different between conceited vs bragging
conceited
English
Alternative forms
- conceipted (obsolete)
Etymology 1
conceit +? -ed
Adjective
conceited (comparative more conceited, superlative most conceited)
- Having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; vain and egotistical.
- c. 1732, Jonathan Swift, Epistle to a Lady
- If you think me too conceited / Or to passion quickly heated.
- 1692, Richard Bentley, A Confutation of Atheism
- Conceited of their own wit, and science, and politeness.
- c. 1732, Jonathan Swift, Epistle to a Lady
- (rhetoric, literature) Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
- (obsolete) Endowed with fancy or imagination.
- He was […] pleasantly conceited, and sharp of wit.
- (obsolete) Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.
- A conceited chair to sleep in.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:arrogant
Derived terms
- conceitedly
- conceitedness
Translations
Etymology 2
See conceit (verb)
Verb
conceited
- simple past tense and past participle of conceit
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bragging
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?a???/
- Hyphenation: brag?ging
- Rhymes: -æ???
Noun
bragging (plural braggings)
- The act of one who brags.
- 1936, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind
- […] there was a glint of amused contempt in his black eyes — contempt, as if he listened to the braggings of children.
- 1936, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind
Translations
Verb
bragging
- present participle of brag
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