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Sentence count:86+6Posted:2016-09-25Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: amour propreconceitednessself-lovevanitySimilar words: conceitedconceiveonce in a whileconceptconcernconcertconcedeconcerningMeaning: [kən'siːt]  n. 1. feelings of excessive pride 2. an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things 3. a witty or ingenious turn of phrase 4. an artistic device or effect 5. the trait of being unduly vain and conceited. 
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61. There is a savo ( u ) r of conceit in everything he says.
62. Complacency, conceit, and credulity are three big submerged reefs in one's life.
63. Facing to this common workwoman , he felt himself crude and conceit.
64. I've very good mind to shake you severely, for your contemptible treachery, and your imbecile conceit.
65. Lydgate's conceit was of the arrogant sort, never simpering , never impertinent.
66. In this event we can expect fruit except simple knowledge with conceit.
67. I think him a very handsome young man, and his manners are precisely what I like and approve - so truly the gentleman, without the least conceit or puppyism .
68. Modesty helps one advance, whereas conceit makes one fall behind.
69. He realizes that conceit has set measures to his progress.
70. They interpret this body language as aloofness or conceit and stay away, making the shy person feel even more insecure.
71. I am Confident but without conceit, easy to mix in but not to go with the stream, and advocate freedom and individuality.
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72. Someone said that tardiness is the subtlest form of selflove and conceit.
73. Modesty helps one to go forward [ make progress ]; conceit makes one lag behind.
74. His oily, insinuating tones, his greasy smile, and his monstrous self - conceit grated on my nerves.
75. I am all out of conceit with that book; it is so simple.
76. Critics may complain that the novel's central conceit is rather simplistic.
77. But bloating, laxity, conceit, extravagance and inertia are to be found in certain degrees.
78. He's got too many experience so he can tell people filled with conceit in any forms right away.
79. The previous verses say, "[Let] nothing [be done] through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others . . . .
80. The conceit came to me of a copious grove of singing birds, and in their midst a simple harmonic duo, two human souls, steadily asserting their own pensiveness, joyousness.
81. Its starting - point is self - dispraise, and its great enemy is conceit.
82. Being the party in power can also easily breed conceit and self-complacency among the membership.
83. "Yes, what I gave you to write[sentencedict.com], " retorted the inkstand. "That was a cut at you because of your conceit.
84. These people have put me out of conceit with the tales.
85. All this she attributed to the prejudice and conceit of the archdeacon.
86. Gongorism drove "conceit" to its farthest point: artificiality of diction could go no farther in verse: it was only left for Gracian to apply it to prose.
More similar words: conceitedconceiveonce in a whileconceptconcernconcertconcedeconcerningconceptionconcentrateconcentrate onconcentratingconcentrationbe concerned aboutonceat onceonce moreall at onceconcludeconcreteconclusionin conclusionconciliatoryonce upon a timeconvinceconvincedconsequenceconferencein consequenceconvenience
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