self-important

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self-important

adjective more self-important · most self-important

Having, or behaving as if having, too high an opinion of one's own importance. Near-synonym: self-entitled
Similar: conceited, haughty, pompous, hoity-toity, turgescent, self-entitled · Opposite: self-deprecating

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adj having too high an opinion of one's own importance

Français	présomptueux
Deutsch	wichtigtuerisch
Italiano	borioso, montato

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@misc{self_important_2026,
  title = {self-important},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/self-important},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}