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hubristic

/hyoo-bris, hoo-/US // ˈhyu brɪs, ˈhu- //UK // (ˈhjuːbrɪs) //

虚张声势,虚张声势的,嚣张,傲慢的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as incocky
as incocky/cocksure

Examples

  • The hubris and contempt for truth flaunted in their pre-election haste to install an ideological foe of LGBTQ rights on the court have now become a trigger.

  • It’s a video game so beloved that remaking it is a work of hubris, bound only to disappoint diehard fans in an effort to draw in new players.

  • In wisely sidestepping the hubristic folly of trying to sum up his own time, he achieved a sort of timelessness.

  • Hubristic wielders of rationality are dubbed “fragilistas” (Alan Greenspan, at one point, is labeled an “uberfragilista”).

  • The italicized phrase isn't exactly a hallmark of the sort of hubristic soothsayer Abrams seems to describe.

  • Gracious in victory, he was elegantly non-hubristic in his evaluation of the Republican gains in this election.