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单词 conceited
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Definition of conceited in English:

conceited

adjective kənˈsiːtɪdkənˈsidəd
  • Excessively proud of oneself; vain.

    自负的,自高自大的,骄傲自满的

    Fred's so conceited he'd never believe anyone would refuse him
    Example sentencesExamples
    • That said, it can be frustrating working with conceited, egotistical players.
    • We don't get conceited enough to say ‘we don't need to follow our policies today’.
    • Not to be vain or conceited, but it was the truth and anyone sensible would agree.
    • You have a considerable amount of self-confidence, and you like yourself without being conceited or boastful.
    • It's essential for you not to let yourself appear arrogant and conceited because of this.
    • When she first meets people Penny is conceited and haughty.
    • But to be honest, they all look the same to me, conceited and morose.
    • It is neither affected nor conceited to care about the impression you make.
    • I know that might sound pretty arrogant and conceited but it's true, it's really true.
    • For we now have a conceited Government which in its monumental arrogance can brook no opposition.
    • It has come to signify a group of intolerable, conceited, ruthless snobs.
    • From the look on their faces, they were probably arrogant, conceited punks who thought they could get any girl they wanted.
    • The genuine superstars, he says, tend to be the least conceited.
    • At the centre of the story is the feisty Elizabeth and the conceited Darcy, who initially cannot stand each other but reluctantly fall in love.
    • People looked on that as being conceited or being big - headed.
    • Then, typically, she worries that this sounds arrogant or conceited.
    • Charles was arrogant, conceited and a strong believer in the divine rights of kings.
    • He is not alone in saying that some American lawyers and accountants are conceited and arrogant about what they think is a superior system.
    • She knew nothing about him… yet she had the guts to even describe him as an arrogant conceited brat.
    • I was naive and conceited enough to believe that posting entries into this page would actually achieve something.
    Synonyms
    vain, narcissistic, pleased with oneself, self-loving, in love with oneself, self-admiring, self-regarding, self-centred, egotistic, egotistical, egoistic, egocentric, egomaniac
    proud, arrogant, boastful, cocky, cocksure, full of oneself, above oneself, self-important, immodest, swaggering, strutting
    self-satisfied, self-congratulatory, smug, complacent, supercilious, haughty, snobbish
    informal big-headed, swollen-headed, too big for one's boots, puffed up, stuck-up, snooty, high and mighty, uppity, uppish, snotty, snot-nosed
    British informal toffee-nosed
    North American informal chesty
    literary vainglorious
    rare peacockish
    (be conceited), have an excessively high opinion of oneself, think too highly of oneself, think a lot of oneself, boast, brag, blow one's own trumpet
    informal think one is the cat's whiskers/pyjamas, think one is God's gift (to women)

Derivatives

  • conceitedly

  • adverb kənˈsiːtɪdli
    • Erik answered rather conceitedly but in a joking matter.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As a potential politician, Hanson was brilliant at capturing attention, the perfect foil for sneering " sophisticates " who so amusedly knew what xenophobia meant, but so conceitedly didn't recognise their own bigotry.
      • ‘Well,’ he said conceitedly, ‘I am a pretty good actor as well.’
      • ‘Introduce us first,’ she smiles conceitedly.
      • ‘Hi Kait,’ Mark said when he reached her, grinning conceitedly.
  • conceitedness

  • noun kənˈsiːtɪdnəskənˈsidədnəs
    • Anger flared up inside me and I seethed at the conceitedness of the stupid Goth.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But this and his conceitedness were two of the things that had made him seem cute when I was a sophomore.
      • Other more deep-seated delusions such as craving, hatred and conceitedness can only be overcome by making ‘that which we have seen a living experience and molding our life accordingly.’
      • ‘His conceitedness actually does have some foundation,’ Vasquez noted.
      • Traits with the opposite implications are assessed as the most undesirable (e.g., conceitedness, selfishness, insecurity, aggressiveness, shyness).

Rhymes

uncompleted, undefeated, unheated, untreated

Definition of conceited in US English:

conceited

adjectivekənˈsidədkənˈsēdəd
  • Excessively proud of oneself; vain.

    自负的,自高自大的,骄傲自满的

    Fred's so conceited he'd never believe anyone would refuse him
    Example sentencesExamples
    • People looked on that as being conceited or being big - headed.
    • Charles was arrogant, conceited and a strong believer in the divine rights of kings.
    • I know that might sound pretty arrogant and conceited but it's true, it's really true.
    • She knew nothing about him… yet she had the guts to even describe him as an arrogant conceited brat.
    • It has come to signify a group of intolerable, conceited, ruthless snobs.
    • Then, typically, she worries that this sounds arrogant or conceited.
    • I was naive and conceited enough to believe that posting entries into this page would actually achieve something.
    • The genuine superstars, he says, tend to be the least conceited.
    • It is neither affected nor conceited to care about the impression you make.
    • We don't get conceited enough to say ‘we don't need to follow our policies today’.
    • It's essential for you not to let yourself appear arrogant and conceited because of this.
    • From the look on their faces, they were probably arrogant, conceited punks who thought they could get any girl they wanted.
    • When she first meets people Penny is conceited and haughty.
    • Not to be vain or conceited, but it was the truth and anyone sensible would agree.
    • He is not alone in saying that some American lawyers and accountants are conceited and arrogant about what they think is a superior system.
    • But to be honest, they all look the same to me, conceited and morose.
    • At the centre of the story is the feisty Elizabeth and the conceited Darcy, who initially cannot stand each other but reluctantly fall in love.
    • For we now have a conceited Government which in its monumental arrogance can brook no opposition.
    • You have a considerable amount of self-confidence, and you like yourself without being conceited or boastful.
    • That said, it can be frustrating working with conceited, egotistical players.
    Synonyms
    vain, narcissistic, pleased with oneself, self-loving, in love with oneself, self-admiring, self-regarding, self-centred, egotistic, egotistical, egoistic, egocentric, egomaniac
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