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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

feeling excessively and often unreasonably proud or satisfied with oneself or one's achievements;

e.g. She was too self-satisfied to believe that they objected to her actions.

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Similar Words

Assured

Biggety

Complacent

Conceited

Condescending

Consequential

High-toned

Hoity-toity

Important

Inner-directed

Overweening

Pompous

Proud

Self-aggrandizing

Self-applauding

Self-contained

Self-directed

Self-dramatizing

Self-flattering

Self-glorifying

Self-poised

Than

Unselfconscious

Vain

Vainglorious

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Opposite Words

Bashful

Demure

Diffident

Down-to-earth

Humble

Introverted

Lowly

Meek

Modest

Mousy

Other-directed

Overmodest

Retiring

Self-critical

Self-deprecating

Self-deprecatory

Self-doubting

Self-forgetful

Self-giving

Self-questioning

Sheepish

Shy

Timid

Unarrogant

Unassertive

Unassuming

Unpretentious

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Related Words

Affected

Aristocratic

Arrogant

Assumptive

Assured

Bold

Bombastic

Braggart

Bumptious

Cavalier

Chesty

Cocky

Condescending

Confident

Disdainful

Domineering

Egocentric

Egotistical

Elitist

Familiar

Fastuous

Forward

Free

Grandiose

Haughty

Hifalutin

High-handed

High-hat

High-minded

Highfalutin

Holier-than-thou

Huffy

Imperious

Important

La-di-da

Lofty

Lordly

Masterful

Narcissistic

Ostentatious

Overconfident

Overfamiliar

Overweening

Patronizing

Peremptory

Persnickety

Pompous

Pontifical

Presumptuous

Pretentious

Prideful

Proud

Secure

Self-absorbed

Self-applauding

Self-asserting

Self-assertive

Self-assured

Self-centered

Self-dramatizing

Self-glorifying

Self-infatuated

Self-obsessed

Self-oriented

Self-preoccupied

Self-regarding

Self-seeking

Self-serving

Selfish

Sniffy

Snippy

Snobbish

Snobby

Snooty

Snotty

Solipsistic

Stiff-necked

Supercilious

Superior

Toffee

Toplofty

Uppity

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