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self-conceited

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Self`-con`ceit´ed
a.1.Having an overweening opinion of one's own powers, attainments; vain; conceited.
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Adj.1.self-conceitedself-conceited - 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"
conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain, egotistic, egotistical
proud - feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride; "proud parents"; "proud of his accomplishments"; "a proud moment"; "proud to serve his country"; "a proud name"; "proud princes"
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self-conceited [ˌselfkənˈsiːtɪd] ADJ → presumido, vanidoso, engreído


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If there is one thing in the world that will make a man peculiarly and insufferably self-conceited, it is to have his stomach behave itself, the first day it sea, when nearly all his comrades are seasick.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
Then, when you've got some trifling, self-conceited girl like Eliza Millward, careless of everything but her own immediate pleasure and advantage, or some misguided, obstinate woman, like Mrs.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Bronte, Anne View in context
He satisfied my curiosity, for Erik, who is a real monster--I have seen him at work in Persia, alas--is also, in certain respects, a regular child, vain and self-conceited, and there is nothing he loves so much, after astonishing people, as to prove all the really miraculous ingenuity of his mind.
The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston View in context
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