Vocabulary Describing people-personality

wrinkled (adj.)
Derivates: wrinkle (n.) bora, nabor
Synonym: crased
Phrasal verb: wrinkle up (for something) to become wrinkled
Example: My grandpa is very old. He has got a wrinkled face
Translation: naborano (lice, ruke)

chubby (adj.)
Derivates: chubiness (n.)
Synonym: plump
Antonym: thin, slim
Example: a baby's chuby face
Translation: debeljukast, punaan

flexible (adj.)
Derivates: flexibly (adv.) prilagodljivo
Synonym: adjustable
Example: That teacher is very flexible, sometimes she let us do test in groups.
Translation: prilagodljiv, tolerantan

sincere (adj.)
Derivates: sincerely (adv.) iskreno
Explanation: to be honest
Synonym: genuine
Antonym: insincere
Collocation: sincere apology iskrena isprika
Translation: iskren

stubborn (adj.)
Derivates: stubbornness (n.)
Explanation: when someone thinks that his opinion is the best, he won't hear someone's others opinion
Phrase / Idiom: stubborn as a mule extremely stubborn
Example: He always do this, he is a stubborn as a mule.
Translation: tvrdoglav

sympathetic (adj.)
Derivates: sympathetically (adv.)
Explanation: when someone understands others feelings
Antonym: unsympathetic
Example: Mary is very sympathetic. She helped one poor woman last year.
Translation: suosjeajan, samilostan

mean (adj.)
Derivates: meanness (n.) krtost
Explanation / Synonym: cheap, greedy, ungenerous
Example: Jean is mean. He is a very rich, but he gives me only 5.
Translation: krt



talkative (adj.)
Derivates: talkativeness (n.) priljivost, otvorenost
Synonym: garrulous
Antonym: reserved
Example: His new neighbours are very talkative.
Translation: priljiv, otvoren

thoughtful (adj.)
Derivates: thoughtfulness (n.) obzirnost
Explanation: when someone has symphaty for others
Antonym: cruel
Example: He is very thoughtful, he helped one poor man last week.
Translation: obziran

jealous (adj.)
Derivates: jealousy (n.) ljubomora
Synonym: envious (of somebody or something)
Phrasal verb: jealous of
Example: She can't have any male friends because her boyfriend is very jealous.
Translation: ljubomoran

cruel (adj.)
Derivates: cruelly (adv.) okrutno, bezobzirno
Explanation: enjoying the pain or distress of others:
Antonym: sympathetic, kind
Example: the cruel spectators of the gladiatorial contests
Translation: okrutan, bezobziran

firm (adj.)
Synonym: strong, strict
Collocation: a firm hand strict discipline
Idiom: to take a firm grip on someone to have a control of someone
Example: Spartans are considered as a firm soldiers.
Translation: jak, snaan, strog

naughty (adj.)
Derivates: naughtily (adv.) zloesto, nestano
Synonym: badly- behaved
Antonym: good, polite
Collocation: the naughty corner corner in which badly- beheaved children are sent.
Example: Mary was a very naughty child.
Translation: zloest, nestaan

enviable (adj.)
Derivates: envy (n.) zavist
Synonym: jealous (person)
Example: He is enviable. He has always wanted to have big house like John.
Translation: zavidan

windswept (adj.)
Derivates: windy (adj.) vjetrovit
Synonym: tousled, curly hair
Example: Mary has a very windswept hair, today is a windy day.
Translation: razbaruena (kosa)
even (adj.)
Synonyms: smooth, flat
Antonym: uneven (face), rough
Example: Mia has an even face.
Translation: glatko (lice)

sharp (adj.)
Derivates: sharply (adv.) otro
Explanation: consisting of angular lines and pointed forms or of thin, long features
Phrase / Idiom: as sharp as a track extremely clever
Example: Anna has a sharp face.
Translation: otar

rough (adj.)
Derivates: roughly (adv.)
Synonym: uneven (skin)
Antonym: even (skin)
Example: His grandmother is old and she has a rough skin.
Translation: hrapava (koa), neravan (nos)

weak (adj.)
Derivates: weakness(n.)
Synonym: delicate, powerless
Antonym: firm, active
Collocation: weak sister timid person
Translation: slab, krhak, nejak



Antonio Stuhli 3.d.