Negative Adjectives to Describe a Person

Sharply disagreeable; rigorous; Causing abrasion.

Surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner; Extremely steep; Exceedingly sudden and unexpected; Marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions.

Characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; Tending to spread quickly; Having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends.

Remote in manner.

Severely inflamed and painful; (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; Feeling or showing anger.

Causing irritation or annoyance.

Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; Eagerly desirous.

Marked by a lack of interest; Showing little or no emotion or animation.

Given to or characterized by argument.

Having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride.

Engaged in war; Characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight.

Arrogant, having an exaggerated perception of one's positive qualities; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big,‎ headed.

Exhibiting self-importance.

So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness.

Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power.

Having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear; Emotionally hardened.

(usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration; Effortless and unstudied; Marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful.

Indicating a lack of maturity.

Showing lack of skill or aptitude; Difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; Not elegant or graceful in expression; Lacking grace in movement or posture.

Having or showing a ready disposition to fight; Striving to overcome in argument; Inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits.

Contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions.

Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance.

(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension.

Able to control or determine policy.

Lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted.

Of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism; Being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency; Forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis; Urgently needed; absolutely necessary; Characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; At or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction; Marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws.

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering.

Believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others.

Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; Intended to deceive.

Capable of being corrupted; Deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive.

Deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle; Showing lack of love for your country.

Completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing; In utter disorder; Undisciplined and unruly.

Lacking order or methodical arrangement or function.

Neither feeling nor showing respect; Exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous.

Characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination.

Located far away spatially; Separate or apart in time; Remote in manner; Far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship; Separated in space or coming from or going to a distance.

Tending to domineer.

Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; Characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance.

Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages.

Likely to perform unpredictably; Having no fixed course; Liable to sudden unpredictable change.

(informal, of a person) Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details; (informal) Demanding; requiring above-normal care.

Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; Made of or easily forming flakes; Made of or resembling flakes.

Having or revealing stupidity; Devoid of good sense or judgment.

Failing to keep in mind; Not mindful or attentive; (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range.

Not serious in content or attitude or behavior.

Causing dejection; Filled with melancholy and despondency; Depressingly dark.

Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume; (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous; Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth.

Annoyed and irritable.

Easily tricked because of being too trusting; Naive and easily deceived or tricked.

Sharply disagreeable; rigorous; Severe; Unkind or cruel or uncivil; Of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles; Unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses; Unpleasantly stern.

Characterized by malice; Evoking or deserving hatred.

Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy.

Unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company (used of attempts to buy or take control of a business); Very unfavorable to life or growth; Impossible to bring into friendly accord; Not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally; Characterized by enmity or ill will.

Unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge; Uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field; Uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication.

(of birds) not yet having developed feathers; Not yet mature; Not fully developed or mature; not ripe; (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; Characteristic of a lack of maturity.

(usually followed by `to') full of eagerness; Restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition.

Not polite.

Improperly forward or bold; Marked by casual disrespect.

Without proper consideration or reflection; Lacking regard for the rights or feelings of others.

Not in agreement; Not capable of being made consistent or harmonious; Displaying a lack of consistency.

Not clearly defined; Not definitely settling something; Characterized by lack of decision and firmness.

Lacking discretion; injudicious.

Lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate; Not producing desired results; wasteful.

Incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; Resistant to being bent; Not making concessions; Incapable of change.

Not safe from attack; Lacking self-confidence or assurance; Lacking in security or safety; Not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way.

Deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; Not responsive to physical stimuli.

Lacking sincerity.

Showing lack of care for consequences.

Capable of responding to stimuli; Abnormally sensitive to a stimulus; Easily irritated or annoyed.

Suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival; Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages.

Disinclined to work or exertion; Moving slowly and gently.

(used chiefly as a direction or description in music) loud; with force; Tastelessly showy; Characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity.

Having the nature of or resulting from malice.

Skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage.

Of no value or worth; (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt; (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; Marked by poverty befitting a beggar; Excellent; Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; Characterized by malice; Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value.

Characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected; Having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama.

Dirty and disorderly.

Subject to sharply varying moods; Showing a brooding ill humor.

Not initiated; deficient in relevant experience; Lacking information or instruction; Inexperienced; Of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style; Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.

Characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance.

Disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; Characterized by obscenity; Exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent; Offensive or even (of persons) malicious.

Badly behaved; Suggestive of sexual impropriety.

Involving disadvantage or harm; Having a negative charge; Designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions; Less than zero; Reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive; Not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition; Having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant; Expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial; Characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features.

Causing disapproval or protest.

Characterized by or constituting an obsession.

Obstinate in your opinions.

Suffering from paranoia.

(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension.

Expecting the worst possible outcome.

Contemptibly narrow in outlook; (informal) small and of little importance; Inferior in rank or status.

Exacting especially about details.

Characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display; Puffed up with vanity.

Having or showing a desire to control or dominate; Desirous of owning; Serving to express or indicate possession.

(of a display) tawdry or vulgar; Intended to attract notice and impress others; Making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction.

Marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative.

Given to quarreling.

Quickly aroused to anger.

Participating in organized resistance to a constituted government; Discontented as toward authority; Resisting control or authority.

Characterized by careless unconcern; Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences.

Fixed and unmoving; Designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure; Incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; Incapable of compromise or flexibility; Incapable of or resistant to bending.

Disturbing the public peace; loud and rough.

Belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes; Lacking civility or good manners; (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace; Socially incorrect in behavior.

Without mercy or pity.

Inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information.

Limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs.

Indulgent of your own appetites and desires.

Concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others.

Lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious; Not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply; Lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center.

Wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things; Short; Lacking self-confidence.

Dazed from or as if from repeated blows; Inspiring scornful pity; Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; Ludicrous, foolish.

Marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction.

Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; Marked by deception.

(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; Having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention.

Deficient in amount or quality or extent; Unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.).

Not responding to treatment; Tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield.

Depressingly dark; Moving slowly; Sullen or moody.

Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; Occurring on or near the surface of the skin; Of little substance or significance; Of, affecting, or being on or near the surface; Concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually.

Not as expected; Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.

Revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse; Lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others.

Without care or thought for others; Showing lack of careful thought.

Lacking conviction or boldness or courage; Lacking self-confidence; Showing fear and lack of confidence.

Difficult to handle; requiring great tact; Quick to take offense.

Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste.

Very unfavorable to life or growth; Not friendly; Not disposed to friendship or friendliness; Not easy to understand or use.

Disagreeable; Not feeling or showing gratitude.

Marked by or producing unhappiness; Causing discomfort; Generalized feeling of distress; Experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent.

Deficient in humane and kindly feelings; Lacking kindness.

Not occurring at a regular rate or fixed intervals; Unknown in advance; Not capable of being foretold.

Lacking a sense of responsibility; Dangerously unstable and unpredictable; Not worthy of reliance or trust; Liable to be erroneous or misleading.

Not neat and tidy.

Not worthy of trust or belief.

Lacking clarity or distinctness; Not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished; Not clearly expressed or understood.

Unproductive of success; Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance.

Disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge.

Tending to vary often or widely; Marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments; Liable to lead to sudden change or violence; Evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures.

Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; Being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; Of or associated with the great masses of people; Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste.

Deficient in intelligence or mental power; Likely to fail under stress or pressure; Deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc; Not having authority, political strength, or governing power; (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection; Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; Deficient or lacking in some skill; Tending downward in price; Wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress; Overly diluted; thin and insipid; Wanting in physical strength.

Habitually complaining.

Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; Naughtily or annoyingly playful; Intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality; Having committed unrighteous acts; Morally bad in principle or practice.

Suffering from xenophobia; having abnormal fear or hatred of the strange or foreign.