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Adjectives of Personality
Adj of personality
12
Language - English
Not Applicable
03/18/2009

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Term
Cold fish
Definition
sb. who is not friendly.
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Walter Mitty
Definition
a person who imagines that his life is full of excitement and adventures when in fact it is just ordinary.
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Peter Pan
Definition
a person who looks unusually young for his age or behaves in a way that would be more appropiate for sb. younger.
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Wannabe
Definition
a person who behaves, dresses, etc. like sb. famous because he wants to be like him.
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Sponger
Definition
someone who asks for money and other things from friends or relatives and makes no effort to give anything back.
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Dark horse
Definition
a person who does not tell other people much of his life, who surprises other people by having interesting qualities.
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Tough cookie
Definition
sb. who is strong enough to deal with difficult or violent situations
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Scrooge
Definition
a person who is very unwilling to spend money
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High flyer
Definition
sb. who has achieved a lot and is determined to continue being succsssful
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Killijoy
Definition
a person who likes to spoil other people's enjoyment
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Jekyll and Hide
Definition
sb who seems to have 2 different characters, one good and one bad.
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Busybody
Definition
sb. who is only interested in other people's private lives and activities and tries to get involved in them in an annoying way.
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