Conceited

conceit + -ed

Full definition of conceited

Adjective

1. Having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; vain and egotistical.
• Jonathan SwiftIf you think me too conceited
  Or to passion quickly heated.
• BentleyConceited of their own wit, science, and politeness.
2. (rhetoric, literature) Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
3. (obsolete) Endowed with fancy or imagination.
• KnollesHe was ... pleasantly conceited, and sharp of wit.
4. (obsolete) Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.
• EvelynA conceited chair to sleep in.

Synonyms

Derived terms

• conceitedly
• conceitedness

See conceit verb

Verb

1. conceited

   (past of conceit)