Associations to the word «Conceited»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
CONCEITED, adjective. Having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; vain and egotistical.
CONCEITED, adjective. (rhetoric) (literature) Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
CONCEITED, adjective. (obsolete) Endowed with fancy or imagination.
CONCEITED, adjective. (obsolete) Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.
CONCEITED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of conceit
Dictionary definition
CONCEITED, adjective. 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".
Wise words
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