About The Word Conceited
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Conceited
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What's The Definition Of Conceited?
[adj] characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Conceited: egotistic | egotistical | proud | self-conceited | swollen | swollen-headed | vain Related Terms | Find terms related to Conceited: aggressively self-confident | arrogant | biggety | boastful | boasting | braggart | bragging | bumptious | chesty | cocky | complacent | coxcombical | dandified | dandy | egocentric | egotistical | fanfaron | fanfaronading | foppish | Gascon | gasconading | haughty | immodest | know-it-all | narcissistic | obtrusive | overwise | peacockish | peacocky | perk | perky | pert | prideful | proud | puffed up | self | self-admiring | self-advertising | self-applauding | self-conceited | self-flattering | self-glorious | self-important | self-lauding | self-opinionated | self-satisfied | self-vaunting | smart-alecky | smug | snobbish | snotty | stuck-up | swelled-headed | thrasonic | thrasonical | vain | vainglorious | vaporing | vaunting See Also | Conceited In Webster's Dictionary \Con*ceit"ed\, a.
1. Endowed with fancy or imagination. [Obs.]
He was . . . pleasantly conceited, and sharp of wit.
--Knolles.
2. Entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain.
If you think me too conceited Or to passion quickly
heated. --Swift.
Conceited of their own wit, science, and politeness.
--Bentley.
3. Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful. [Obs.]
A conceited chair to sleep in. --Evelyn.
Syn: Vain; proud; opinionated; egotistical.
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