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Meanings of self-conceited in anglès

Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance.

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Usage of self-conceited in anglès
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The Chinese are too self-conceited to give in without a sound thrashing.
The Three Admirals
2
The question with which Philotas puzzled the self-conceited physician was this.
Cleopatra
3
Only, my dear sir, one is quite self-conceited enough in this imperfect state.
Two Years Ago, Volume II.
4
She was always an upstart, self-conceited thing; but I'm sure I pity her.
Queer Little Folks
5
Fenton was neither a self-conceited person nor a blind man, groping through life.
As It Was in the Beginning
6
You see, rny friend, I don't suppose you to be a self-conceited fool.
The Recreations of a Country Parson
7
Why, you foolish, self-conceited boy, what do you know about it?
Under the Storm
8
It was just the sort of population to be narrow and ignorant and self-conceited.
The Prince and the Pauper
9
The little self-conceited creature knew it, or partially knew it, and smarted under it.
The History of David Grieve
10
He seems to have been at all times a self-conceited, arrogant, and unsatisfactory man.
The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Volume 4
11
She had fixed indelibly the impression that she was an insufferably weak and self-conceited girl.
The Child at Home: The Principles of Filial Duty, Familiarly Ill...
12
A great doubter is a solemn and self-conceited prig.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 20,...
13
He becomes arrogant and self-conceited, abuses his teachers, and carries everything with a high hand.
The Art of Money Getting; Or, Golden Rules for Making Money
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Adrienne," said Baron Tripeaud, with a self-conceited and sententious air, "that a conversion-
The Wandering Jew — Volume 03
15
By the which he designeth two things: First, The conviction of the proud and self-conceited Pharisee.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02
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It is not suited to these times; it is much too arrogant, too self-conceited, too egotistical.
Tancred; Or, The New Crusade