conceited
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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
Smug, as we use it as a synonym for conceited or self-righteous, emerged from its earlier sense of “neat and trim,” which is exactly the ideal of a pert bump.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025
“Maybe I’m being conceited, but I believe we may have stumbled into a new sound,” he enthuses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2024
In the 1991 comedy film, Richard Dreyfuss plays Leo Marvin, a conceited psychiatrist who is driven mad by new, paranoid patient Bob Wiley, played by Bill Murray.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 29, 2023
Every time you mention some guy that's strictly a bastard--very mean, or very conceited and all--and when you mention it to the girl, she'll tell you he has an inferiority complex.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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