Definitions for conceited

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conceited con·ceit·ed

Spelling: [kuh n-see-tid]

IPA: /kənˈsi tɪd/

Conceited is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 273 anagrams from letters in conceited (ccdeeinot).

Definitions for conceited

noun

1. an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
2. something that is conceived in the mind; a thought; idea:
3. imagination; fancy.
4. a fancy; whim; fanciful notion.
5. an elaborate, fanciful metaphor, especially of a strained or far-fetched nature.
6. the use of such metaphors as a literary characteristic, especially in poetry.
7. a fancy, purely decorative article.
8. British Dialect. favorable opinion; esteem. personal opinion or estimation.
9. Obsolete. the faculty of conceiving; apprehension.

Idioms

1. out of conceit with, displeased or dissatisfied with.

adjective

1. having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.
2. Archaic. having an opinion. fanciful; whimsical.
3. Obsolete. intelligent; clever.

verb (used with object)

1. to flatter (especially oneself).
2. British Dialect. to take a fancy to; have a good opinion of.
3. Obsolete. to imagine. to conceive; apprehend.

Origin of conceited

First recorded in 1535-45; conceit + -ed²

Examples for conceited

Had I the same, I should have been very proud and conceited; but the truth is that I have no knowledge of the kind.

And therefore you are not conceited, having nothing of which to be conceited.

It helps one, or should help one, to realise both, and not to be too conceited about either.

I mean you think I'm conceited and rich and don't know what trouble is.

The rebels are not so conceited as the simon pure (p. 075) West-Pointers.

You pet them and fawn on them, and naturally they get conceited.

She was never a conceited, but she had often been a self-reliant woman.

Take him all in all, James was a bigot, a tyrant, a conceited fool.

You'll think I'm a conceited ass, but I'm not a bad sort, Eudora.

He called her “a silly chattering windbag, an infernal liar, a conceited, gushing, rump-wagging, blethering ass.”