self-pleased

adjective

Definition of self-pleasednext
as in arrogant

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-pleased
  1. arrogant
  2. egotistical
  3. complacent
  4. self-centered
  5. important
  6. conceited
  7. bumptious
  8. vainglorious
Adjective
  • Teamsters officials later complained that Harris, who would go on to lose all seven battleground states, was arrogant in her dealings with them.
    W. James Antle III, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Russia, Iran, and many other countries criticize U.S. military interventions as arrogant, ignorant of local context, and unable to fashion either stable regimes or effective security structures.
    Alexander Baunov, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of arrogant
Adjective
  • This was my chance to not be an actor, not have that stink of being an actor, that egotistical, show-off, controlling, making choices, being clever part of being an actor.
    Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The film, which centers on a group of egotistical actors making a Vietnam War movie, grossed nearly $200 million worldwide and picked up an Oscar nomination for supporting actor thanks to Robert Downey Jr.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of egotistical
Adjective
  • When turnover is low, poor managers blend in with good ones, and even previously effective managers may grow complacent, neglecting employee motivation and productivity.
    Christine Michel Carter, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Investors growing complacent The U.S. is home to trillion-dollar companies.
    Ron Insana, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of complacent
Adjective
  • Sitting on the sidelines and labeling someone else as self-centered is easy.
    Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The Herod book doesn’t make her attitude about segregation less myopic and self-centered.
    Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of self-centered
Adjective
  • This process delays prosecutors who are racing against the clock, potentially jeopardizing important cases.
    Zellnor Myrie, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Outkast was just as important, ushering in the mainstream era of Southern rap that dominates hip-hop to this day.
    Troy Smith, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of important
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
Definition of conceited
Adjective
  • As Peggy Dodd, consigliere to her bumptious 1950s cult-leader husband, Adams tends to wear a soft smile and blouses buttoned to the neck — a picture-perfect model of mid-century femininity.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
  • It’s all spanked along by one of those golly-gee bumptious holiday musical scores.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of bumptious
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
Definition of vainglorious
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