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Which fairy tale character is famously conceited?

conceited

[kuhn-see-tid] / kənˈsi tɪd /


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Although he was revered by his men, former Yugoslav army spokesman Ljubodrag Stojadinovic once described him as "narcissistic, conceited, vain and arrogant".

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

But somehow, she never sounds arrogant or conceited.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

In his telling, the combination made him conceited and aggrieved and accounted for the bizarre explosions of rage that punctuated his youth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

After the commissioner makes this conceited Yank grovel, Marty simply replies, “It’s every man for himself where I come from.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

He was handsome and unattractive, a swashbuckling, beefy, conceited man who was putting on fat and was tormented chronically by prolonged seizures of apprehension.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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