self-important

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ important.

Adjective

self-important (comparative more self-important, superlative most self-important)

1. Having, or behaving as if having, too high of an opinion of one's own importance.

   The assistant manager was a self-important fellow who strutted about the office barking instructions.

   Synonyms: conceited, haughty, pompous

Derived terms

• self-importantly

Translations

having too high an opinion of one's own importance

• Finnish: itsetärkeä, tärkeilevä (fi)
• French: présomptueux (fr)
• Galician: vaidoso m
• German: wichtigtuerisch (de)
• Irish: gusmhar, gustalach, leitheadach, mórluachach, mórchúiseach, postúil, toirtéiseach, tromchúiseach
• Italian: borioso (it), montato (it)
• Maori: whakaī
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: selvhøytidelig

• Tagalog: paimportante, papampam