Someone who has an abrasive manner is unkind and rude, wearing away at you in an irritating fashion.

If you take an acerbic tone with someone, you are criticizing them in a clever but critical and mean way.

An acrimonious meeting or discussion is bitter, resentful, and filled with angry contention.

An affable person is pleasant, friendly, and easy to talk to.

Amity is a peaceful friendship between two parties, particularly between two countries.

Someone who is arrogant thinks very highly of themselves; as a result, they can be self-important and act as if they are better than others.

An autocratic person rules with complete power; consequently, they make decisions and give orders to people without asking them for their opinion or advice.

If you describe someone as benign, they are kind, gentle, and harmless.

When a person is speaking or writing in a bombastic fashion, they are very self-centered, extremely showy, and excessively proud.

Bonhomie is a friendly feeling among a group of people.

Braggadocio is an excessively proud way of talking about your achievements or possessions that can annoy others.

If you describe a person’s behavior or speech as brusque, you mean that they say or do things abruptly or too quickly in a somewhat rude and impolite way.

Bumptious people are annoying because they are too proud of their abilities or opinions—they are full of themselves.

A captious person has a fondness for catching others at fault; hence, they are overly critical and raise unwarranted objections too often.

A cavalier person does not seem to care about rules, principles, or other people’s feelings, no matter how dire or serious a situation may be.

To cavil is to make unnecessary complaints about things that are unimportant.

If you commiserate with someone, you show them pity or sympathy because something bad or unpleasant has happened to them.

If someone is complaisant, they are willing to please others and do what they want without complaining.

Someone who possesses conceit has excessive self-pride—and thus thinks too highly of their abilities.

When people condescend, they behave in ways that show that they are supposedly more important or intelligent than other people.

A congenial person, place, or environment is pleasant, friendly, and enjoyable.

A convivial atmosphere or occasion is friendly, pleasant, cheerful, and relaxed.

If you behave with deference towards someone, you show them respect and accept their opinions or decisions, especially because they have an important position.

If someone deigns to do something, they agree to do it—but in a way that shows that they are lowering or humbling themself to do so or that it is a very great favor.

You show disdain towards another person when you despise what they do, or you regard them as unworthy of your notice and attention.

An egotistical person thinks about or is concerned with no one else other than themself.

Empathy is the ability to understand how people feel because you can imagine what it is to be like them.

When someone flaunts their good looks, they show them off or boast about them in a very proud and shameless way.

When a person is being flippant, they are not taking something as seriously as they should be; therefore, they tend to dismiss things they should respectfully pay attention to.

If you flout a rule or custom, you deliberately refuse to conform to it.

A gregarious person is friendly, highly social, and prefers being with people rather than being alone.

Someone who is imperious behaves in a proud, overbearing, and highly confident manner that shows they expect to be obeyed without question.

Someone is overweening when they are not modest; rather, they think way too much of themselves and let everyone know about it.

If you patronize something, such as a restaurant, club, or the arts, you are a regular customer or supporter of it.

If you are pompous, you think that you are better than other people; therefore, you tend to show off and be highly egocentric.

When someone pontificates, they give their opinions in a heavy-handed way that shows they think they are always right.

When you are presumptuous, you act improperly, rudely, or without respect, especially while attempting to do something that is not socially acceptable or that you are not qualified to do.

If you are pretentious, you think you are really great in some way and let everyone know about it, despite the fact that it’s not the case at all.

To remonstrate with someone is to tell that person that you strongly disapprove of something they have said or done.

Someone who is reserved is quiet, self-controlled, and keeps their thoughts mostly to themselves.

Someone’s sardonic smile, expression, or comment shows a lack of respect for what someone else has said or done; this occurs because the former thinks they are too important to consider or discuss such a supposedly trivial matter of the latter.

If someone is sententious, they are terse or brief in writing and speech; they also often use proverbs to appear morally upright and wise.

If you are vainglorious, you are very proud of yourself and let other people know about it.