conceitedly
In vain fashion
In a manner showing excessive pride in oneself or one's abilities.
Someone who speaks conceitedly boasts or assumes superiority: He conceitedly dismissed everyone else's suggestions.
The word carries strong disapproval—it suggests not just confidence but an inflated sense of one's own importance.
Excessively self-centered
- self-importantExaggerating one's own significance
- overbearingArrogantly dominating in manner
- presumptuousOverstepping appropriate boundaries
- imperiousArrogantly authoritative
domineering · hubristic · high-handed · overweening · swaggering · boastful · narcissistic · inflated
Arrogantly contemptuous of others
- contemptuousShowing open disrespect
- disdainfulShowing open contempt
- snobbishCondescending toward perceived inferiors
- aloofEmotionally withdrawn, uninviting
scornful · patronizing · condescending · derisive · sneering · lordly · dismissively · snootily
In a showy manner
- flamboyantlyIn an ostentatious manner
- pretentiouslyWith exaggerated importance
- bombasticallyIn pretentiously inflated style
- theatricallyIn a stagey manner
grandiosely · affectedly · grandiloquently · floridly · extravagantly · pompously · flashily · garishly
Smugly pleased with oneself
- complacentUncritically self-satisfied
- self-righteousSmugly certain of correctness
- know-it-allSelf-proclaimed authority on everything
- gloatingSmug triumph display
self-congratulatory · self-assured · overconfident · prissily · unctuously · sanctimoniously · holier-than-thou · triumphantly
egotistical
Excessively self-centered
- self-importantExaggerating one's own significance
- overbearingArrogantly dominating in manner
- presumptuousOverstepping appropriate boundaries
imperious · domineering · hubristic · high-handed · overweening · swaggering · boastful · narcissistic · inflated · self-aggrandizing
supercilious
Arrogantly contemptuous of others
- contemptuousShowing open disrespect
- disdainfulShowing open contempt
- snobbishCondescending toward perceived inferiors
aloof · scornful · patronizing · condescending · derisive · sneering · lordly · dismissively · snootily · sniffily
ostentatiously
In a showy manner
- flamboyantlyIn an ostentatious manner
- pretentiouslyWith exaggerated importance
- bombasticallyIn pretentiously inflated style
theatrically · grandiosely · affectedly · grandiloquently · floridly · extravagantly · pompously · flashily · garishly · showily
self-satisfied
Smugly pleased with oneself
- complacentUncritically self-satisfied
- self-righteousSmugly certain of correctness
- know-it-allSelf-proclaimed authority on everything
gloating · self-congratulatory · self-assured · overconfident · prissily · unctuously · sanctimoniously · holier-than-thou · triumphantly · superior
- arrogant adverbshaughtily, smugly, pompously, condescendingly, disdainfully
conceitedlyhumbly
Without pride or arrogance
modestly · self-deprecatingly · unpretentiously · unassumingly · diffidently
conceitedlymeekly
In docile manner
submissively · timidly · shyly · deferentially · self-consciously
- conceited personOne with inflated self-regard