self-admiringadj.
/ˌsɛlfədˈmʌɪərɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfədˈmaɪ(ə)rɪŋ/ That admires himself or herself; characterized by self-admiration; conceited, vain.
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the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > vanity > [adjective]
self-liking1580
self-loved1590
self-admiring1592
self-loving1593
self-liked1599
glass-gazing1608
coxcombly1610
self-admired1621
coxcombical1649
self-idolizing1649
vain1692
flashy1693
vaunty1724
coxcombic1730
self-idolized1766
narcissine1805
foofaraw1848
vanitous1900
narcissistic1915
narcistic1918
dicty1920
narcissist1934
1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. D2v Tyll Greene awakte him out of his selfe admiring contemplation, hee had nothing to doe, but walke vnder the Ewe tree at Trinitie hall.
1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis iii. 78 Deaths cold hand shuts his selfe-admiring [L. mirantia] eyes.
1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. v. iii. 300 The self-admiring Wits.
1871 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch (1872) I. i. i. 7 Dorothea..was open, ardent, and not in the least self-admiring.
1981 J. Carey John Donne iv. 99 His poems..though self-absorbed..are not self-admiring.
2012 Metro (Nexis) 24 Jan. 38 Richard's self-admiring egotism is so extreme as to render him a bit of a pantomime villain.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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