temperament

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disposition

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aloneness, loneliness, lonesomeness, solitariness

a disposition toward being alone

friendlessness

being without friends

reclusiveness

a disposition to prefer seclusion or isolation

animalism, physicality

preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites

bloodiness, bloodthirstiness

a disposition to shed blood

heart, spirit

an inclination or tendency of a certain kind

nervousness

a sensitive or highly strung temperament

queasiness, restlessness, uneasiness

inability to rest or relax or be still

restiveness, skittishness

characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright

esprit de corps, morale, team spirit

the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed

moodiness

having temperamental and changeable moods

blood

temperament or disposition

perfectionism

a disposition to feel that anything less than perfect is unacceptable

permissiveness, tolerance

a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior

acceptance, sufferance, toleration

a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations

indulgence, lenience, leniency

a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone

overtolerance

too much permissiveness

restrictiveness, unpermissiveness

a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits

sternness, strictness

uncompromising resolution

good nature

a cheerful, obliging disposition

good will, goodwill, grace

a disposition to kindness and compassion

forbearance, longanimity, patience

good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

easygoingness

being without worry or concern

risibility

a disposition to laugh

agreeability, agreeableness

a temperamental disposition to be agreeable

complaisance, compliance, compliancy, deference, obligingness

a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others

affirmativeness

the agreeable quality of one who assents

ill nature

a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition

crabbedness, crabbiness, crossness

a disposition to be ill-tempered

contrariness, crankiness, crotchetiness, grumpiness

a fussy and eccentric disposition

moroseness, sourness, sulkiness, sullenness

a sullen moody resentful disposition

biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness, temper

a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger

impatience

a dislike of anything that causes delay

shrewishness

a nature given to nagging or scolding

asperity, sharpness

harshness of manner

disagreeableness

an ill-tempered and offensive disposition

acerbity, acrimony, bitterness, jaundice, tartness, thorniness

a rough and bitter manner

aggressiveness, belligerence, pugnacity

a natural disposition to be hostile

contentiousness, quarrelsomeness

an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious

willingness

cheerful compliance

eagerness, forwardness, readiness, zeal

prompt willingness

openness, receptiveness, receptivity

willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas)

wholeheartedness

undivided commitment or unreserved enthusiasm

involuntariness, unwillingness

the trait of being unwilling

disinclination, hesitancy, hesitation, indisposition, reluctance

a certain degree of unwillingness

resistance

(psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness

friendliness

a friendly disposition

affability, affableness, amiability, amiableness, bonhomie, geniality

a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)

amicability, amicableness

having a disposition characterized by warmth and friendliness

closeness, familiarity, intimacy

close or warm friendship

accessibility, approachability

the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with

congeniality

a congenial disposition

amity, cordiality

a cordial disposition

good-neighborliness, good-neighbourliness, neighborliness, neighbourliness

a disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors

hospitableness

having a disposition that welcomes guests and is fond of entertaining

helpfulness, kindliness

friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition

unsociability, unsociableness

an unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionship

introversion

(psychology) an introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings

aloofness, remoteness, standoffishness, withdrawnness

a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner

closeness, secretiveness

characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)

unfriendliness

an unfriendly disposition

hostility, ill will

a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition

aggression

a disposition to behave aggressively

misanthropy

a disposition to dislike and mistrust other people

uncongeniality

a disposition not to be congenial

unneighborliness

an unneighborly disposition

inhospitableness

having an unfriendly and inhospitable disposition

calm, calmness, composure, equanimity

steadiness of mind under stress

aplomb, assuredness, cool, poise, sang-froid

great coolness and composure under strain

placidity, quiet, repose, serenity, tranquility, tranquillity

a disposition free from stress or emotion

discomposure

a temperament that is perturbed and lacking in composure

disquiet, unease, uneasiness

the trait of seeming ill at ease

fluster, perturbation

a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset

optimism

a general disposition to expect the best in all things

pessimism

a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things

epicurism

the disposition and habits of an epicure

gourmandism

the disposition and habits of a gourmand

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nature

the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions

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emotionalism, emotionality

emotional nature or quality

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equal temperament

the division of the scale based on an octave that is divided into twelve exactly equal semitones

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adjustment, readjustment, registration

the act of adjusting something to match a standard