SELF-IMPORTANT

Meaning of SELF-IMPORTANT in English

adjective

( disapproving ) thinking that you are more important than other people

SYN arrogant

► ˌself-imˈport·ance noun [ U ]

► ˌself-imˈport·ant·ly adverb

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

SELF-IMPORTANT — adjective Date: 1766 having or showing self-importance, ~ly adverb
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SELF-IMPORTANT — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : having or showing self-importance : arrogant or pompous • self-importantly | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adverb
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SELF-IMPORTANT — (a.) Having or manifesting an exaggerated idea of one's own importance or merit.
Английский словарь Webster
SELF-IMPORTANT — ( a. ) Having or manifesting an exaggerated idea of one's own importance or merit.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SELF-IMPORTANT — — self-importance , n. — self-importantly , adv. /self"im pawr"tnt, self'-/ , adj. having or showing an exaggerated opinion of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SELF-IMPORTANT — adjective Date: 1766 : having or showing self-importance • self-im·por·tant·ly adverb
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SELF-IMPORTANT — adj having or manifesting an exaggerated idea of one's own importance or merit.
Webster English vocab
SELF-IMPORTANT — Pronunciation: -t ə nt, -t ə nt Function: adjective Date: 1766 : having or showing self-importance – self-im · por …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SELF-IMPORTANT — [self-important] adj (ca. 1775): having or showing self-importance -- self-im.por.tant.ly adv
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SELF-IMPORTANT — ˌself-imˈportant BrE AmE adjective behaving in a way that shows you think you are more important than other people – …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SELF-IMPORTANT — If you say that someone is self-important , you disapprove of them because they behave as if they are more …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SELF-IMPORTANT — If you say that someone is ~, you disapprove of them because they behave as if they are more important …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SELF-IMPORTANT — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ As a waiter, he had grown to despise self-important customers. ▪ He was one …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SELF-IMPORTANT — Synonyms and related words : arrogant, assured, big, big-league, big-name, big-time, bigwig, bigwigged, bloated, bombastic, cocksure, complacent, conceited, confident, consequential, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SELF-IMPORTANT — Function: adjective Synonyms: POMPOUS 1, arrogant, bloated, important, magisterial, pontifical, puffy, stuffy, wiggy
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SELF-IMPORTANT — a. Pompous, vain, proud.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
SELF-IMPORTANT — adjective Synonyms: pompous 1, arrogant, bloated, important, magisterial, pontifical, puffy, stuffy, wiggy
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SELF-IMPORTANT — See ↑ PROUD 3
Longman Activator English vocab
SELF-IMPORTANT — 25B6; adjective CONCEITED, arrogant, bumptious, full of oneself, puffed up, swollen-headed, pompous, overbearing, opinionated, cocky, presumptuous, sententious, vain, overweening, proud, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SELF-IMPORTANT — прил. с большим самомнением; важничающий с большим самомнением; важничающий; много о себе думающий
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SELF-IMPORTANT — a с большим самомнением; важничающий; много о себе думающий
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SELF-IMPORTANT — прил.с большим самомнением; важничающий
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SELF IMPORTANT — (a) важничающий
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SELF IMPORTANT — (0) много о себе думающий; с большим самомнением
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SELF-IMPORTANT — a с большим самомнением; важничающий; много о себе думающий
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SELF-IMPORTANT — a с большим самомнением; важничающий; много о себе думающий
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SELF-IMPORTANT — прил. с большим самомнением; важничающий
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SELF-IMPORTANT — прил. с большим самомнением; важничающий
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SELF-IMPORTANT — _a. с большим самомнением; важничающий
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SELF-IMPORTANT — a. с большим самомнением; важничающий
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SELF-IMPORTANT — Достаточный
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
SELF-IMPORTANT — прил. с большим самомнением; важничающий с большим самомнением; важничающий; много о себе думающий
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SELF — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Black Panther Party for Self Defense self defense Self Defense Force self determination self …
Английский словарь Британика
SELF — I. ˈself, ˈseu̇f, South often ˈse(ə)f pronoun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English self, seolf, sylf; akin to Old Frisian …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SELF- — combining form Etymology: Middle English, from Old English self-, seolf-, sylf-, from self, seolf, sylf, pron. & adjective 1. a. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IMPORTANT — -nt adjective Etymology: Middle French, from Old Italian importante (verbal of importare to be important), from Latin important-, importans, present …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SELF- — a combining form of self and variously used with the meanings "of the self" ( self-analysis ) and "by oneself …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SELF — /self/ , n. , pl. selves , adj., pron., pl. selves , v. n. 1. a person or thing referred …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
IMPORTANT — — importantly , adv. /im pawr"tnt/ , adj. 1. of much or great significance or consequence: an important event in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SELF — I. ˈself, Southern also ˈsef pronoun Etymology: Middle English (intensive pronoun), from Old English; akin to Old High German selb, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SELF- — Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from self 1. a. : oneself or itself self- supporting b. : of oneself …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
IMPORTANT — -tənt, -dənt adjective Etymology: Middle English importante, from Medieval Latin important-, importans, present participle of importare to signify — more …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SELF — noun personification; embodiment. 2. self ·adj same; particular; very; identical. 3. self ·noun hence, personal interest, or love of private …
Webster English vocab
IMPORTANT — vt bearing on; forcible; driving. 2. important ·vt importunate; pressing; urgent. 3. important ·vt full of, or burdened by, import; …
Webster English vocab
IMPORTANT — [im.por.tant] adj [ME importante, fr. ML important-, importans, prp. of importare to signify, fr. L, to bring into] (15c) 1: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SELF — the I as experienced by an individual. In modern psychology the notion of the self has replaced earlier conceptions of …
Britannica English vocabulary
IMPORTANT — important BrE AmE ɪm ˈpɔːt ə nt AmE \ -ˈpɔːrt- ▷ important|ly li
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SELF — / self; NAmE / noun ( pl. selves / selvz; NAmE /) 1. [ C , usually sing. ] the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
IMPORTANT — / ɪmˈpɔːtnt; NAmE -ˈpɔːrt-/ adjective 1. important (to sb) having a great effect on people or things; of great value …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SELF — self S2 W3 /self/ BrE AmE noun ( plural selves /selvz/) [ Language: Old English ] 1 . [countable usually …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
IMPORTANT — im ‧ por ‧ tant S1 W1 /ɪmˈpɔːt ə nt $ -ɔːr-/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SELF — n. & adj. --n. (pl. selves) 1 a person's or thing's own individuality or essence (showed his true self). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
IMPORTANT — adj. 1 (often foll. by to) of great effect or consequence; momentous. 2 (of a person) having high rank or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SELF — n. & adj. n. (pl. selves) 1 a person's or thing's own individuality or essence (showed his true self). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
IMPORTANT — adj. 1 (often foll. by to) of great effect or consequence; momentous. 2 (of a person) having high rank or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SELF — n. & adj. --n. (pl. selves) 1. a person's or thing's own individuality or essence (showed his true self). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
IMPORTANT — adj.1 (often foll. by to) of great effect or consequence; momentous. 2 (of a person) having high rank or status, …
Oxford English vocab
IMPORTANT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that is important is very …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SELF — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be a shadow/ghost of your former self (= be much less confident, healthy, energetic etc …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IMPORTANT — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a great/major/important discovery ▪ The archaeologists had made an important discovery. a key/central/important concept ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IMPORTANT — [adjective] - necessary or of great valueI sometimes think his career is more important to him than I am.It's important …
Cambridge English vocab
SELF — n. Black Panther Party for Self Defense self defense Self Defense Force self determination self esteem self fertilization self heal …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SELF — Synonyms and related words : I, I myself, alter, alter ego, alterum, anima, anima humana, atman, ba, better self, breath, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
IMPORTANT — Synonyms and related words : absolute, arrogant, ascendant, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, big, big-league, big-name, big-time, bigwig, bigwigged, bloated, charismatic, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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