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单词 self-important
释义

self-important

adjective

self-im·​por·​tant ˌself-im-ˈpȯr-tᵊnt How to pronounce self-important (audio)
-tənt
: having or showing self-importance
self-importantly adverb

Synonyms

  • assured
  • biggety [Southern & Midland]
  • biggity
  • bigheaded
  • complacent
  • conceited
  • consequential
  • egoistic
  • egoistical
  • egotistic
  • egotistical
  • important
  • overweening
  • pompous
  • prideful
  • proud
  • self-conceited
  • self-opinionated
  • self-satisfied
  • smug
  • stuck-up
  • swellheaded
  • vain
  • vainglorious
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Word History

First Known Use

1732, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

self-important

adjective

self-im·​por·​tant
ˌself-im-ˈpȯr-tᵊnt
: having or showing the attitude of someone who has too high an opinion of his or her own importance : showing self-importance

self-important

adjective

as in smug
having too high an opinion of oneself a self-important businessman who believed his schedule mattered more than anyone else's

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • smug
  • arrogant
  • proud
  • vainglorious
  • vain
  • conceited
  • pompous
  • egotistic
  • selfish
  • egotistical
  • domineering
  • egoistic
  • bigheaded
  • important
  • prideful
  • egoistical
  • complacent
  • self-satisfied
  • confident
  • self-conceited
  • stuck-up
  • supercilious
  • overweening
  • consequential
  • biggety
  • snobbish
  • boastful
  • cocky
  • snooty
  • bumptious
  • snobby
  • assured
  • self-opinionated
  • uppity
  • pretentious
  • swaggering
  • swellheaded
  • bombastic
  • braggart
  • haughty
  • cavalier
  • biggity
  • blusterous
  • braggy
  • pontifical
  • assumptive
  • blustery
  • bragging
  • disdainful
  • overconfident
  • high-and-mighty
  • uppish
  • huffy
  • chesty
  • presumptuous
  • imperious
  • superior
  • condescending
  • masterful
  • hifalutin
  • patronizing
  • presuming
  • holier-than-thou
  • toplofty
  • highfalutin
  • lordly
  • self-congratulatory
  • lofty
  • peremptory
  • self-assertive
  • high-handed
  • fastuous
  • self-assured
  • self-centered
  • self-promoting
  • self-confident
  • self-contented
  • self-glorifying
  • self-dramatizing
  • high-hat
  • self-asserting
  • toploftical
  • self-engrossed
  • self-gratulatory
  • self-adulatory
  • self-applauding
  • self-affected

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • humble
  • modest
  • diffident
  • egoless
  • timid
  • meek
  • unassertive
  • unassuming
  • unpretentious
  • uncomplacent
  • self-doubting
  • sheepish
  • self-critical
  • bashful
  • mousy
  • introverted
  • shy
  • self-reproachful
  • demure
  • mousey
  • self-distrustful
  • shrinking
  • self-reproving
  • unarrogant
  • down-to-earth
  • retiring
  • overmodest
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