self-affected

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-affected
Adjective
  • Such an obvious way to exhibit his egotistical personality.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2025
  • Responding to questions from defense lawyer Teny Geragos, Jane agreed that Combs became more apologetic and attentive, less egotistical and cold.
    NBC News, NBC news, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • Yes, the money is important, but the grief from your father’s death and the confusion around the inheritance have created wounds that money wouldn’t fix.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025
  • Public outrage at Powell’s solo directorial effort, the disturbing horror Peeping Tom (1960) has since turned to praise and Powell is now considered one of the most important British filmmakers of the 20th century.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2025
Adjective
  • Variety projected the film to earn $45 million to $52 million this weekend, while Box Office Pro’s forecast was a bit more optimistic with a $45 million to $55 million second frame projection.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
  • Turkish denim mill Isko is less optimistic about business.
    Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • What made the two particularly complacent was their extraordinary political muscle, especially Fannie Mae’s.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
  • Common social media security mistakes to avoid Hackers are counting on you to get complacent.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2025
Adjective
  • To Tess, her daughter is self-centered, ungrateful and way too loud.
    Kirk Honeycutt, HollywoodReporter, 12 July 2025
  • To do so would not only be quixotic but appear selfish and self-centered to the hundreds of employees who would lose their jobs, the researchers who would lose their funding, and the hundreds of students who could lose financial aid or have their visas withheld.
    Joe Kottke, NBC news, 27 June 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
  • Bobby Lee is proud of Borderlands, but his experience at the movie's premiere wasn't entirely pleasant.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 26 July 2025
  • But that policy can also backfire – in part because many regions, such as Marathi-speaking Maharashtra in the west – are staunchly proud of their local language.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 26 July 2025
Adjective
  • Louis Partridge will take on Mr Darcy’s nemesis, Mr Wickham with Jamie Demetriou turning his hand to the pompous Mr Collins and Fiona Shaw as the fearsome Lady Catherine de Bourg.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 July 2025
  • Warner also had a memorable guest arc as Eric Sanders, pompous boyfriend of Karyn Parsons' Hilary Banks, on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
    EW.com, EW.com, 21 July 2025
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“Self-affected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-affected. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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