self-important
self-important · more self-important · most self-important
зарозумілий, марнославний
надутый, напыщенный, помпезный
wichtigtuerisch
Having, or behaving as if having, too high an opinion of one's own importanceHaving, or behaving as if having, too high an opinion of one's own importance.
Meaning
1 sensesHaving, or behaving as if having, too high an opinion of one's own importance.
Near-synonym: self-entitled
The assistant manager was a self-important fellow who strutted about the office barking instructions.
wichtigtuerisch
having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride
Translations
4 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
having too high an opinion of one's own importance:
Forms
more self-important, most self-important| Comparative | more self-important Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most self-important Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
8 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
3 related wordsDerivedself-importantly
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.