narcissistic
Excessively self-admiring
Narcissistic describes excessive self-admiration and preoccupation with oneself.
Someone narcissistic craves attention and validation, often at others' expense: Her narcissistic need for praise exhausted everyone around her.
The word derives from Narcissus, the Greek youth who fell in love with his own reflection.
In psychology, narcissistic personality disorder is a clinical diagnosis involving grandiosity, lack of empathy, and fragile self-esteem masked by arrogance.
Exaggerating one's own significance
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
- condescendingSuperior and dismissive manner
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
pompous · egotistical · superior · smug · disdainful · imperious · overbearing · patronizing
Reflective viewing surface
- selfiePhoto of oneself
- preeningGrooming with vanity
- vainExcessively proud or futile
- self-admiringFond of oneself
photogenic · grooming · primping · self-portrait · reflection · picture-perfect · Instagram · filtered
Manipulation causing self-doubt
- love-bombingCalculated excessive flattery
- triangulationLocation via three points
- devaluationLowering of currency worth
- hooveringCleaning floors with suction
projection · blame-shifting · guilt-tripping · coercive · controlling · exploitative · calculating · scheming
Having rightful claim
- demandingRequiring great effort
- expectantAwaiting something foreseen
- spoiledRuined or overindulged
- pamperedLavished with indulgence
privileged · deserving · owed · unearned · presumptuous · exploitative · taker · user
Exaggerated sense of importance
- thin-skinnedEasily hurt by remarks
- rageIntense, violent anger
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
- maskFace-worn concealment
covert · overt · malignant · vulnerable · somatic · cerebral · collapsed · communal
Preoccupation with oneself
- self-obsessionFixation on oneself
- self-centerednessPreoccupation with one's own interests
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
- self-admirationExcessive regard for oneself
self-involvement · self-preoccupation · self-regard · self-love · self-focus · self-interest · self-worship · self-glorification
self-important
Exaggerating one's own significance
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
- condescendingSuperior and dismissive manner
grandiose · pompous · egotistical · superior · smug · disdainful · imperious · overbearing · patronizing · cocky
mirror
Reflective viewing surface
self-admiring · photogenic · grooming · primping · self-portrait · reflection · picture-perfect · Instagram · filtered · curated
gaslighting
Manipulation causing self-doubt
- love-bombingCalculated excessive flattery
- triangulationLocation via three points
- devaluationLowering of currency worth
hoovering · projection · blame-shifting · guilt-tripping · coercive · controlling · exploitative · calculating · scheming · cunning
entitled
Having rightful claim
pampered · privileged · deserving · owed · unearned · presumptuous · exploitative · taker · user · self-serving
grandiosity
Exaggerated sense of importance
- thin-skinnedEasily hurt by remarks
- rageIntense, violent anger
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
mask · covert · overt · malignant · vulnerable · somatic · cerebral · collapsed · communal · pathological
self-absorption
Preoccupation with oneself
- self-obsessionFixation on oneself
- self-centerednessPreoccupation with one's own interests
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
self-admiration · self-involvement · self-preoccupation · self-regard · self-love · self-focus · self-interest · self-worship · self-glorification · solipsistic
- egotismarrogant, conceited, egocentric, egomaniac, egotist
- selfish traitsselfish, greedy, self-centered, self-absorbed, egotistical
- personality disordersborderline personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder, OCPD, personality disorders, borderline
- flawsfaults, defect, flaw, blemish, flaws
- indulgenceindulgence, indulge, indulgent, self-indulgent, overindulgence
- mental statesknowledge, conscious, mood, anxious, memory
narcissisticselfless
Concerned with others' welfare
altruistic · self-sacrificing · self-denying · charitable · philanthropic
narcissistichumble
Unassuming about oneself
modest · self-effacing · diffident · unassuming · meek
narcissisticempathetic
Feeling what others feel
compassionate · empathic · considerate · caring · sensitive
- narcissistic personality disorderMental illness featuring grandiosity, entitlement
- narcissistic rageAnger when self-image challenged