Self-important

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Self-important \Self`-im*por"tant\, a.
     Having or manifesting an exaggerated idea of one's own
     importance or merit.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  self-important
       adj : having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of
             overbearing pride; "an arrogant official"; "arrogant
             claims"; "chesty as a peacock" [syn: {arrogant}, {chesty}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  103 Moby Thesaurus words for "self-important":
     arrogant, assured, big, big-league, big-name, big-time, bigwig,
     bigwigged, bloated, bombastic, cocksure, complacent, conceited,
     confident, consequential, considerable, convinced, decided,
     determined, double-barreled, earthshaking, egotistical, flatulent,
     formal, gassy, grand, grandiloquent, great, haughty, heavyweight,
     high-powered, hubristic, important, inflated, magisterial, major,
     material, momentous, name, narcissan, narcissine, narcissistic,
     narcistic, overbearing, overconfident, overproud, oversure,
     overweening, persuaded, poised, pompous, pontifical, positive,
     presumptuous, proud, puffy, reassured, secure, self-absorbed,
     self-admiring, self-approving, self-assuming, self-assured,
     self-complacent, self-confident, self-congratulating,
     self-congratulatory, self-content, self-contented, self-delighting,
     self-endeared, self-esteeming, self-gratulating, self-gratulatory,
     self-loving, self-reliant, self-respecting, self-satisfied,
     self-seeking, self-sufficient, significant, smug, snobbish, snooty,
     snotty, solemn, stilted, stuck-up, stuffy, substantial, superior,
     sure, swollen, tumid, turgid, unafraid, undoubting, unfaltering,
     unhesitating, unwavering, vain, vainglorious, world-shaking