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conceited

Meaning

Having an inflated opinion of one's own worth, abilities, or appearance.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

He puffed out his chest, convinced he was the smartest person in the room. His friends rolled their eyes; his inflated opinion of himself made him seem so conceited. He just couldn't see how his constant bragging annoyed everyone.

The new apprentice constantly bragged about his "perfect" stitch work, convinced no one else could match his skill. He'd sneer at our older methods, his face practically beaming with how much better he thought he was. His opinion of his own value was so high, it was almost laughable.

He polished his prize-winning, iridescent beetle carapace for the tenth time, a smug smirk on his face. He truly believed his beetle was the most magnificent creature in the entire insect kingdom, so conceited he ignored everyone else's submissions, sure his was a guaranteed win.

Barnaby was so conceited, he polished his nose in mirrors and told his reflection it was the most handsome nose he'd ever seen. He believed his socks were more interesting than anyone's conversation, which was quite a lot to think for his head.

Barnaby, a truly conceited garden gnome, spent all day polishing his tiny plastic boots and admiring his reflection in a dewdrop. He believed his chipped red hat made him a woodland king, far superior to the squirrels who often stole his acorn snacks.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

He strutted around, bragging about how he’d solved the puzzle everyone else struggled with. His friends rolled their eyes; his overblown confidence was tiring. Clearly, he had an inflated opinion of his own abilities.

Brenda always puffed up her chest, sure her idea for organizing the communal mushroom spores was revolutionary. She dismissed anyone else's suggestions with a scoff, convinced her own, deeply complicated method was the only one worth considering, a truly conceited attitude that irked everyone.

He strutted around the bioluminescent fungus farm, boasting about his superior spore cultivation. His teammates rolled their eyes; this conceited attitude, always bragging about his flawless glow-moss harvests, made him impossible to work with.

Barnaby strutted into the room, a peacock in human form. He believed his jokes were comedic gold and his fashion sense revolutionary, yet everyone else just saw a man with an inflated opinion of his own worth. He even complimented his own reflection, which was, frankly, a bit much.

Barnaby adjusted his monocle, surveying the artisanal pickle creations. "Frankly," he declared, his voice dripping with self-importance, "my dill spear is the only one with true *je ne sais quoi*." He truly thought his brine was the pinnacle of fermented cucumber achievement, a bit conceited, if you ask anyone who'd accidentally tasted his experimental beetroot infusion.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

He strutted into the room, a smirk plastered on his face, clearly believing himself superior. His constant boasts about his achievements and dismissive attitude towards others revealed his inflated opinion of his own worth. Such a conceited fellow, he truly thought himself the most exceptional person present.

He strutted through the greenhouse, a self-important smirk plastered on his face, convinced his meticulous pruning of the carnivorous flytraps made him the undisputed master botanist. His colleagues just rolled their eyes, weary of his conceited pronouncements about his supposed genius with even the most demanding flora.

He strutted through the dusty market, a smirk plastered on his face. Every merchant knew to cater to his every whim, so certain was he of his own importance. His arrogance radiated, a belief that he was far superior to everyone else there.

Barnaby Butterfield, whose opinion of his own intellect was truly titanic, believed he'd single-handedly reinvented the sandwich by adding an extra pickle. He'd boast about his "culinary genius" to anyone unfortunate enough to be within earshot, his conceited pronouncements echoing off the cafe walls.

Barnaby, a self-proclaimed luminary of lint sculpting, surveyed his latest masterpiece—a life-sized badger constructed entirely from dryer fluff. He preened, convinced his genius was unrecognized, this conceited artist believing his fuzzy rodents would soon adorn the Louvre, oblivious to the faint odor of mothballs clinging to his triumphs.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

Bartholomew strutted into the room, his chin perpetually elevated. He dismissed everyone's contributions with a condescending wave, his own pronouncements delivered as undeniable truths. It was clear his inflated opinion of his own worth eclipsed any humility, making him insufferable company.

Marcus, a self-proclaimed master cartographer of forgotten oceanic trenches, dismissed Elara's meticulously charted abyssal plains as mere doodles. His own maps, splashed with speculative leviathan sightings and fantastical hydrothermal vents, he deemed unparalleled. This conceited man truly believed his fantastical scribbles represented superior insight.

Bartholomew, a veritable polymath of arcane lore, strutted through the alchemist's guild, his pronouncements laced with a self-aggrandizing timbre. He dismissed the meticulous calculations of his peers as rudimentary, convinced his own prodigious intellect, a rare and wondrous gift, rendered all other efforts superfluous and pitiable.

Barnaby, a veritable symposiarch of self-importance, strutted into the ballroom, his resplendent waistcoat a testament to his thoroughly conceited opinion of his own sartorial genius. He believed his very presence elevated the plebeian company, a truly preposterous assessment of his limited social graces.

Barnaby, a connoisseur of *avant-garde* lint sculpture, possessed a truly stratospheric estimation of his own artistic acumen, so utterly conceited he believed his fluffy creations were destined for the Louvre, unaware they merely resembled dust bunnies in a tempest.

Difficulty

Normal — Everyday words worth reinforcing.

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