adj · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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CMU ARPABET:K AH0 N S IY1 T AH0 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rhetoric
Topics: literature, media, publishing
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Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Endowed with fancy or imagination.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adj
Meaning 4
Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
simple past and past participle of conceit
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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6
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a conceited fool
an attitude of self-conceited arrogance
an egotistical disregard of others
so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty
growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary
vain about her clothes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō ▲ Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)calq. Latin concipiō Old French concevoirbor. Middle English conceyven Middle English conceyte English conceit Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English conceited From conceit + -ed.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Across languages
Translations
92 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مَغْرُور
(maḡrūr)
— vain and egotistic
Bengali:
আত্মাভিমানী
(attabhimani)
— vain and egotistic
Bulgarian:
суетен
(sueten)
— vain and egotistic
Bulgarian:
надут
(nadut)
— vain and egotistic
Catalan:
presumptuós
— vain and egotistic
Chinese Mandarin:
自大
(zìdà)
— vain and egotistic
Chinese Mandarin:
狂妄
(kuángwàng)
— vain and egotistic
Chinese Mandarin:
囂張 /嚣张
(xiāozhāng)
— vain and egotistic
Danish:
indbildsk
— vain and egotistic
Dutch:
verwaand
— vain and egotistic
Esperanto:
vanta
— vain and egotistic
Finnish:
turhamainen
— vain and egotistic
Finnish:
itsekäs (egotistic)
— vain and egotistic
French:
vain
— vain and egotistic
French:
vaniteux
— vain and egotistic
French:
orgueilleux
— vain and egotistic
French:
suffisant
— vain and egotistic
French:
prétentieux
— vain and egotistic
German:
eingebildet
— vain and egotistic
German:
prätentiös
— vain and egotistic
German:
eitel
— vain and egotistic
German:
selbsteingenommen
— vain and egotistic
German:
blasiert
— vain and egotistic
Greek:
ματαιόδοξος
(mataiódoxos)
— vain and egotistic
Ancient Greek:
γαῦρος
(gaûros)
— vain and egotistic
Hungarian:
beképzelt
— vain and egotistic
Hungarian:
önhitt
— vain and egotistic
Hungarian:
öntelt
— vain and egotistic
Hungarian:
önelégült
— vain and egotistic
Hungarian:
elbizakodott
— vain and egotistic
Irish:
stráiciúil
— vain and egotistic
Irish:
leitheadach
— vain and egotistic
Irish:
postúil
— vain and egotistic
Irish:
mórchúiseach
— vain and egotistic
Irish:
mustrach
— vain and egotistic
Irish:
mórálach
— vain and egotistic
Irish:
anbharúlach
— vain and egotistic
Latvian:
iedomīgs
— vain and egotistic
Latvian:
uzpūtīgs
— vain and egotistic
Māori:
whakapehapeha
— vain and egotistic
Norman:
ordgilleux
— vain and egotistic
Norwegian Bokmål:
innbilsk
— vain and egotistic
Occitan:
bufaire
— vain and egotistic
Occitan:
espompit
— vain and egotistic
Occitan:
morrelevat
— vain and egotistic
Occitan:
vanitós
— vain and egotistic
Occitan:
orgulhós
— vain and egotistic
Portuguese:
convencido
— vain and egotistic
Romanian:
înfumurat
— vain and egotistic
Russian:
самодово́льный
(samodovólʹnyj)
— vain and egotistic
Russian:
тщесла́вный
(tščeslávnyj)
— vain and egotistic
Scottish Gaelic:
mòr às fhèin
— vain and egotistic
Spanish:
presuntuoso
— vain and egotistic
Spanish:
presumido
— vain and egotistic
Spanish:
comparón
— vain and egotistic
Spanish:
creído
— vain and egotistic
Spanish:
engreído
— vain and egotistic
Spanish:
finchado
— vain and egotistic
Tagalog:
alangas
— vain and egotistic
Ukrainian:
марносла́вний
(marnoslávnyj)
— vain and egotistic
Arabic:
مُتَعَصِّب
(mutaʕaṣṣib)
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
Bulgarian:
самонадеян
(samonadejan)
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
Finnish:
itserakas
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
Finnish:
omahyväinen
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
French:
prétentieux
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
French:
vaniteux
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
French:
imbu de soi
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
German:
hochnäsig
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
German:
arrogant
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
German:
selbstgefällig
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
German:
stolz
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
German:
aufgeblasen
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
German:
dünkelhaft
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
German:
verblendet
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
German:
selbstüberschätzend
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
German:
elitär
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
Greek:
φαντασμένος
(fantasménos)
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
Irish:
ainiontach
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
Irish:
postúil
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
Irish:
mórmheasúil
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
Italian:
pallone gonfiato
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
Italian:
arrogante
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
Norwegian Bokmål:
innbilsk
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
Norwegian Bokmål:
pretensiøs
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
Polish:
zarozumiały
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
Spanish:
presumido
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
Spanish:
comparón
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
Swedish:
egenkär
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
Swedish:
självgod
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
Ottoman Turkish:
بورونلو
(burunlu)
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
Ukrainian:
зарозумі́лий
(zarozumílyj)
— having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself
Spanish:
conceptuoso
— having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device
