Definition of Self-important

1. Adjective. Having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride. "Chesty as a peacock"

Exact synonyms: Arrogant, Chesty
Similar to: Proud
Derivative terms: Arrogance, Self-importance, Self-importance

Definition of Self-important

1. Adjective. Having, or behaving as if having, too high an opinion of one's own importance. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-important

self-harm
self-harmer
self-hating
self-hatred
self-help
self-help devices
self-help groups
self-hypnosis
self-image
self-images
self-immolate
self-immolation
self-immolations
self-importance
self-important (current term)
self-imposed
self-improvement
self-incrimination
self-induced
self-inductance
self-induction
self-indulgence
self-indulgent
self-infection
self-inflicted
self-injure
self-injured
self-injures
self-injuring

Literary usage of Self-important

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1912)
"Note: In this particular case: where the speaker is so self-important, it would be "I," "my," and "mine" all the time. Shakespeare carefully places the ..."

2. Sketches from the Diary of a Commercial Traveller by Throne Crick (1847)
"THE self-important SHOPKEEPER. ALL men in business meet with difficulties; and trifling, self-important, frivolous, and vexatious characters ..."

3. The Works of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë by Charlotte Brontë, Patrick Branwell Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë (1896)
"formal and self-important character modulated her strains, as it impressed her manners and moulded her countenance. Mr Moore, released from the ..."

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