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| coxcomb |
a pretentious or conceited dandy; show-off. |
| egoist |
a conceited person; egotist. [1/2 definitions] |
| egotist |
a conceited person; braggart. [1/2 definitions] |
| egotistic |
conceited and boastful; excessively self-promoting. [1/2 definitions] |
| egotistical |
conceited and boastful; excessively self-promoting. [1/2 definitions] |
| immodest |
overly proud or assertive; arrogant or impudent; conceited. [1/2 definitions] |
| lord |
to behave in a conceited, overbearing manner toward someone; domineer (usu. fol. by "over"). [1/6 definitions] |
| self-important |
having an unrealistically high opinion of one's influence or importance; conceited. |
| self-opinionated |
having too high a regard for oneself or one's opinions, ideas, or the like; conceited. [1/2 definitions] |
| self-satisfied |
having or showing satisfaction with oneself or one's accomplishments, esp. in a conceited way; smugly self-confident. |
| smart aleck |
an annoyingly conceited, overbearing, or self-confident person. |
| snob |
someone who is sure of or conceited about his or her superiority in a field of knowledge. [1/3 definitions] |
| snotty |
(informal) having or showing a conceited, arrogant, or superior attitude. [1/2 definitions] |
| stuck-up |
snobbish or vain; conceited. |
| swagger |
to be loud and conceited; boast; brag. [2/5 definitions] |
| turkey cock |
a conceited, pompous person. [1/2 definitions] |
| vain |
excessively admiring of oneself, esp. of one's appearance; conceited. [1/4 definitions] |
| vanity |
some quality, instance, or achievement about which one is conceited. [1/6 definitions] |
| wiseacre |
one who is conceited or arrogantly self-assured. [1/2 definitions] |
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