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Synonyms for self-important
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : self-im-pawr-tnt, self- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛlf ɪmˈpɔr tnt, ˌsɛlf- |
Top 10 synonyms for self-important
Définition of self-important
Origin :- "having or showing an exaggerated estimation of one's own importance," 1728, from self- + important. Related: Self-importance (1728).
- adj conceited
- If the coroner was self-important, he was no more so than his witness.
- Extract from : « The Mark of Cain » by Carolyn Wells
- Shepparton is to-day a local capital, busy and self-important.
- Extract from : « Australian Pictures » by Howard Willoughby
- She was inclined to be fussy and self-important and lacking in self-reliance.
- Extract from : « Coquette » by Frank Swinnerton
- He was old, fussy, and self-important, and withal no friend to me.
- Extract from : « Helmet of Navarre » by Bertha Runkle
- Of all the impudent, conceited, self-important young whippersnappers!
- Extract from : « The Unspeakable Perk » by Samuel Hopkins Adams
- She could feel the cool air of the morning again, and hear the crowing of a self-important cock.
- Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan
- For Mrs. De Graf was vain and self-important, and still thought herself attractive and even girlish.
- Extract from : « Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad » by Edith Van Dyne
- The diarist is a self-important person, talking to himself and to the future, and conscious of his effect upon both.
- Extract from : « The Joys of Being a Woman » by Winifred Kirkland
- I never can keep track of his hours; seniors are such an erratic, self-important lot.
- Extract from : « For the Honor of the School » by Ralph Henry Barbour
- A bustling, self-important major of United States volunteers was at one time there, in charge.
- Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon
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