conceited

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Adjective

conceited

1. Having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; vain and egotistical.
   • c. 1732, Jonathan Swift, Epistle to a Lady

     If you think me too conceited / Or to passion quickly heated.

   • Conceited of their own wit, science, and politeness.

2. (rhetoric, literature) Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
3. (obsolete) Endowed with fancy or imagination.

   • He was […] pleasantly conceited, and sharp of wit.

4. (obsolete) Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.

   • A conceited chair to sleep in.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:arrogant

Translations

• French: vain, vaniteux, orgueilleux, suffisant, prétentieux
• German: eingebildet
• Portuguese: convencido
• Russian: самодово́льный
• Spanish: presuntuoso

Translations

• French: prétentieux, vaniteux
• Italian: pallone gonfiato, arrogante

Verb

1. Simple past tense and past participle of conceit

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