# What is the worst personality trait someone can have? (In one word) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 11, 2000, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-personality-trait-someone-can-have-in-one-word/36603 "2000-10-11T22:40:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-personality-trait-someone-can-have-in-one-word/36603/41 "2000-10-12T15:44:54Z")
Dishonesty. ---
**Author:** ![TheThill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheThill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheThill)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-personality-trait-someone-can-have-in-one-word/36603/42 "2000-10-12T15:48:36Z")
There should be one word for this poisonous mixture: ignorance and arrogance ---
**Author:** ![JimmyNipples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@JimmyNipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyNipples)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-personality-trait-someone-can-have-in-one-word/36603/43 "2000-10-12T15:51:39Z")
Monkeys ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-personality-trait-someone-can-have-in-one-word/36603/44 "2000-10-12T16:03:43Z")
Terseness ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-personality-trait-someone-can-have-in-one-word/36603/45 "2000-10-12T16:24:30Z")
:wally ---
**Author:** ![ReservoirDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@ReservoirDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReservoirDog)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-personality-trait-someone-can-have-in-one-word/36603/46 "2000-10-12T16:37:51Z")
Serlinesque That covers everything else, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![conway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@conway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conway)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-personality-trait-someone-can-have-in-one-word/36603/47 "2000-10-12T17:21:24Z")
Maybe Serliniciousness ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-personality-trait-someone-can-have-in-one-word/36603/48 "2000-10-12T17:56:17Z")
I am with Ayesha on this one, lying. HUGS! Sqrl ---
**Author:** ![schief2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@schief2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schief2)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-personality-trait-someone-can-have-in-one-word/36603/49 "2000-10-12T19:11:52Z")
vanity. (with apologies to Carly Simon) ---
**Author:** ![jesuslynch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jesuslynch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesuslynch)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-personality-trait-someone-can-have-in-one-word/36603/50 "2000-10-12T20:59:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elbows \* > \*\*Curiosity. > > Y’know, it killed the cat, right? \*\* And satisfaction brought him back. Indecision. No, wait… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-personality-trait-someone-can-have-in-one-word/36603/51 "2000-10-12T21:07:00Z")
**Trollishness** ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-personality-trait-someone-can-have-in-one-word/36603/52 "2000-10-12T21:12:51Z")
A word my friends made up about 10 years ago “assholitude” Keith ---
**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-personality-trait-someone-can-have-in-one-word/36603/53 "2000-10-12T21:18:12Z")
"Love me or hate me, but spare me your indifference.–_Libbie Fudim_ ---
**Author:** ![conway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@conway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conway)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-personality-trait-someone-can-have-in-one-word/36603/54 "2000-10-12T22:41:12Z")
Apathy is a bad one too…errr…a good one, whatever, who cares? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-personality-trait-someone-can-have-in-one-word/36603/55 "2000-10-13T02:21:02Z")
is “Ugly” a personality trait? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@The\_Man\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_Who)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-personality-trait-someone-can-have-in-one-word/36603/56 "2000-10-13T02:49:07Z")
Certainty Cordially, The Man Who ---
**Author:** ![Sterra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sterra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterra)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-personality-trait-someone-can-have-in-one-word/36603/57 "2000-10-13T03:03:08Z")
debating skills(just to show you mine:)) ---
**Author:** ![They\_Call\_Me\_Sneeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@They\_Call\_Me\_Sneeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/They_Call_Me_Sneeze)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-personality-trait-someone-can-have-in-one-word/36603/58 "2000-10-13T04:28:54Z")
hypocrisy is bad so is someone who whines a lot - whinitude? two-faced. three-faced is even worse phony. someone who is always getting their underwear all up in a ball over nothing - i am saying overreactionary ---
**Author:** ![honkytonkwillie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@honkytonkwillie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/honkytonkwillie)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-personality-trait-someone-can-have-in-one-word/36603/59 "2000-10-13T07:02:21Z")
Smug. Makes you wanna break their self-satisfied nose. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-personality-trait-someone-can-have-in-one-word/36603.md?page=2)