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conceited
/kənˈsitəd/
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What does conceited mean?
adjective
- Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.
- Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
verb
- simple past and past participle of conceit
More meanings (2)
adjective
- (obsolete) Endowed with fancy or imagination.
- (obsolete) Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.
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IPA pronunciation
/kənˈsitəd/
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And this was the answer I thought she gave, though I am not so conceited as to say I am sure.
“My dear Rosy, you don’t expect me to talk much to such a conceited ass as that, I hope,” said Lydgate, brusquely.
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He became a good manipulator, and was made conceited and overbearing by the attentions of the military and of the general public.
There came to him the conviction that he had been arrogant, a conceited ass, bent on ruin, "a sickly soul," he said.
Had it come to that—that he was asking favors of conceited people, and appealing for sympathy where he had no sympathy to give?