egotistic

[ UK /ˌɛɡətˈɪstɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
    so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty
    an egotistical disregard of others
    vain about her clothes
    a conceited fool
    an attitude of self-conceited arrogance
    growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary
  2. characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance
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How To Use egotistic In A Sentence

  • As for the national outpouring of ersatz grief, reminiscent of the scenes that followed the death of Princess Diana, it surely spoke not of feeling but of an egotistical inability to feel, compensated for by outward show.
  • I think it's perfectly possible in conversation to be proud of achievements without appearing egotistical.
  • He becomes cold, heartless and an egotistical exhibitionist; much like the man that left him for dead.
  • Fundamental in the personality of the hysterics is this instability, this emotionality, which is however secondary to an egotistic, easily wounded nature, craving sympathy and respect and often unable legitimately to earn them. The Nervous Housewife
  • He was vain, egotistical, boorish and gloriously insensitive.
  • This mass of towering, buckled stone and fluted snow is the most unaccommodating zone on Earth, and the painter, in his own words, is ‘not trying to force an egotistical or mystical image upon it’.
  • I don't mean to sound egotistic, but I probably enjoy life more than most people I know. NO BODY
  • Grammer made his Broadway debut last year in a revival of musical "La Cage aux Folles" but is best known as the egotistical therapist Frasier Crane in the TV comedies "Frasier" and Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
  • Pardon me should I use the personal pronoun "I" too frequently, as I do not wish to be called egotistical, for I only write of what I saw as an humble private in the rear rank in an infantry regiment, commonly called "webfoot. "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show
  • Of 32 revolutionary leaders, 23 were described as egotistical, narcissistic, and searching for personal fame and glory Rejai, 1980. The Bass Handbook of Leadership
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