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# conceited

adjective (conceited, more conceited, most conceited)

«conceited» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Too proud of yourself; thinking you are cleverer, better-looking or more important than you are. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conceited/#m1)

### In the lessons

In stories, a conceited character often boasts and then gets a lesson. Toad in The Wind in the Willows is very conceited: he sings songs about how wonderful he is («The world has held great Heroes… but never a name to go down to fame compared with that of Toad!»). Kipling's Just So animals can be conceited too. The noun is conceit. Opposite: modest, humble.

### Examples

- Toad was so conceited that he wrote songs about himself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conceited/#x1)
- She is clever but not at all conceited. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conceited/#x2)
- Don't be conceited just because you won. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conceited/#x3)
- The conceited peacock spread his tail for everyone to admire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conceited/#x4)
- Badger told Toad to stop being so conceited. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conceited/#x5)
- It sounded conceited when he said he was the best player in the school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conceited/#x6)
- Nobody likes a conceited winner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conceited/#x7)
- "How conceited you are!" exclaimed the beetle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conceited/#x8)

### Note

The noun is conceit (also an old word for a clever idea in a poem). Similar words: vain, big-headed, arrogant, stuck-up (informal). Spelling: ei after c — conceited.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «conceited» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conceited/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«conceited» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/conceited.html) on Mova free.