Another word for self-important
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Adjective
Characterized by an exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance
- Pompous or pretentious:
- blowing or coming in puffs
- panting; short-winded
- puffed up; swollen; inflated
- Displaying exaggerated dignity or self-importance; pompous.
- Claiming that or behaving as if one is important or deserving of merit when such is not the case:
- Showing or betraying an attitude of superiority:
- Marked by an extravagant or presumptuous outward show; ostentatious:
- Characterized by excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; pretentious:
- Full of high-sounding phrases; bombastic:
- Characterized by pomp or stately display:
- Pretentiously self-important; pompous.
- Given to frivolity or silliness.
- Characterized by greatness of scope or intent; grand:
- Characterized by excessive self-importance or affected grandeur; pompous:
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Another word for self-important
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- Holding or characterized by an unduly high opinion of oneself; vain.
- Tending to talk excessively about oneself.
- Believing oneself to be better and more important than others.
- Egoistical.
- Feeling pleasurable satisfaction over an act, possession, quality, or relationship by which one measures one's stature or self-worth:
- Occasioning or being a reason for pride:
- Feeling or showing justifiable self-respect:
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