Egotistical
[,egə'tɪstɪk(ə)l] or [,igə'tɪstɪkl]
Definition
(a.) Addicted to, or manifesting, egotism.
Typed by Carlyle
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Conceited, vain, opinionated, BUMPTIOUS, self-important.
Editor: Rebekah
Examples
- His lordship's manner was always natural, sometimes very pleasant; but generally egotistical. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But there, I talk so much about myself, that you must think me egotistical. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The bald egotistical swine. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It looks too egotistical. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Harriet, though beautiful, egotistical, and self-satisfied, was not quite weak enough for him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I don't wish to say anything that might appear egotistical, gentlemen, but I'm very glad, for your own sakes, that you came to me; that's all. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- That bracing up was only a part of the large egotistical schemes that dominated him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Muck all the insane, egotistical, treacherous swine that have always governed Spain and ruled her armies. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Is that not rather an egotistical way of looking at life? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Editor: Rebekah