Conceited
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Conceited is an adjective meaning Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.
Meaning
Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.
More Meanings
- simple past and past participle of conceit
- (rhetoric, literature) Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
- (obsolete) Endowed with fancy or imagination.
- (obsolete) Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.
Example Sentences
A conceited chair to sleep in.
He was […] pleasantly conceited, and sharp of wit.
Conceited of their own wit, and science, and politeness.
If you think me too conceited / Or to passion quickly heated.
Word Forms
- conceiteder
- conceitedest
Synonyms for conceited
Depending on context, synonyms include proud, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include vain, self-conceited, egotistical, proud, swollen, swollen-headed.
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