
Peaceful	Quiet and calm	Lazy	Doesn’t like to work
Dreamer	Has big ideas	Unrealistic	Doesn’t see things clearly
Determined	Keeps going	Stubborn	Won’t change mind
Cheerful	Happy and smiling	Giggly	Laughs too much or at wrong times
Leader	Shows the way	Bossy	Tries to control others
Neat	Organized	Obsessive	Focused too much on neatness
Focused	Pays attention	Stuck-up	Thinks they’re better
Wise	Full of good ideas	Know-it-all	Always thinks they are right
Adventurous	Likes trying new things	Risky	May be dangerous
Calm	Relaxed	Boring	Not fun or exciting
Playful	Fun and joyful	Silly	Acts in a foolish way
Caring	Feels for others	Soft	Too emotional or not tough
Honest	Truthful	Harsh	Too mean or rough
Responsible	Can be trusted	Controlling	Wants to control everything
Kind	Nice and caring	Weakling	Not strong emotionally or physically
Thankful	Shows thanks	Needy	Always asking or wanting more
Artistic	Good at creating	Messy	Not neat

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