3 definitions
for conceited
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Conceited \Con*ceit"ed\, a.
1. Endowed with fancy or imagination. [Obs.]
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He was . . . pleasantly conceited, and sharp of wit.
--Knolles.
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2. Entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain.
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If you think me too conceited
Or to passion quickly heated. --Swift.
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Conceited of their own wit, science, and politeness.
--Bentley.
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3. Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful. [Obs.]
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A conceited chair to sleep in. --Evelyn.
Syn: Vain; proud; opinionated; egotistical.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
conceited
adj : characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense
of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of
self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of
others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for
normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and
arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes" [syn: egotistic,
egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed,
vain]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "conceited":
Gascon, aggressively self-confident, arrogant, biggety, boastful,
boasting, braggart, bragging, bumptious, chesty, cocky, complacent,
coxcombical, dandified, dandy, egocentric, egotistical, fanfaron,
fanfaronading, foppish, gasconading, haughty, immodest,
know-it-all, narcissistic, obtrusive, overwise, peacockish,
peacocky, perk, perky, pert, prideful, proud, puffed up, self,
self-admiring, self-advertising, self-applauding, self-conceited,
self-flattering, self-glorious, self-important, self-lauding,
self-opinionated, self-satisfied, self-vaunting, smart-alecky,
smug, snobbish, snotty, stuck-up, swelled-headed, thrasonic,
thrasonical, vain, vainglorious, vaporing, vaunting
