Thesaurus / self-seeking
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Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
PEARLS OF THOUGHTMATURIN M. BALLOUNow this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYAt present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERBut to wave this discourse of Heathens, how many self-contradicting principles are there held among Christians?
THE LIFE AND MOST SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER (1801)DANIEL DEFOEJean grinned and dribbled self-consciously, and showed his two little teeth to the proudest father in the world.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEThese evidences of an impulse to look on correction as a quite proper thing are corroborated by stories of self-punishment.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYAs guileless, though as self-reliant, gentlewomen as sequestered England could produce.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEI must aspire to the agitating transports of self-devotion, in scenes of sacrifice and peril!
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERBut they soon fell out, for Murat had the audacity to try and make these patriots fight instead of merely seeking plunder.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONOnly at moments was he aware of this—a kind of higher Self, detached from shifting moods, looked on calmly and took note.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODWORDS RELATED TO SELF-SEEKING
- 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
- self-seeking
- self-serving
- selfish
- snobbish
- stuck on oneself
- stuck-up
- subjective
- superior
- swollen
- vain
- vainglorious
- wrapped up in oneself
- 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
- self-involved
- self-seeking
- selfish
- snobbish
- stuck on oneself
- stuck-up
- subjective
- superior
- swollen
- vain
- vainglorious
- wrapped up in oneself
- abject
- avaricious
- base
- black
- calculated
- corrupt
- covetous
- debauched
- degenerate
- degraded
- despicable
- disreputable
- dowdy
- filthy
- foul
- grasping
- grubby
- ignoble
- impure
- low-down
- mean
- mercenary
- miserable
- miserly
- nasty
- poor
- scurvy
- seedy
- self-seeking
- selfish
- servile
- shabby
- shameful
- sleazy
- slovenly
- slum
- slummy
- small
- small-minded
- squalid
- unclean
- uncleanly
- ungenerous
- venal
- vicious
- vile
- wretched
- arrant
- base
- casuistic
- conscienceless
- corrupt
- crafty
- crooked
- deceitful
- degraded
- degrading
- disgraceful
- dishonest
- dishonorable
- down and dirty
- exploitative
- illegal
- improper
- low-down
- mercenary
- perfidious
- petty
- questionable
- recreant
- ruthless
- scandalous
- scheming
- self-seeking
- selfish
- shady
- shameless
- shifty
- sinister
- slippery
- sly
- two-faced
- unconscientious
- unconscionable
- underhand
- underhanded
- unethical
- unfair
- unprincipled
- unworthy
- venal
- wicked
- wrongful
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