Definitions for self-important

self-important self-im·por·tant

Spelling: [self-im-pawr-tnt, self-]
IPA: /ˈsɛlf ɪmˈpɔr tnt, ˌsɛlf-/

Self-Important is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 3875 anagrams from letters in self-important (-aefilmnoprstt).

Definitions for self-important

adjective

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

Origin of self-important

First recorded in 1765-75

Examples for self-important

A pedantic and self-important “paper architect,” Polyp goes into crisis when his marriage dissolves.

He was old, fussy, and self-important, and withal no friend to me.

If the coroner was self-important, he was no more so than his witness.

Of all the impudent, conceited, self-important young whippersnappers!

Had he ever done something like in Newtown, every self-important shrink on TV would have claimed they'd have seen it coming.

She was inclined to be fussy and self-important and lacking in self-reliance.

Shepparton is to-day a local capital, busy and self-important.

Real Spike will never sound that self-important, no matter how artistic he gets.

They get bloated, self-important, and impossible to deal with.

It was small and self-important rather than big and magnanimous.

Word Value for self-important
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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