Self-important \Self`-im*por"tant\, a.
Having or manifesting an exaggerated idea of one's own
importance or merit.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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