Last week, I asked you if you could describe yourself in one word. In anticipation of that personality-testing job interview question, here’s some adjective help that will also make you happier. 
Uplifting subliminal messages?
When Scott Adams asked his readers to look at themselves, he made an interesting discovery with the results. According to the Dilbert creator – also a trained hypnotist – reading the below list of adjectives quickly will boost your spirits. And you know what? It works:
agreeable
alert
alluring
ambitious
amused
boundless
brave
bright
calm
capable
charming
cheerful
coherent
comfortable
confident
cooperative
courageous
credible
cultured
dashing
dazzling
debonair
decisive
decorous
delightful
detailed
determined
diligent
discreet
dynamic
eager
efficient
elated
eminent
enchanting
encouraging
endurable
energetic
entertaining
enthusiastic
excellent
excited
exclusive
exuberant
fabulous
fair
faithful
fantastic
fearless
fine
frank
friendly
funny
generous
gentle
glorious
good
happy
harmonious
helpful
hilarious
honorable
impartial
industrious
instinctive
jolly
joyous
kind
kind-hearted
knowledgeable
level
likeable
lively
lovely
loving
lucky
mature
modern
nice
obedient
painstaking
peaceful
perfect
placid
plausible
pleasant
plucky
productive
protective
proud
punctual
quiet
receptive
reflective
relieved
resolute
responsible
rhetorical
righteous
romantic
sedate
seemly
selective
self-assured
sensitive
shrewd
silly
sincere
skillful
smiling
splendid
steadfast
stimulating
successful
succinct
talented
thoughtful
thrifty
tough
trustworthy
unbiased
unusual
upbeat
vigorous
vivacious
warm
willing
wise
witty
wonderful
Other useful resources in this series
- 130 Positive Personality Adjectives For Your Next Job Interview (this article)
- 500 Positive Resume Action Verbs That Get Job Interviews
- 60 Resume Achievement Writing Ideas and Expressions
- 111 Smart Resume Section Headings and Titles
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hi Jacob,
I think your site can be a great resource for most of my students…you know there’s always a lesson focused on jobs. I’ll definitely use it in my classes.
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— April 23, 2008 #
Glad to hear it Elena. If there’s any specific topic you’d like me to cover more in depth, please tell me.
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— April 23, 2008 #
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thank u so much my 9th granders needed a vocab check so this site really helped them out wit word choices!!!
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— August 27, 2008 #
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— February 10, 2010 #
Interesting to see that just adjectives can give you so many ideas to describe yourself. Nice one! I like this!
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— March 17, 2010 #
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— April 22, 2010 #
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— April 22, 2010 #
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— April 23, 2010 #
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— April 23, 2010 #
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— May 16, 2010 #
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— May 16, 2010 #
make a lits about the adjetives for desenbiengl people and things
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— July 28, 2010 #
this site is strange and weird did not help me in my job interview they thought i was to always trying to be perfect
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— September 27, 2010 #
Really like this entry. 130 Positive adjectives to help with Job Interviews! http://tinyurl.com/5lrryv
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— October 29, 2010 #
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— February 3, 2011 #
hi! this is really helpful! yeah, its me. Ariana. not a poser:]
Comment by Ariana Grande
Twitter: @arianagrande — June 18, 2011 #
Yea. This is good. But what the hell has hypnotism got to do with this?! This isn’t hypnotism, this is simply positive/good/happy things – of course it’d make you feel a bit beter reading the list — good things make you feel better and this list would also probably make you think of a few positive things which will also make you feel better. All good and valid, just don’t tarnish it by calling hypnotism. please.
Comment by Glenn
— September 17, 2011 #
Glenn- Talk to Scott Adams, he’s the hypnotist.
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Twitter: @jacobshare — September 18, 2011 #
Fair enough!
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— September 18, 2011 #
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— February 13, 2012 #
you should also do negative words!!!!
Comment by martina
— June 14, 2012 #
Nice article, Although, I wish you posted these adjective with their meaning. Thanks :)
Comment by Antonio
— June 27, 2012 #
i want adjectives with their meanings and use in sentences
Comment by hina
— October 7, 2012 #
I agree with Hina because then English teachers can use the post as a teaching text.
Comment by Kate
Twitter: @baggyk — October 4, 2013 #
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