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单词 egomaniac
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Definition of egomaniac in English:

egomaniac

noun iːɡə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪakɛɡə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪakˌiɡoʊˈmeɪniˌæk
  • A person who is obsessively egotistical or self-centred.

    he is a raving egomaniac
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He's done some great things, but this doesn't alter the fact that he's a deluded egomaniac.
    • Blogging can bring out the self-absorbed egomaniac in anyone.
    • But it's a good laugh - what sort of an egomaniac puts that rubbish about themself on the internet anyway?
    • He's got long hair, he loves everything purple, and he's a massive egomaniac.
    • Why should we be forced to pay million-pound wages to assuage the egos of these egomaniacs, we cry?
    • He was portrayed as a raging egomaniac.
    • Many Americans saw her as a calculating, cold egomaniac who was hell-bent on taking the presidency for herself.
    • Is it any wonder that the public's perception of science is that of a bunch of boring egomaniacs jargonizing endlessly about trivialities?
    • Hockey in this country has suffered more than most at the hands of egomaniacs who have run it to the ground.
    • There are many readers who see me as a body-obsessed egomaniac.

Derivatives

  • egomaniacal

  • adjectiveˌɛɡə(ʊ)məˈnʌɪək(ə)l
    • He plays an egomaniacal celebrity author living with his glamorous second wife and his shy grown-up daughter from his first marriage.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He has just been kicked out of the band he helped found for being an obnoxious, egomaniacal jerk.
      • What kind of kind of egomaniacal desperate freak are you?
      • The party is still lumbered with an egomaniacal leader and still singing the same old tune.
      • I'd term it egomaniacal journalistic stupidity.

Rhymes

bibliomaniac, dipsomaniac, kleptomaniac, maniac, megalomaniac, monomaniac, nymphomaniac, pyromaniac

Definition of egomaniac in US English:

egomaniac

nounˌiɡoʊˈmeɪniˌækˌēɡōˈmānēˌak
  • A person who is obsessively egotistical or self-centered.

    he is a raving egomaniac
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Blogging can bring out the self-absorbed egomaniac in anyone.
    • Why should we be forced to pay million-pound wages to assuage the egos of these egomaniacs, we cry?
    • He's got long hair, he loves everything purple, and he's a massive egomaniac.
    • Hockey in this country has suffered more than most at the hands of egomaniacs who have run it to the ground.
    • Is it any wonder that the public's perception of science is that of a bunch of boring egomaniacs jargonizing endlessly about trivialities?
    • He was portrayed as a raging egomaniac.
    • He's done some great things, but this doesn't alter the fact that he's a deluded egomaniac.
    • Many Americans saw her as a calculating, cold egomaniac who was hell-bent on taking the presidency for herself.
    • But it's a good laugh - what sort of an egomaniac puts that rubbish about themself on the internet anyway?
    • There are many readers who see me as a body-obsessed egomaniac.
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