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self-important

[ self-im-pawr-tnt, self- ]

adjective

  1. having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.


self-important

adjective

  1. having or showing an unduly high opinion of one's own abilities, importance, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

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  • ËŒ²õ±ð±ô´Ú-¾±³¾Ëˆ±è´Ç°ù³Ù²¹²Ô³¦±ð, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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  • ²õ±ð±ô´Ú-¾±³¾Â·±è´Ç°ùt²¹²Ô³Ù·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of self-important1

First recorded in 1765–75
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Example Sentences

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I don’t want to make it sound totally self-important, but I do think there is something that's kind of nihilistic: “Don’t sell out, man,†even as you're selling out.

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“John Orr is basically a god among arson investigators in the state of California at that time,†said Matassa, who had taken classes from Orr and regarded him as arrogant and self-important.

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But there has always been a soft center to his self-important characters.

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Denis Leary, with a distracting dye job, plays self-important Army Col.

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Though both are esteemed actors in their own right, neither is too self-important to throw off the balance in front of the camera.

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