megalomaniac

noun

Definition of megalomaniacnext
as in jerk
a person who believes that he or she has unlimited power or importance Their CEO is a real megalomaniac who feels she can partake in any luxury with the company's profits.

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  1. jerk
  2. heel
  3. clown
  4. joker
Noun
  • Or averred that Biden was sharp as a tack and that anyone who suggested otherwise was a jerk.
    Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The extra that was shot by accident earlier this season was one such obnoxious jerk.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of jerk
Noun
  • Fed officials on Thursday are widely expected to lower their benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point, a move that will come on the heels of a half-point cut in September.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • McBride will enter Congress on the heels of an election year in which Republicans, including Trump, spent more than $200 million on network television ads targeting trans people, according to data shared with NBC News on Tuesday by AdImpact, an analytics firm that tracks political ad spending.
    Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of heel
Noun
  • It Chapter Two is down to clown, again — in a bloody, silly, overwrought sequel Moving down the tension scale to thrillers, Netflix is offloading a few particularly popular titles.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
  • An 8-year-old girl fought back against an attacker wearing a clown mask who is accused of assaulting her in her bedroom earlier this month, police said.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of clown
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  • Read the full Cancer Daily Horoscope Leo (July 23 - August 22) Playing practical joker?
    USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
  • These psychological and professional maneuverings are, from the start, shuffled madly by a joker in the deck, whose introduction to the story is a mark of Bodet’s cinematographic and comedic inspiration.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 9 July 2024
Definition of joker
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