| 单词 | conceited |
| 释义 | conceited (once / 1796 pages) adj A conceited person has an inflated self-image and perceives himself as incredibly entertaining and wonderful. Talk incessantly about your accomplishments on the clarinet or amazing ability to wiggle your ears, and people are going to think you’re conceited. An offshoot of conceit, conceited was first recorded in 1600 as meaning “having an overwhelming opinion of oneself.” It’s a shortened form of “self-conceited” and the total opposite of "modest." In a remark about such vain people, the English Victorian novelist George Eliot once said, “I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them.” WORD FAMILYconceited: conceiteder, conceitedest, conceitedly, conceitedness, self-conceited+/self-conceited: self-conceitedly USAGE EXAMPLESBrooklyn rapper Conceited's pursed lips are the physical embodiment of "you thought." Los Angeles Times(Dec 28, 2016) “I’m not conceited enough to think she’s speaking directly to me, but I chose to hear it that way.” New York Times(Dec 19, 2016) To listen to opposing voices, to read the views of Trumpers and uncles, to pierce our conceited, content bubble. The Guardian(Dec 11, 2016) adj characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance a conceited fool an attitude of self- conceited arrogance Syn egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain proud feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride |
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