ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Conceited', Synonyms of 'Conceited' & More on 'Conceited'

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

conceited
    adj 1: characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated
           sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an
           attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical
           disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was
           unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed
           and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes" [syn:
           conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-
           conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Conceited \Con*ceit"ed\, a.
   1. Endowed with fancy or imagination. [Obs.]
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            He was . . . pleasantly conceited, and sharp of wit.
                                                  --Knolles.
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   2. Entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain.
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            If you think me too conceited
            Or to passion quickly heated.         --Swift.
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            Conceited of their own wit, science, and politeness.
                                                  --Bentley.
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   3. Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful. [Obs.]
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            A conceited chair to sleep in.        --Evelyn.

   Syn: Vain; proud; opinionated; egotistical.
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Thesaurus Results for conceited:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Gascon, aggressively self-confident, arrogant, biggety, boastful, boasting, braggart, bragging, bumptious, chesty, cocky, complacent, coxcombical, dandified, dandy, egocentric, egotistical, fanfaron, fanfaronading, foppish, gasconading, haughty, immodest, know-it-all, narcissistic, obtrusive, overwise, peacockish, peacocky, perk, perky, pert, prideful, proud, puffed up, self, self-admiring, self-advertising, self-applauding, self-conceited, self-flattering, self-glorious, self-important, self-lauding, self-opinionated, self-satisfied, self-vaunting, smart-alecky, smug, snobbish, snotty, stuck-up, swelled-headed, thrasonic, thrasonical, vain, vainglorious, vaporing, vaunting

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