hubristic

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hubristic
Adjective
  • In the 1998 episode, Theroux, 53, appears briefly as an egotistical writer who flirts with Parker’s Carrie Bradshaw at a party.
    John Russell, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Yes: Crumb’s work is egotistical, misogynist, racist—or, more generously, a feculent parody.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Research shows that narcissistic employees are more likely to behave unethically, potentially leading to legal consequences.
    Jonathan Gay, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Her narcissistic abuser father Bob (French Stewart).
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Getting major names like Scorsese to act as the most egocentric, exaggerated versions of themselves was no easy task.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • With some of the smartest writing on television, Community told the story of a group of students at Greendale, led by the egocentric Jeff Winger (Joel McHale).
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • This is the worst kind of football team: a conceited but objectively mediocre squad.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
  • Rory Kinnear steals some of the best lines as the conceited British prime minister, and Ato Essandoh, as Kate’s deputy chief, plays the ever-flustered man surrounded by extremely capable women with admirable humor, charm, and confidence.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Daemon, Viserys’s vainglorious younger brother, had married his niece in part as a way to strengthen his own bid for the throne, and Alicent had pushed for the ascension of her immature firstborn, Aegon.
    Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Debuting March 3, the six-part realpolitik satire, created and executive produced by Succession alum Will Tracy, sees Oscar and Emmy winner Winslet return to HBO in an often hilarious role as the vainglorious Elena.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 June 2024
Adjective
  • In Finnish society, displays of happiness are often discouraged to avoid seeming boastful.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
  • For some professionals, claiming credit for a workplace success might feel overly boastful or self-promotional.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But my in-laws seemed not to catch this smug look of his, and when my mother-in-law excused herself to go to the bathroom, my father-in-law took the opportunity to go over to his desk and take out one of his special blue envelopes.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 2 Apr. 2025
  • But those smug computers obviously haven’t seen a shirtless Illini coach Brad Underwood and his Super Soaker squirt gun.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • As transformation efforts start producing results, people can easily become complacent again, Oka notes.
    David Michels, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Though Barrera has written most of Grupo Frontera’s songs so far, along with other writers like Ríos, the band feared becoming complacent by always yielding those creative duties to someone else.
    Paula Mejía, Billboard, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Hubristic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hubristic. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.

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