Thesaurus / egotistical
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At this period Tchaikovskys attitude to his father and his aunts was slightly egotistical and contemptuous.
THE LIFE & LETTERS OF PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKYMODESTE TCHAIKOVSKYOne of them was a burlesque report of an egotistical lecturer who was referred to as "Professor Personal Pronoun."
MARK TWAIN, A BIOGRAPHY, 1835-1910, COMPLETEALBERT BIGELOW PAINEI know others who are still in it—and I watch their lives and find them to be restless, jealous, egotistical and idle.
THE BOOK OF LIFE: VOL. I MIND AND BODY; VOL. II LOVE AND SOCIETYUPTON SINCLAIRThat bracing up was only a part of the large egotistical schemes that dominated him.
THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY: BEING A PLAIN HISTORY OF LIFE AND MANKINDHERBERT GEORGE WELLSEvery dream is absolutely egotistical; in every dream the beloved ego appears, even though it be in a disguised form.
THE BEHAVIOR OF CROWDSEVERETT DEAN MARTINAccordingly this pleasure increases when the egotistical instinct is wounded, and diminishes when that instinct is flattered.
THE AESTHETICAL ESSAYSFRIEDRICH SCHILLERHis pompous and egotistical likings are shown in his causing his sons to march in and out in a stately ceremonial.
BROWNING AND THE DRAMATIC MONOLOGUES. S. CURRYYour wife is too egotistical and assertive, and her influence over the boy cannot fail to be detrimental.
THE LONG DIM TRAILFORRESTINE C. HOOKER"I'll confide to you that he is an egotistical and insufferable old ass," he whispered.
THE CAB OF THE SLEEPING HORSEJOHN REED SCOTTI have purposely reserved the egotistical bore for the last on this short and imperfect list.
MARTINE'S HAND-BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND GUIDE TO TRUE POLITENESSARTHUR MARTINEWORDS RELATED TO EGOTISTICAL
- affected
- aloof
- autocratic
- boastful
- boasting
- bragging
- conceited
- egocentric
- egoistic
- egoistical
- egomaniacal
- egotistical
- haughty
- individualistic
- inflated
- inner-directed
- intimate
- intrinsic
- introverted
- isolated
- narcissistic
- obsessive
- opinionated
- personal
- pompous
- prideful
- proud
- puffed up
- self-absorbed
- self-admiring
- self-centered
- self-important
- snobbish
- stuck on oneself
- stuck-up
- subjective
- superior
- swollen
- vain
- vainglorious
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