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conceited

/kuhn-see-tid/US // kənˈsi tɪd //UK // (kənˈsiːtɪd) //

自负的,自负,自负的人,自以为是

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.
    • : Archaic. having an opinion.fanciful; whimsical.
    • : Obsolete. intelligent; clever.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.egotistical

Examples

  • He called her “a silly chattering windbag, an infernal liar, a conceited, gushing, rump-wagging, blethering ass.”

  • These were elite soldiers: educated, elegant and in some cases, admittedly conceited.

  • A half of that half grew impossibly conceited, and died early.

  • Your careless and conceited behaviour reassures me, and convinces me of my error.

  • I found her exactly the same talkative, positive, passionate, conceited creature as we knew her twenty years ago.

  • Some showed themselves as conceited pipes; some were light and sparkish, others ponderous and clumsy.

  • No one likes to see himself held up to scorn and mockery; nobody is willing to be shown up as ignorant and conceited.