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单词 egotistical
释义

egotistical

adjective

ego·​tis·​ti·​cal ˌē-gə-ˈti-sti-kəl How to pronounce egotistical (audio)
 also  ˌe-
variants or less commonly egotistic
ˌē-gə-ˈti-stik How to pronounce egotistical (audio)
 also  ˌe-
: characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance
an egotistical person/attitude/manner
… a man so egotistical … that he likened himself to Shakespeare, Milton and Byron … David Shaw
His celebrity and wealth have allowed him to indulge his whims to such an extent that the most egotistical Roman emperors, by comparison, seem models of psychological stability. Theodore Dalrymple
… each individual depends upon their friends to validate their own egotistical world view. Randall Collins
Hobson's book is a small but rare thing: a memoir that is not egotistical. Liesl Schillinger
… a difficult personality prompts analysts to describe him as having a prickly mosaic of characteristics: dominant, strong-willed, powerful, egotistic, … most of all arrogant. Stephen S. Hall
egotistically
ˌē-gə-ˈti-sti-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce egotistical (audio)
also
ˌe- How to pronounce egotistical (audio)
adverb
behaving arrogantly and egotistically
He had no objection to honey, he said …, but he protested against the overweening assumptions of bees. … If every confectioner went buzzing about the world banging against everything that came in his way and egotistically calling upon everybody to take notice that he was going to his work and must not be interrupted, the world would be quite an unsupportable place. Charles Dickens

Synonyms

  • assured
  • biggety [Southern & Midland]
  • biggity
  • bigheaded
  • complacent
  • conceited
  • consequential
  • egoistic
  • egoistical
  • important
  • overweening
  • pompous
  • prideful
  • proud
  • self-conceited
  • self-important
  • self-opinionated
  • self-satisfied
  • smug
  • stuck-up
  • swellheaded
  • vain
  • vainglorious
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Word History

First Known Use

1797, in the meaning defined above

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