Definition of self-important in English:

self-important

adjective ˌsɛlfɪmˈpɔːt(ə)nt

Having an exaggerated sense of one's own value or importance.
a self-important bureaucrat
Example sentencesExamples
- As if concerned that his rants may appear too smug or self-important, he tempers them with spoonfuls of self-loathing.
- He's only 15, but thinks like his dad, a pompous self-important academic.
- His sense of humour, always in evidence, made it impossible for him to seem pompous or self-important, and he never attempted to disguise his own fallibility as a human being.
- It was funny that two former fashion victims now find their former world overbearing and self-important.
- The sobriety of the streets is relieved by bridges with self-important towers or slightly pompous lions and griffins with gilded wings.
Synonyms
conceited, arrogant, bumptious, self-assertive, full of oneself, puffed up, swollen-headed, pompous, overbearing, (self-)opinionated, cocky, swaggering, strutting, presumptuous, forward, imperious, domineering, magisterial, pontifical, sententious, grandiose, vain, haughty, overweening, proud, egotistic, egotistical
supercilious, condescending, patronizing
informal snooty, uppity, uppish

Derivatives

self-importantly

adverb

Young peacocks, whose train is only half grown, strut self-importantly around a bevy of shawl-clad females, who ignore them totally.
Example sentencesExamples
- Lighten up and stop taking yourselves so self-importantly.
- I think that he is a conventionally PC - and self-importantly ascetic - clergyman.
- He was to remain self-importantly there until his retirement at the age of sixty-five in 1914.
- On practically every flight these days you'll encounter cell-phone maniacs, barking self-importantly into their little chunks of plastic.

Definition of self-important in US English:

self-important

adjectiveˈˌself əmˈpôrtnt

Having an exaggerated sense of one's own value or importance.
a self-important bureaucrat
Example sentencesExamples
- His sense of humour, always in evidence, made it impossible for him to seem pompous or self-important, and he never attempted to disguise his own fallibility as a human being.
- As if concerned that his rants may appear too smug or self-important, he tempers them with spoonfuls of self-loathing.
- It was funny that two former fashion victims now find their former world overbearing and self-important.
- The sobriety of the streets is relieved by bridges with self-important towers or slightly pompous lions and griffins with gilded wings.
- He's only 15, but thinks like his dad, a pompous self-important academic.
Synonyms
conceited, arrogant, bumptious, self-assertive, full of oneself, puffed up, swollen-headed, pompous, overbearing, opinionated, self-opinionated, cocky, swaggering, strutting, presumptuous, forward, imperious, domineering, magisterial, pontifical, sententious, grandiose, vain, haughty, overweening, proud, egotistic, egotistical

单词	self-important
释义	Definition of self-important in English: self-important adjective ˌsɛlfɪmˈpɔːt(ə)nt Having an exaggerated sense of one's own value or importance. a self-important bureaucrat Example sentencesExamples As if concerned that his rants may appear too smug or self-important, he tempers them with spoonfuls of self-loathing. He's only 15, but thinks like his dad, a pompous self-important academic. His sense of humour, always in evidence, made it impossible for him to seem pompous or self-important, and he never attempted to disguise his own fallibility as a human being. It was funny that two former fashion victims now find their former world overbearing and self-important. The sobriety of the streets is relieved by bridges with self-important towers or slightly pompous lions and griffins with gilded wings. Synonyms conceited, arrogant, bumptious, self-assertive, full of oneself, puffed up, swollen-headed, pompous, overbearing, (self-)opinionated, cocky, swaggering, strutting, presumptuous, forward, imperious, domineering, magisterial, pontifical, sententious, grandiose, vain, haughty, overweening, proud, egotistic, egotistical supercilious, condescending, patronizing informal snooty, uppity, uppish Derivatives self-importantly adverb Young peacocks, whose train is only half grown, strut self-importantly around a bevy of shawl-clad females, who ignore them totally. Example sentencesExamples Lighten up and stop taking yourselves so self-importantly. I think that he is a conventionally PC - and self-importantly ascetic - clergyman. He was to remain self-importantly there until his retirement at the age of sixty-five in 1914. On practically every flight these days you'll encounter cell-phone maniacs, barking self-importantly into their little chunks of plastic. Definition of self-important in US English: self-important adjectiveˈˌself əmˈpôrtnt Having an exaggerated sense of one's own value or importance. a self-important bureaucrat Example sentencesExamples His sense of humour, always in evidence, made it impossible for him to seem pompous or self-important, and he never attempted to disguise his own fallibility as a human being. As if concerned that his rants may appear too smug or self-important, he tempers them with spoonfuls of self-loathing. It was funny that two former fashion victims now find their former world overbearing and self-important. The sobriety of the streets is relieved by bridges with self-important towers or slightly pompous lions and griffins with gilded wings. He's only 15, but thinks like his dad, a pompous self-important academic. Synonyms conceited, arrogant, bumptious, self-assertive, full of oneself, puffed up, swollen-headed, pompous, overbearing, opinionated, self-opinionated, cocky, swaggering, strutting, presumptuous, forward, imperious, domineering, magisterial, pontifical, sententious, grandiose, vain, haughty, overweening, proud, egotistic, egotistical
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