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