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Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance.
vain
swollen
egotistical
egotistic
self-conceited
swollen-headed
proud
vain
swollen
egotistical
egotistic
self-conceited
1
I coaxed; I threatened; I persuaded; but it was all in
vain
.
2
They organize in
vain
;
they protest in
vain
;
they appeal in
vain
.
3
I can say this, however: your good looks haven't made you
vain
.
4
Mark inquired; Lord Minchampstead inquired; great personages inquired; but all in
vain
.
5
Her aunt scolded in
vain
;
in spite of the remarks of Mlle.
1
Two rescue workers had also drowned in
swollen
rivers today, he added.
2
The sea was
swollen
and billowy; it made the Nautilus rock violently.
3
Hundreds of bodies remain buried in mud or floating in
swollen
rivers.
4
Avoid crossing rivers and
swollen
streams where water is above your ankles.
5
The body is club-shape and moves with the
swollen
end in advance.
1
But I am running on about myself in a most
egotistical
style.
2
I suppose the world is just all
egotistical
children and broken-in people.
3
The exquisite bit from Catullus will best excuse my otherwise
egotistical
quotation.
4
In his gloomiest mood he is most insincere, most
egotistical
,
most pretentious.
5
Diaz had the right to be
egotistical
,
but he was modesty itself.
1
I believe country-people are even more
egotistic
than the dwellers in cities.
2
They accuse England of perpetuating for
egotistic
ends the state of anarchy.
3
Though corrupt and
egotistic
,
that aristocracy was, in some instances, singularly impartial.
4
The male indifference to death seemed stupid,
egotistic
and criminal to her.
5
But if they could reform their
egotistic
attitudes, they could change their destiny.
1
The Chinese are too
self
-
conceited
to give in without a sound thrashing.
2
The question with which Philotas puzzled the
self
-
conceited
physician was this.
3
Only, my dear sir, one is quite
self
-
conceited
enough in this imperfect state.
4
She was always an upstart,
self
-
conceited
thing; but I'm sure I pity her.
5
Fenton was neither a
self
-
conceited
person nor a blind man, groping through life.
1
Are you really
swollen
-
headed
enough to imagine that it was you who drove the French out of Russia in 1812?
1
What information could that
conceited
ass have that could possibly help you?
2
The Chinese are too
self
-
conceited
to give in without a sound thrashing.
3
I suppose it sounds
conceited
,
but I have unbounded confidence in myself.
4
It is the
conceited
fools, who feel safe, that are in danger.
5
I'm not being
conceited
or anything, but it just fell into place.
6
I think not-thoughit may sound
conceited
and presumptuous to say it.
7
Hawkins was as mean and parsimonious as he was pompous and
conceited
.
8
Yet they are real, real as his own empty and
conceited
wisdom.
9
Perhaps you are
conceited
enough to think you could do it better.
10
It sounds
conceited
to say yes, but nevertheless I think I should.
11
You know how
conceited
we late learners are, as the proverb says.
12
He is a
conceited
puppy, and, in my opinion, a worthless fellow.
13
I was ambitious and
conceited
,
but my aspirations were vague and shapeless.
14
A
conceited
man is satisfied with the effect he produces on himself.
15
But he was interfered with by the pragmatical, imbecile, and
conceited
Congress.
16
I was a
conceited
young person, and fond of giving myself airs.
conceited
so conceited
most conceited
too conceited
very conceited
conceited man