G. One person's meat is another person's poison

Some characteristics can be either positive or negative depending on your point of view. The words in the right-hand column mean roughly the same as the words in the left-hand column except that they have negative rather than positive connotations.

 

determined thrifty/economical self-assured   assertive original frank/direct/open broad-minded inquiring generous innocent ambitious   obstinate stubborn pig-headed miserly mean tight-fisted self-important arrogant full of oneself (colloquial) aggressive bossy (colloquial) peculiar weird eccentric odd blunt abrupt brusque curt unprincipled permissive inquisitive nosy (colloquial) extravagant naive pushy (colloquial)

 

 




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