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Word Meanings - CONCEITEDNESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The state of being conceited; conceit; vanity. Addison.

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  • SELF-CONCEIT
    Conceit of one's self; an overweening opinion of one's powers or endowments. Syn. -- See Egotism.
  • CONCEITEDLY
    1. In an egotistical manner. 2. Fancifully; whimsically.
  • VANITY BOX
    A small box, usually jeweled or of precious metal and worn on a chain, containing a mirror, powder puff, and other small toilet articles for a woman.
  • CONCEITEDNESS
    The state of being conceited; conceit; vanity. Addison.
  • SELF-CONCEITED
    Having an overweening opinion of one's own powers, attainments; vain; conceited. -- Self`-con*ceit"ed*ness, n.
  • EGOTISM
    The practice of too frequently using the word I; hence, a speaking or writing overmuch of one's self; self-exaltation; self- praise; the act or practice of magnifying one's self or parading one's own doings. The word is also used in the sense of
  • CONCEIT
    conception, fr. concipere to conceive: cf. OF. p. p. nom. conciez 1. That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception. In laughing, there ever procedeth a conceit of somewhat ridiculous. Bacon. A man wise
  • SELF-EXALTATION
    The act of exalting one's self, or the state of being so exalted.
  • SELF-PRAISE
    Praise of one's self.
  • CONCEITLESS
    Without wit; stupid. Think'st thou I am so shallow, so conceitless. To be seduced by thy flattery Shak.
  • VANITY
    1. The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. Eccl. i. 2. Here I may well show the vanity
  • CONCEITED
    1. Endowed with fancy or imagination. He was . . . pleasantly conceited, and sharp of wit. Knolles. 2. Entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain. If you think me too conceited Or to passion quickly heated. Swift. Conceited of their
  • MISCONCEIT
    Misconception.
  • PRECONCEIT
    An opinion or notion formed beforehand; a preconception. Hooker.

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